SEGMENT REPORTING Many U.S. companies operate in several different industries or in different geographic area. When this occurs‚ the difficulties related to financial statement analysis are compounded. Investors who must evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of stock of a diversified company have a difficult task when analyzing such companies which report only the aggregate of their operations. Industry segments and geographic areas of operations can have different levels of
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be barber shop services for the professional male. Based on our Internet survey‚ 80% of our services will be associated with hair‚ hair color‚ shaves‚ shoe shine; 15% will come from facial‚ massage‚ nail‚ and tanning services; and 5% will come from products. Thus‚ our target market will be male professionals and retirees‚ from the age of 25‚ with individual and household incomes greater than $75‚000. The following table and chart depict our potential customers with a conservative annual growth rate
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10:30-12 MM09208 Prof. Nuqui Segment‚ Profile and Target Market of the following stores: * CARL’S JR. The brand continues its growth with an emphasis on quality‚ service and cleanliness‚ pioneering concepts such as partial table service and self-serve beverage bars. The introduction of the signature Six Dollar Burger™ in 2001 marks the latest Carl’s Jr.® advance in the quick-service industry‚ confirming the chain’s constant emphasis on product innovation and representing a desire
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Apple The picture that will be analyzed throughout this paper is of an Apple store that is completely full of people. As a person views this picture‚ it is obvious that there are a lot of people there‚ either waiting or standing at a Mac‚ iPod‚ or iPad. The reason that this is significant is because this happens daily‚ depending on location. Apple is a company that has been around since the 1970’s‚ but has become very popular within the last 5-10 years. A person may ask why people would want
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principles for reporting financial information by segments. The disclosure of this information will: (a) help users of the financial statements to better understand the entity’s past performance and to identify the resources allocated to support the major activities of the entity; and (b) enhance the transparency of financial reporting and enable the entity to better discharge its accountability obligations. Definition of a Segment A segment is a distinguishable activity or group of activities
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Market segment is a subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs and this is also a the process of dividing a market into meaningful groups that are relatively similar and identifiable .The purpose of segmentation is to enable the marketer to tailor the marketing mixes to meet the needs of one or more specific segments. Market segmentation helps the firm to identify the customers’ needs more accurately and precisely‚ and it
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DOES THE “MANAGEMENT APPROACH” CONTRIBUTE TO SEGMENT REPORTING TRANSPARENCY? Advanced Accounting ACC 610 January 4TH‚ 2010 1. INTRODUCTION: An operating Segment is a component of an entity that may earn revenues or incur expenses‚ whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (COMD) and for which discrete financial information is available. Generally‚ financial information is required to be reported on the basis that it is used internally for evaluating
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5. *THE IDENTIFIED MARKET SEGMENT(S) SHOULD VICTORIA MUSEUM PURSUE AND THE DERVICE THAT WILL BE OFFERED TO THE MARKET SEGMENT(S): Demographic/ socioeconomic segmentation is a good target for Victoria Children’s Museum(VCM). demographic/socioeconomic segmentation focuses on gender‚ age‚ income‚ occupation‚ education‚ household size‚ and stage in the family life cycle. In this case we choose local families‚ which is a good target market that most of the competitors have not offered yet.
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Jetstar4 1.3 Segmentation5 1.4 Plan of Report5 2. Discussion6 2.1 Product Category6 2.2 Major Competitors6 2.3 Brand Package and Label7 2.3.1 Brand7 2.3.2 Package8 2.3.1 Label9 2.4 Target Segments10 2.5 Needs and Wants11 3. Conclusion13 4. Recommendations14 5. Reference List15 Executive Summary The purpose of the report is to critically review the appropriateness of the services in Jetstar (JS) for the target segment which is identified as leisure travelers. Through extensive research
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specialty inventory software products to over 1‚200 VARs that sell in vertical markets. Each market is distinct and serves a particular specialty industry. In addition to the software‚ Bradley will sell the inventory data collection hardware that will operate the software. Customarily‚ VARs who sell to these vertical markets focus solely on the industry ’s distinctive product line or service. Though their customers have inventory controls needs‚ these VARs have not had a product they could offer until
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