COMPANY ANALYSIS & PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION MARKETING MANAGEMENT BMKT601 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2. FAST FASHION 4 3. ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 4 3.1. Political Factors 4 3.2. Economical Factor 5 3.3. Social Factors 6 3.4. Technology Factors 6 4. INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 6 5. H&M 8 6. STRATEGY 10 7. SEGMENTATION 11 8. TARGETING 13 9. POSITIONING 14 10. CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR 15 11. MARKETING 17 12. SUPPLY CHAIN 22 13. CONCLUSION
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FASHION COMPANY MANAGEMENT LEVEL 4 FASHION MARKETING & COMMUNICATION General Overview General Overview H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish global retail-clothing company‚ known for its fast-fashion. 2‚500 stores are spread across 44 markets. Germany is H&M’s largest market‚ followed by the US‚ France and the UK. H&M has more than 20 country offices that are responsible for the various departments in each sales country. local H&M production offices managing contacts with
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Mauritz (H&M) was first established in 1947 and have since expanded internationally and currently operate in 34 countries (H&M‚ 2009). As H&M continues to expand every year‚ the following report has chosen Australia as the new market‚ where analysis has been conducted to provide H&M with recommendations of which market entry method they should adopt and the threats and issues they must overcome to be able to succeed. 1.0 - Country Analysis – Australia For the purpose of this report H&M (Hennes
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BUS 488 Strategy Question 1 Evaluate the external environment in which H & M operates in. PESTEL Analysis PESTEL Analysis Positive Negative Politics factors: Economic factors Poor economic situation in 2011 further intensified by increased competition X Margins started to erode due to increased cotton prices and rising production costs in Asia X Social factors. H&M ’s strategy recruit local people wherever it opens a new store
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economy: TAX: Since 99% of H&M´s garments are produced outside of Sweden‚ and they claim that “H&M sees tax as an important part of its social responsibility”‚ it´s hard to understand why the company does not redistribute any profit to the producing countries. H&M avoid paying income tax in sourcing markets by coordinating all their procurement orders through representative (procurement) offices in the producing countries. According to Erik Knijnenburg‚ the Global Tax Manager of H&M‚ there is no commercial
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E. Intensity of rivalry among competitor 10 III. Company analysis 11 A. H&M 11 1. H&M Vision‚ Values‚ Goal and Strategy 11 2. H&M’s internationalization process 11 3. H&M’s organizational structure 12 4. H&M’s Global Role 13 B. SWOT Analysis 14 1. H&M in Japan 14 2. ZARA in Japan 17 C. Value Chain Analysis 19 1. Logistics. 19 2. Operation. 20 3. Marketing & sales. 21 4. Service. 21 5. Infrastructure. 22 6. Human resource
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Business Manual For {draw:frame} Table of content Summary ………………………………………………….……………………………………... 3 Resources …………………………….…………………………………………………………. 8 Strategy …………………………..………………………………………………………………..11 Type of organization ……..………………………………………………….....………………. 12 Product portfolio ……..…………………………………………………………………….….….14 Business culture ………………………………………………………………………………... 16 Human resource management ……………………………………………………………….. 19 Finance …………………………………………………………………………………………. 20
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International Expansion of a Multinational Company ---A Case Study of H&M Authors: Jun Li Maja Frydrychowska Abstract Date: Level: Authors: June 19‚ 2008 Master Thesis in International Business and Entrepreneurship‚ 15 credits Jun Li (1981-11-01)‚ China jli07001@student.mdh.se Maja Frydrychowska (1974-05-29)‚ Poland mfa07001@student.mdh.se Title: The International Expansion of a Multinational Company---A Case Study of H&M Leif Linnskog How did H&M go international and what factors did influence its expansion
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H&M collaboration for high-fashion experiment-Moira Abstract: Key words: H&M market expansion‚ innovation management‚ strategic alliance‚ branding strategy‚ intellectual property History& Backgrounds H&M is a one of the world’s largest fashion companies which founded by Erling Persson in 1947 in Sweden. The original name of the company is Hennes (in Swedish: for her)‚ selling only woman clothes. After the later acquisition of Mauritz Widforss‚ the Swedish retailer which used to sell men clothes‚
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H&M’s value chain: The value chain‚ made by Michael Porter‚ is really important to see how a company structure is created. The value chain is constituted by two parts: support activities (firm infrastructure‚ human resource management‚ technology development‚ procurement) and primary activities (inbound logistic‚ operations‚ outbound logistic‚ marketing and sales‚ service). (Johnson et al. 2011‚ p.97-99) Support activities: * Firm infrastructure: H&M is present in 44 markets in the
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