The Marketing Environment Assignment 1 Pestle Analysis on Marks & Spencer Rachel Pulizzi Student ID No. 08498890 1st December 2008 Contents Page 1 – Cover Page 2 – Contents Page 3 – Introduction Page 4 – Political Factors Page 4 – Economical factors Page 4 – Sociological Factors Page 5 – Technological Factors Page 5 – Legal Factors Page 5 – Environmental Factors Page 6 – Conclusion Introduction Marks & Spencer is a British retailer with over 800 stores in more than 30
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Marks and Spencer is the British multinational retail company that specializes on producing clothing and high-quality food. Being the dominant force on the UK market Marks and Spencer owns 600 stores in the home country and over 225 stores worldwide. Bird (1986) claims Marks and Spencer to be the most powerful image of Great Britain; the company currently being the most profitable UK organization also is one of the most innovative in the world. Two main features of the Marks and Spencer are centralization
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MEASURE: Gearing Ratio: Marks and Spencer: Gearing ratio of Marks and Spencer was stable for three years from 1999 to 2001. Fall in 2001 has forced it to revert to old policy whereby it proposed group structuring and capital restructuring strategy which required funds. "To funds these cost‚ it entered into structured Sale and lease back agreement‚ sold its 78 freehold and leasehold stores across UK for cash consideration of £348 million to Top land Group". (www.marksandspencer.com‚ 03/03/2004)
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subsequent period with increased planning stages and activities to secure selective direction. Top-level management usually carries out planning. The basic strategic planning process includes: a. Ascertain the identity of purpose (mission statement) – First of all the purpose of existence of organisation is to be found out i.e. the basic purpose of an organisation. It should be specified what types of customers are needed to be contacted and with what type of services are to be rendered
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Mandela’s Mission and Vision Nelson Mandela was an astonishing leader because of his dedication‚ inspiration‚ and his vision of change. He was one of the leaders to put an end to segregation rule of Africa and the first black president of the country. His main goal‚ as president‚ was to unify Africa. He made sure that everyone clearly knew and understood his goal of equality‚ and took all the steps possible in order to reach that goal. He encouraged the actions of others‚ and motivated others
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With close to 400 shops‚ 11 million customers a week and 66‚000 workers‚ Marks and Spencer is a respected organization and one of the High Street’s most recognized brands. Nevertheless the days when M&S was uncontested have long gone as clothing sales have come under stress from other high street brands like Topman and River Island and food revenue has been hit by Tesco. Over the last 15 years‚ Marks and Spencer have experienced a succession of changes in management and organizational culture following
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Performance 4. Social and environmental policy 5. Plan A 6. Marketing 7. A New Store Format 8. Products 9. Technology 10. Head Office Locations 11. Stores 12. Store Formats 13. Senior Management 14. References 1. Introduction Marks & Spencer (M&S) is a major British retailer‚ with over 840 stores in more than 30 countries around the world‚ over 600 domestic and 285 international.[1][2] It is the largest clothing retailer in the United Kingdom‚ as well as being a food retailer‚ and
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