Assignment 1 – Individual Case Study (Woolworths) Introduction Woolworths is one of the top 25 food retailers in the world holding approximately 31% of the food retail sector in Australia‚ with approximately 3100 suppliers providing some 3162 stores across Australia and New Zealand and employing over 191‚000 people. Woolworths is constantly changing to meet consumer demands. Since opening it’s first store in 1924‚ with a nominal capital of 25‚000 shares only 15‚000 of those shares were available
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Intangible Assets: An intangible asset‚ despite not having a physical form to it‚ has great value to a company and is to be disclosed in the financial reports. Some companies only disclose the brand and goodwill as their only intangible assets‚ while others include more such as software and the company trademarks (Loftus et al. 2012). The Accounting Standard AASB 138 advises businesses on the accounting treatment of these intangible assets‚ but only if the specific criteria have been met for an
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Description of how Woolworths manages quality and determine how effective Woolworths is at managing quality. Under the strategic objective of protecting customer trust‚ Woolworths has a defined policy that applies to all its business units to ensure quality is maintained at the highest level and is consequently a positive reflection of the overall Woolworths brand. This policy is entitled ‘Woolworths Quality Assurance Standard “protecting customer trust”‚ version 6 June 2009’. Woolworths has identified
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[Woolworths Environmental sustainability] To analysis the environmental sustainability we must first understand the concept of Sustainability to help us preform a successful environmental analyses and define the key problem of Woolworths sustainability and recommend correct and fast result solutions so the Sustainability is a strategic plan that help’s companies to develop their economic growth over the long term through their interest in environmental and social problems and connect them to the
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3 February 17‚ 2013 The article‚ “The Sharpe Ratio and the Information Ratio”‚ by Deborah Kidd is about the original risk-adjusted performance measure and they are Sharpe ratio and the Information Ratio. William Sharpe designed the first performance metric to insolate excess return per unit of total risk taken. The Sharpe ratio shows whether a portfolio ’s returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess risk. The Sharpe ratio measure dividends average portfolio excess return
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Coles or Woolworths? Should I drink Pepsi or Coke today? Do I go to MYER or David Jones to buy new make up from? We take in consideration a few prices‚ how convenient it will be to get there‚ what would we rather do‚ and that’s it. But there’s something bigger behind this. What is the impact on such big rivals‚ for us and the economy? It’s not just about personal choices. Living and studying in Australia for the past 11 months‚ going to do my grocery shopping at Coles or at Woolworths has become
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2.0 FINANCIAL RATIOS 2 Liquidity Ratios Liquidity ratios measure a business ’ capacity to pay its debts as they come due. It also measures the cooperative’s ability to meet short-term obligations. Liquidity refers to the solvency of the firm’s overall financial position – the ease with which it can pay its bills. Because a common precursor to financial distress and bankruptcy is low or declining liquidity‚ these ratios can provide early signs of cash flow problems and impending
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FINANCIAL RATIO ANALYSIS Based on the table 1‚ it shows that the financial ratio was divided into four parts which are liquidity‚ assets management‚ long-term debt paying ability and profitability. Liquidity ratios are particularly interesting to short-term creditors and it is focus on current assets and current liability. In addition‚ General Thumb of rule for the current ratio should be at least 2:1. For the Gemini Electronic the current ratio is consistent and it is increase in year 2006. But
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Section A Question 1 1.1 There are six components of the macro environment: 1. Political environment 2. Economic environment 3. Social environment 4. Technological environment 5. Legal environment 6. Environmental environment The above components have affected Johnson Matthey as follows: 1.1.1 Political environmental factors Johnson Matthey is a globally operated organisation‚ having operations in more than 30 countries. Therefore alterations in the laws and taxes in the countries
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study attempts to research and analyze both second hand literature as well as first hand observation. The report also plans to discuss the effects of retail image‚ personality and brand and their interrelations between the supermarkets‚ Coles and Woolworths in particular at the Westfield Kotara site. 2. Literature Review: Dong-Mo Koo’s study “Interrelationships among Store Images‚ Store Satisfaction‚ and Store Loyalty among Korea Discount Retail Patrons” analyses the concept how various discount
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