project of Next plc. This has to be done from the point of view from a consultant or analyst. The assignment has been split up into two tasks‚ firstly to analyse and evaluate Next plc‚ then secondly suggest any ways in which their marketing performance can be improved for future success. My first step is to get an overview of Next plc as a company‚ how it started‚ the market sector it operates in and its past and present performance. 2. History of Next To analyse Next we need to get
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Next plc designs‚ manufactures‚ and distributes clothing and home furnishing and accessory items to nearly 330 Next retail stores and through the company ’s Next Directory mail order sales catalog. Almost all of Next company-owned stores are located in England and Ireland. After ending a brief international expansion--in 1999 the company closed its seven company-owned foreign stores‚ including its five U.S. retail stores--Next has shifted its international strategy to brand expansion focused on franchising
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This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the past and current profitability‚ liquidity and financial stability of NEXT plc. Methods of analysis used to include ratios such as Debt‚ Current and Quick ratios. Other calculations include rates of return on Shareholders Equity and Total Assets and earnings per share to name a few. All calculations related to NEXT plc can be found in the appendices. Results of data analysed show that all ratios are well over industry averages. In particular
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Analysis of NEXT plc and its environment Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 OVERVIEW 2 2.1 The Market 2 2.2 The Company 3 3 ANALYTIC TOOLS 4 3.1 PEST - Analysis 4 3.2 SWOT - Analysis 7 3.3 Competitive Analysis 9 4 CONCLUSION 12 5 MISSION STATEMENT 13 6 OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES 14 6.1 Good quality and price 14 6.2 Relationship between Next and its environment 14 6.3 Shopping as en event 15 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 16 1 Introduction This Report should give the reader an overview of the clothing retail
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position of Next plc‚ focusing on clothing‚ which is the company’s main product area. The report firstly provides an overview of the history and background of the company as well as mentioned the state of the clothing retail market. Following the introduction the report then goes into deep analysis of Next‚ beginning with identifying the company’s key strengths and opportunities for future success‚ before going on to explore certain dangers with the corporate decisions and its market structure. 1. Introduction
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Next Plc | 2011 | 2010 | PerformanceGross Profit | 1008.7/3453.7 = 29.21% | 996.9/3406.5 = 29.26% | Operating Profit | 574.8/3453.7 = 16.64% | 529.8/3406.5 = 15.56% | ROCE | 574.8/(232.4 + 727) = 59.91% | 529.8/(133.4+802) = 56.63% | Asset Turnover | 3453.7/(232.4+727) = 3.60 times. | 3406.5/(133.4+802) = 3.64 | LiquidityCurrent Ratio | 1067.3/832.9 = 1.3:1 | 1041.2/758.1 = 1.4:1 | Quick Ratio | (1067.3 – 368.3)/832.9 = 0.84:1 | (1041.2 – 309)/758.1 = 0.97:1 | Inventory Days
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Contents Introduction This paper is a business report about the Organisations and Behaviour of Da Nang Women’s hospital and Family Medical Practice. This content is that we find out the organizational structure and culture of FMP and DnWH. The structure and culture are key factors which contribute to motivating the workforce at all levels of organization. Moreover‚ we know and understand different approaches to management and leadership and especially way of using motivational
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Organisation Structure Every organisation has a specific structure run the business as per the requirement. The main function is business function and rest are support functions. Depending on the functions department forms. The sub departments or sub functions called verticals. The pyramid structure of organisational rule applies in all departments. Department or function is headed by department heads and verticals are headed by vertical heads who reports to department heads. In organisation
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Organisational structures at First Steps Nursery and Matalan Activity 2- Analyse how businesses are organised This is an organisation chart of First Steps Nursery. This is an organisational chart of Matalan. Hierarchical- hierarchical organization is an organizational structure where every entity in the organization‚ except one‚ is subordinate to a single other entity. This arrangement is a form of a hierarchy. In an organization‚ the hierarchy usually consists of a singular/group
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|What is a hierarchical organisational structure? | Structure that has a number of levels and a chain of command by which decisions are made. Tarmac has a typically hierarchical structure with seven levels. |Describe the three levels of responsibility at Tarmac and the key roles for each. | Three levels of responsibility and key roles: 1. Managers:
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