assignment‚ there will be a critical comparison of the UK’s biggest retailers Tesco and Sainsburys‚ outlining their marketing strategy‚ the key factors of their success and also the advantages and disadvantages of both companies. Also there will be‚ analysing the two companies in terms of size and perception‚ in the sense of the growth of both companies over the years and perception on how the Tesco and Sainsburys are perceived by their customers and also themselves. Also in this essay will be comparing
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Sainsbury Organisational Structure and Culture An Organisation’s structure is a network of interdependencies among the people and the tasks that make up the Organisation. It is created and sustained by the basic coordination mechanisms of mutual adjustment‚ direct supervision and standardization‚ all of which coordinate inter-dependent relationships among people and groups (Wagner and Hollenbeck 2009). Pugh (1990) simplifies this by defining an organizational structure as consisting of activities
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parts of the business could be better served.(M&S Online‚ 2011). According to this article Lyons said that it is not valuable for Rose to set back in this situation which is going toward downfall. He also added that the merger of M&S and Sainsbury would gain benefit of £25 bn. Moreover‚ Tesco alone will gain market share of £54bn which would be
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VAT) - continuing operations 19‚287 18‚518 17‚317 16‚364 16‚364 15‚517 Underlying operating profit Sainsbury’s Supermarkets 535 429 352 308 321 564 Sainsbury’s Bank - 2 (10) 17 13 26 535 431 342 325 334 590 Underlying net finance costs 2 (45) (51) (75) (88) (92) (60) Share of post-tax (loss)/profit from joint ventures (2) – – 1 1 – Underlying profit from continuing operations 3 488 380 267 238 243 530 Increase on previous year (%) 28.4 42.3 12.2 n/a Underlying
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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE Introduction to Finance and Accounting 2nd Semester Assignment Name: Maximos Nathanailidis Date: 28/4/2014 Table of Contents 1. Introduction The purpose of this report is to conduct a comparative ratio analysis of the financial statements of J. Sainsbury PLC and Tesco PLC for the year-ending 2013. The financial information that is provided from each company’s annual report and the comparison between them will help possible users
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Introduction In 2005‚ British food retailer J Sainsbury had to write off $526 million it had invested in an automated supply-chain management system after having poor results. Sainsbury’s is lagging behind its rivals in its sales revenue causing them to be making a loss after a period five years. Background of the project Sainsbury as the third largest supermarket in United Kingdom is facing a big problem sustaining their business. They have applied IT into its business which eventually caused
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SWOT Analysis of Sainsbury’s Strengths -Good name and image‚ with the Image ‘Live well for less’ -High market share‚ one of the big four supermarket chains in UK. -Stock a wide range of lines‚ with around 20% being their own brands (such as ‘Taste the Difference’ and ‘Basics’). -Operates over 1‚200 stores across UK. Weaknesses -Hiring thousands of new staff means a lot of time is needed to train staff. -Stiff competition‚ with supermarkets such as Lidl and Aldi increasing their market shares
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To achieve an oligopolistic market structure there are certain characteristics which must be achieved. A small number of firms would dominate the market‚ each of these firms has a significant market power and would closely follow the behaviour of the other companies in the market. Unlike in a monopolistic market structure‚ the products produced by the firms of the oligopoly market do have substitutes. Firms will use non price competition methods in order to make their product or service stand out
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EXPLAIN THE EXTERNAL SOURCES OF FINANCE AVAILABLE TO A RETAIL BUSINESS External sources of finance are funds that come from outside the business. It involves the business getting loans from individuals or institutions. External sources of finance can be divided into two parts; short term and long term. Long term has two main branches; share capital & loan capital which will be divided further below. Short term has one main branch‚ which is divided into bank overdraft‚ hire purchase‚ trade credit
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All businesses need money to function sufficiently. Where this money comes from is defined as sources of finance. There are two different types of sources of finance: internal (capital from inside the business) and external (capital from outside the business). New businesses starting up need money to spend in long-term assets such as premises and equipment. They also need cash to pay for materials‚ pay wages‚ and to pay the day-today- bills such as water and electricity. In-experienced entrepreneurs often
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