Tiffany Case Amy Simmons Regis University With the recent restructure of Tiffany Japan‚ the profits earned by our Japanese division are now exposed to foreign exchange risks that were previously not a concern. In light of this new exposure‚ it has become imperative that we needed to determine whether or not Tiffany should implement a risk management program using financial derivatives to hedge against this risk. The first step in this evaluation was to determine the amount of profits
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1. Exchange rate point of view. From the story‚ Tiffany bought the property and inventory from Japan Mitsukosi. It will expose to the exchange rate translation risk. So it should do the risk management. The analysis structure will be that: (1) Define the risk source: the exchange rate flucturation‚ the cash flows of different currencies from asset change‚ account receivable and account payable. (2) Define the scope of risk control: the natural currency settlement hedging‚ the overflow exchange
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Tiffany & Co. Case Study After Tiffany & Co. made the new retiling agreement with Mitsukoshi Ltd in July 1993‚ Tiffany & Co Japan. Inc started to be responsible to manage the operations of 29 boutiques in Japan. Tiffany will now face both opportunities and risks. Prior to the new agreement‚ the wholesale transactions were dominated entirely in dollars‚ so yen/dollar exchange rate fluctuations were not the reason of Tiffany’s cash flow volatility‚ and Mitsukoshi bore the exchange risk between the
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Tiffany & Company Case Analysis I. Statement of Issue Should Tiffany hedge against translation risk from their Japanese subsidiary? II. Relevant Facts • Establishment of Tiffany-Japan with new responsibility of setting yen prices and managing currency risk. • Eurodollar 3-month forward rate 3.25% Euroyen 3-month forward rate 3.1875 • Yen/Dollar spot rate ¥106.3500 3-months forward ¥106.3300 • 94 SEP call price 1.99 (100ths of a cent per yen‚ ¥6‚250‚000/contract) • 93.5 SEP put price
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Weighted Competitive Strength Assessment The Weighted Competitive Strength Assessment compares Tiffany & Co. with its closest competitors using some of the key success factors and strength measures in the jewelry industry. The following is a weighted competitive assessment chart; this lists the strength measures‚ weights‚ and the overall scores. |Competitive Strength |Importance Weight |Tiffany & Co |LVMH |Signet Group |Blue Nile
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The Times 100 Business case studies ‘Creating a winning marketing mix’. Available from www.thetimes100.co.uk The article discusses how JD sports‚ the Britain’s leading sportswear retailer uses the ‘4Ps’ to outgrow itself. 4Ps includes ‘product’‚ a good or service’s function and feature. JD works with suppliers worldwide to create their own-brand products. ‘Price’ can be the money that costs to manufacture or create the products. It can also be the profit that products bring. JD buys a large
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Tiffany & Co. Brian Fenske December 1‚ 2010 Retail Management Table of Contents I. Table of Contents ………………………………………. Pg. 2 II. History…………………………………………………... Pg. 3 III. Retail Mix ……………………………………….…..... Pg. 3-5 a. Location b. Pricing c. Promotional Mix d. Merchandise Assortment e. Store Design IV. Store Visit ………………………………………………. Pg. 5 V. Competitive Advantage……………………………..…... Pg. 6 VI. Financial Performance ………………………………....
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Case: Tiffany & Co. (1) What (if any) are the problems confronting the company? Because of Tiffany’s large exposure in Japan‚ it is severely adversely affected by the yen/dollar exchange rate fluctuation and needs to determine the best way to hedge against this risk. (2) How did the problems arise? Tiffany was assuming control of its operations in Japan‚ which had previously been managed entirely by Mitsukoshi. With this greater control over its sales in Japan came much increased exposure
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Fund (UNICEF)‚ through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)‚ will extend financial assistance to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Eastern Samar who were worst affected by super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. UNICEF’s Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) program will benefit 5‚801 4Ps households in Eastern Samar‚ namely the municipalities of Guiuan‚ Hernani‚ Mercedes‚ Balangkayan and Salcedo. The identified beneficiaries come from vulnerable households who
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Canon Product Decisions The term "product" refers to tangible‚ physical products as well as services. Here are some examples of the product decisions to be made: • Brand name – Canon • Functionality - Digital Single-Lens-Reflex Camera • Styling – Sleek‚ Rounded & Modern Looking • Quality – Great camera; fast‚ feature-packed‚ and with excellent photo and video quality: Very Good to Excellent quality for a prosumer digital SLR • Safety – Weather Seal‚ Safety-Shift Possible‚ Environmental Parameter
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