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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Due to the fluctuations of yen/dollar exchange rate‚ the new distribution agreement with Mitsukoshi gave rise to high exchange-rate exposure for Tiffany to bear. The exposure goes in the following two ways: Economic Exposures. From 1983 to 1993‚ the yen/dollar exchange rate was along a down turn path (see Exhibit 1). In the past‚ Tiffany wholesaled its products to Mitsukoshi. Since the wholesale transactions were denominated entirely in dollars‚ yen/dollar exchange rate fluctuations did not represent
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Tiffany & Co. Transaction and Economic Exposure Tiffany & Co. Facing Exchange Rate Risks SI S Following Tiffany & Co. Japan’s new retailing agreement with Mitsukoshi Ltd. in July 1993‚ TiffanyJapan was now faced with both new opportunities and risks. With greater control over retail sales in its Japanese operations‚ Tiffany looked forward to long-run improvement in its performance in Japan despite continuing weak local economic conditions. However‚ Tiffany was now also faced with
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Case: Tiffany & Co- 1993 (HBS 298-014) Assignment Questions 1. In what way(s) is Tiffany exposed to exchange-rate risk subsequent to its new distribution agreement with Mitsukoshi? How serious are these risks? Answer: About 15% of (1992) sales of $492mln or ~ $75mln will now be earned in Yen‚ but will have to be reported in $. At a Net Income (1992) of $25mln‚ the risks caused by this exposure are significant. Data from exhibit 6 shows that in a 6-month period (Apr-Sep) exchange
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Tiffany & Co Case Study Background Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 in New York City by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young. After decades of development‚ the company has grown to an internationally famous designer and retailer of fine jewelry‚ diamonds‚ timepieces and other luxury accessories. In July 1993‚ Tiffany made a decision to directly operate sales in Japan‚ rather than profiting from medium corporation Mitsukoshi. According to this decision‚ Tiffany will pay Mitsukoshi 27% of net
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Developing Luxury Brands Nikita Richards Serena Gossain March 13th 2015 Kamilla Ismailova S00806778 Summary The report examines the brand identity of Tiffany & Co in order to comprehend the underlying reason behind the global success of the company. In order to main this position the Tiffany has decided develop a new product range along with the openings of three new stores in an attempt to preserve the global position of the brand. This report draws attention to the
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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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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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The Yen In only 142 years Japan’s economy changed from an antiquated monetary system to the world’s third most traded currency and forth most used reserve currency after the U.S. dollar‚ the euro‚ and the pound sterling. Truly the Japanese Yen is still an unappreciated economic force waiting for it’s chance to take center stage on the world market. CREATION OF THE YEN The Yen came into existence May 10‚ 1871 after the Meiji government chose to abandon Tokugawa coinage
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way(s) is Tiffany exposed to exchange-rate risk subsequent to its new distribution agreement with Mitsukoshi? How serious are these risks? . 1) Transaction Exposure‚ the probability of loss associated with a business transaction denominated in a foreign currency‚ due to changes in the exchange rate . 2) Operating exposure is the degree of risk that a company is exposed to when there is some type of change in varying currency values that are relevant to the operation of the company. Tiffany is exposed
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