...Introduction Reading problems stem from several sources. First, the student may not be able to read the words themselves. Indeed, word decoding development and discrepancies are the concern of many researchers and educators, predominantly for younger children and children with learning deficits. However, this concern has sometimes led to the abandon of the corresponding item of word decoding: sentence comprehension. It is clear that many readers be deficient in adequate reading abilities and knowledge to appreciate the sort of texts that encompass their classroom lives. World knowledge is mostly cooperative to considerate text genres such as narratives or novels. But students need domain-specific knowledge to understand their textbook material. Here in this assignment it is going to be discussed about the reading strategies and how it helps in communication in the businesses 1.1 All information about the natural or social world is based on the text data surrounded. School, work and the success of our social order depends on the capability to realize the material. Many children and adults are still under pressure to understand the text data. Following are some techniques to make them understood: Reading strategies Before reading Preview text type and text features: students should be thinking about what's going to read it before reading. Also, graphics, hyperlinks, and the information will be aware of what kind of writing. (www.ft.co.uk) Four corners and staying guide:...
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...Tesco Dear London School of Economics. My name is Jacob Breinholm and I am the PR manager for Tesco. I have been working for Tesco for four years now, and it have been four good years. On behalf of Tesco, I am here to tell you about our firm and our problems after the fall in the shares back in January 2012. In this speech, you will hear about the grocery store, Tesco. I will tell you about the downturn we have had in 2012, the problems we had, and which efforts we used to get back on track. The 12 months in 2012 have been terrible for Tesco. We have experienced a huge fall in our economics. Previously it went really well for Tesco, and we had a higher sale than we have today. Investors once called Tesco a darling of the U.K. stock market, until January where everything went down for us. The shares has fallen by 20 percent. After this fall in market shares, my boss the longstanding chief Terry Leahy who have been CEO for Tesco for 14 years, have just gone off. The new CEO for Tesco is Philip Clarke, and it was not a nice sight he met the first couple of weeks. Experts have said that Mr. Clarke need to reconnect with customers and change the business’ culture. We did also launch the Fresh and Easy at the worst time possible, just one year into the financial crisis in 2008. We did also make some obvious mistakes though. We had no coffee in the store, as the first thing in the morning, there was no frozen food as Americans like and so on. That is why investors have called...
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...Tesco Hello, and welcome to all of you. I am happy to see that so many people showed up to hear about Tesco, and the future of Tesco. My name is Patrick Jensen, and I am a PR assistant at Tesco. As you probably know, I am here today to talk about some of the problems that, we at Tesco are currently facing, I will also be talking about our efforts to solve these problems. We at Tesco has been facing some problems in the past few years. If some of you follow the stock market, you have probably noticed, that Tesco shares have fallen by 20%. We have also opened our new chain “fresh & easy” which did not get the start, we had hoped. “Fresh & easy” opened at a very bad time, right before the financial crisis, which was very unfortunate. One of the biggest problems is that we have not lived up to our customers’ expectations. Two third of our profit comes from our UK stores, and our stores have not lived up to our high standards, in the last couple of years. We have not had enough staff around, many of our shelf are empty too often and most importantly, some of our product’s quality has dropped. Even though we have some problems at Tesco, we have a clear strategy to grow. We have made a six-point-plan for the UK. The first point is service and staff. Because of the big growth in number of Tesco stores in UK, the service has dropped as well as the amount of staff per store. This is of course not acceptable, therefore we are hiring 20,000 extraTesco staff. The second point is...
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...Tesco Speech Thank you, please be seated, it is an honor for me to speak here for you today at the London School of Economics. As you may know my name is Tom Johnson and I am the PR assistant for Tesco, which is one of the largest retailers in the world, and that title have some expectations committed to it. I am here today to give a speech for you about Tesco’s current situation, and how we plan to deal with it, as one of the largest retailers. With the changing consumer behavior in kept in mind. If you come up with any questions during the show, you will have to remember them till the end, where I will be answering all your answers. Our last twelve-month have not been pretty, especially not on the bottom line. The past years Tesco have been called the British stock market darling, and been criticized for being too successful. Our shares have fallen with almost 20%, and analysts have halved their prices on our shares. Our plan to take on USA has not been as successful as we have hoped. We launched our whole new concept, to take on the American market just before the financial crisis. Which were not suitable for launching our new store. That is a part of the reason why it has not been a success, and it has also effected why our stocks has fallen so drastically. To get the wheels going again, we need to change, nothing good comes to those who just sit and wait. Therefore we have created a six-point plan at Tesco: * Service and staff * Stores and...
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...Tesco manuscript Thank you. Thank you. I am honored to be with you today here at the London School of Economics. My name is Kasper Hedegaard. I am here today to tell you youngsters who we are and what kind of problems Tesco going through at the moment and the last twelve months. Then what we in Tesco has done to solve our problems. But first I wonder how many of you who know Tesco? Well, for those of you who don´t know who we are or what Tesco is. Tesco is a general merchandise retailer, headquartered in United Kingdom. Established in 1919 by Jack Cohe. Tesco is the third largest retailer in the world. Besides this, we have stores in 12 countries in Asia and Europe. That was basically who Tesco is. I will start my speech telling about Tesco´s former head, Terry Leahy. Terry Leahy was a very successful man in the years he was the head leader. But surprisingly, it was accused at being too successful. Nobody actually knows the reason why, but because of that it cost him his position as head leader in Tesco. But Tesco moved on and today we have a “young kid” as the new head in Tesco. His name is Phillip Clarke. I called him “young kid” because Mr. Clarke was under a lot of pressure when he started in Tesco, while Tesco had going through many issues before he became the head leader. So it was a tough start for him. In addition to this has Phillip only been in the Business about one year. So he didn’t had so many former experiences. Almost before Clarke started as...
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...ethical dilemmas facing toward Tesco The first dilemma that faced by Tesco is the items delivery arriving late. Tesco has operated online businesses, it consists of around fifty percent of the food ordered market in the internet. There is around fifty percent Many customers were complained that the Tesco’s delivery service is not efficiency. The customers were waiting the items delivery so many hours and many days. In addition, since some customers waited for too long, so they were tried to phone to Tesco customer services and ask for their items delivery matters, but the answer that the customers could get is they cannot track down the driver. It may show that there is lack of efficiency and effective toward Tesco especially the ways they serve to the customers. In the other hand, even the items delivery arrives to the customers’ location, the customers were founded that some items were wrong or missing. These problems could affect the image of the Tesco from the customers. Some of the customers may consider turning their general trading seller to another market competitor due to inefficiency services that served by the Tesco Company. If these problems cannot settle well by Tesco, Tesco not only getting fewer customers, moreover Tesco’s businesses profit will also keep reducing. The second dilemma facing by Tesco which is the discriminations problems among the customers. There is a case indicates that Tesco has been sued of religious discrimination...
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...All About Asda What we love about 2010 ASDA 08 A Sustainable Business 09 Business Strategy 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Our Food Our Brands Our Home & Leisure Our Clothing Brand - George Our Format Portfolio Our Digital Business Our Openings & Extensions Our Five Year Summary Our purpose at Asda is simple..Quis aliquatie volor sustrud tio delent num eu Contents faci blandit, se dunt vent luptatue voluptat wiscincipis dolestrud modolore We magna aliquatem zzrit vercil dolor adipsum quat am quat nim nisl 02 WhoAsdaAre ut veliquate 03 The Story feuisis delese volobore conse do dit am, quamconse vel et ad tate04 The Walmartfeum magna Family 06 What We Love About Asda veriureet niatem v xx Business Review Pack 2010 Who We Are Our Mission To be Britain’s best value retailer exceeding customer needs, every day Our Purpose To save everyone money, every day Our Values We put our customers first, every day We care for our colleagues, every day We strive to be the best we can be, every day 02 All about Asda 2010 The ASDA Story The Reign of Queen’s Supermarkets Peter Asquith and his brother Fred made contact with Associated Dairies and a new company was formed... Asquith + dairies = the birth of Asda The Foundation of George A major success of this period was the foundation of the George Davies partnership and the introduction of George clothing into 65 stores in February 1989 Asda Became part of the Walmart Group in June 1999 The Digital Age The end of the decade...
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...policy 5.2.3 Local products that fit customers’ tastes 5.2.4 Aggressive pricing strategy 5.2.5 Adapted communication 5.2.6 Adding value through service 5.2.7 Adapting to changes in the macro-environment 5.3 Evaluation of Tesco’s success within the Czech Republic 5.3.1 The Czech success 5.3.2 Problems within the Czech market 5.3.3 The future within the Czech Republic 5.4 Consumer perceptions of Tesco from the UK and the Czech Republic Conclusion Appendix 7.1 Czech Republic Questionnaires 7.2 UK Questionnaires Bibliography Entering the retail sector in Central Europe 1 2 3 5 5 5 6 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 15 15 17 18 18 21 23 1 of 25 Abstract 2 Abstract This report examines the role that Central and Eastern European countries play in the increasingly international strategies of retail companies. This report focuses specifically upon the Czech retail environment and how Tesco has successfully entered the market by adapting its market offering for Czech consumers. It is demonstrated that Tesco has been successful within the Czech...
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...Name Tutor College Course Date Wal-Mart Case Analysis Introduction Wal-Mart first store was opened in 1962 by Sam Walton and his wife Helen Walton. They had the main idea of opening a discount oriented shopping store all through the rural American. The first store was opened in Rogers, Arkansas from where the stores spread to other regions. The company grew rapidly incorporating Wal-Mart Stores Inc. just after a period of seven years. Within 8 years, the company was able to open the first distribution center in Arkansas and also be valued at the New York stock Exchange. By 1991, the company opened the first international center in Mexico City an achievement that has seen opening of several other stores internationally. Identification and Analysis of Corporate Strategy The main strategy that was emphasized by Wal-Mart was that of the control of prices and costs to attract more customers. Walmart had the idea of lowering the prices of its commodities and services to ensure that they attracted more customers as well as retain them too. With opening of retail stores that offered one stop shopping centers, Wal-Mart was able to grow more than its competitors. Consumers for a long period valued one stop shopping centers where they could find a variety of goods at the same time to ensure convenience and minimize time spent during shopping trips. Walmart stores took this strategy to open all purpose stores with grocery, clothing and other commodities...
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...Z01_JOHN2020_09_SE_EM18.QXD 10/13/10 9:09 Page 658 CASE STUDY Tesco: from domestic operator to multinational giant Michelle Lowe and Neil Wrigley This case considers the emergence of Tesco plc as one of the world’s leading multinational retailers. In a remarkable 10-year period, Tesco has transformed itself from a purely domestic operator to a multinational giant – with subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and North America – and in 2009 had 64 per cent of its operating space outside the UK. Examining market entry into Asia in more detail, the case compares ‘success’ in Thailand and South Korea with ‘failure’ in Taiwan. It also considers ‘a high risk gamble’ in Tesco’s entry into the US market, long considered to be a graveyard of overambitious expansion by UK retailers. ● ● ● Introduction In April 2009, Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer and private sector employer of labour, announced annual sales for 2008/09 of almost £60 billion (x66bn or $90.2bn) together with profits of £3 billion (x3.3bn or $4.5bn). After a dramatic decade-long transformation from purely domestic operator to multinational giant, Tesco now had a remarkable 64 per Source: Getty Images. cent of its operating space outside the UK, was developing increasingly strong businesses across 11 Asian and European markets, had a rapidly expanding ‘start-up’ subsidiary operating in the western USA, and had announced its entry into the Indian market. Moreover, as signalled in both the title of its Annual Report...
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...strategy may focus on developing a competitive advantage via differentiation, low cost, rapid response, or a combination of these. (pg 186) With all the different products which are sold through Tesco PLC, the aim of the organisation is to meet specific needs of its customers. In creating new products, the needs of the customer are sought through a range of focus groups and ongoing research trackers. A lot of emphasis is placed on feedback from social media with Tesco actively involved on Facebook, Twitter and webchats. It also actively seeks feedback through instore ‘every comment helps scheme’. Tesco clubcard was launched in 1993 and this gave them a competitive advantage over their rivals who had initially rejected the idea. It also offered a way for them to better understand their customer’s shopping patterns. With the current economic climate, Tesco had revitalised its value brand and now puts more emphasis on value and quality rather than price. The products were reformulated with less fat and sugar and increase fruit and vitamin content where possible. According to Heize and Render, the objective of a process strategy is to build a production process that meets customers requirements and product specification within cost and other managerial constraints (pg 311). Tesco pursues a process focus strategy that produces low volume high variety production (is this right??) There is a seasonal demand for majority of their products but overall variation for household groceries...
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...suppliers to keep the costs down Opportunities To survive in today’s world globalization is important. M&S have a wide opportunity to go more global to improve and expand its business They also have the opportunity to consider more overseas supplier which will actually give them cost advantage, rather than suppliers available on a local level. They also have the opportunity to maximize the use of available technology to improve their functioning and to gain competitive advantage. Threats They are in strong competition with Gap, Oasis and Next, who are offering similarly priced products yet more fashionable. M&S is also in competition from discount stores like Matalan, and “George” range at Asda. M&S is also in threat from Tesco and Seinsbury’s who moved into offering added value foods, which had been pioneered by M&S. Alternative Courses of Action 1. Substantial research before operations and correct...
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...all VAT-registered businesses in the UK are retailers. 70% of UK retail is Organized and 30% is Unorganized. The retail sector generates almost 8% of the Gross Domestic Product of the UK. The retail industry employed 2.9 million people, as at the end of September 20. Supermarkets dominate the UK food retail market, with 56.0% of sales. 3 Company overview Tesco¶s is a United Kingdom based international supermarket chain. It is the largest British retailer both by global sales and by domestic market share. Established in 1924. Tesco is the third-largest retailer in the world next to Wal-Mart, Carrefour and is operating around 2,440 stores and employing over 4,00,000 people www.Tesco.com is recognized as the world¶s largest online grocer, with a customer base of little less than 1 million and more than 250,000 orders a week. Tesco¶s market share of UK retailing is 12.5%. 4 Company overview Tesco has moved into areas such as clothes, consumer electronics, consumer financial services, internet services, consumer telecoms and gas stations. Tesco now controls over 30% of the grocery market in U.K. As of March 2008, Tesco have a store in every postcode of the UK. 1960 1970 1980 1960 2000 5 Competitors Competitors ASDA Group Limited BP Plc Carrefour S.A. ExxonMobil Corporation The Big Food Group Plc J Sainsbury plc Marks and Spencer Group plc Royal Dutch/Shell Group Safeway Inc. 6 Safeway plc Somerfield SPAR HandelsAktiengesellschaft The Boots Group PLC Wm...
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...branches, 18,000 stock lines, and owns about 4.3% grocery market share in UK. Waitrose has a very good reputation and image because its products are quality, freshness, provenance, and safety, its good customer service, and good home delivery service that are the reasons why there are lots of loyal customers and new customers. (John Lewis Partnership, 2010) Waitrose supermarket is a luxurious supermarket because it provides high quality, fresh goods, and good service to customers. There are many loyal employees working in Waitrose so that the staff turnover is low and all of employees work hard to satisfy their customers. It makes Waitrose become more successful. In addition to, Waitrose has many strong competitors that are including Tesco, ASDA, Sainsbury's, and Morrisons. The price of goods in Waitrose is...
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...Tesco chairman in south korea accused Seoul’s policymaker of being against expansion of supermarkets to protect the small family business. Korea is the second largest market for tesco after U.K, generated 5 bn pounds revenue for tesco and 300mpounds in trading profit last financial year. Started with two stores 14 years ago, now has 350 stores, operates under the brand “home plus” and is the second largest chain after “e-mart” Succeeded in a tough economy as south korea where most fid is still low and brands such as carefour and wallmart were forced to quit. Many analysts attribute Tesco’s success to its decision to entrust Mr Lee seung-han(Chairman-South Korea) with running a Korean-style retail operation without drafting in cohorts of foreign executives. According to him Tesco in Korea is run through an ideology of “synbaration” – a philosophy that is supposed to fuse the best of western and eastern business practice. New innovative ideas in south korea: Virtual shopping hag got their sales increased 130 per cent in three months, and their number of registered users went up by 76 per cent. They are now number one for online groceries and the gap between them and E-Mart has narrowed offline. Whether you see their virtual stores as a display advertising campaign or a new way of building supermarkets in spaces that already exist, that’s a remarkable achievement. It was an intelligent move as out of 50 million population in south korea, 10 million have smart phones...
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