Charles and Keith

1.) What difficulties—from retiring baby boomers in the United States to a graying China, to the massive overhang of Europe’s elderly—can private corporations, governments, and other sectors expect as the aging revolution unfolds across the globe? How will changing demographics affect workforce composition? Retirement age? Pension outlays? Taxation? Immigration? Economic growth? How can governments, corporations, and nongovernmental organizations work together to address these issues?

Mackintosh-Grant, a leading clothing and footwear designer, headquartered in United Kingdom is formed by merger of

Footwear International is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of footwear that has 83 companies in 70 different countries. One of these locations is

At River Island, their aim is to provide stylish, affordable fashion, where their customers are able to pick up everything they need for a brand new head-to-toe look. They provide everything from going-out looks and occasion wear to bags and shoes to match at a reasonable price. By offering stylish, affordable fashion, they will gain a much larger market share than some of their more expensive rivals. Also, if the customer can use them as a ‘one stop shop’, it will mean that River Island benefits by having less competition and therefore, a higher turnover.

The economy condition in Ireland & north Ireland had stepping into recession, due to global financial crisis, has given Harvey Norman’s business that

From the 1830’s to the 1860’s, a group of idealistic philosophers known as the American Transcendentalists spread their new and unique beliefs across the nation. Some well-known influential thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and many others introduced the philosophical social movement that established due to rationalist thoughts. These thinkers focused on being one with nature and the divine. After these ideas flourished in the mid-1800’s, individuals from the 20th and 21st century such as Christopher Smith and Christopher McCandless have also taken part of the Transcendentalist ideas. However, transcendentalist ideas seem to backfire than succeed in these modern day cases.

During this essay I will compare the difference of economic and policy development of Ireland, north or south in relation to the United Kingdom. As of today Ireland themselves are bit more advanced, exchange secondary economy. Ireland was among the starting gathering of 12 EU countries that started streaming the euro on 1 January 2002 “Although Ireland had aspirations to become a member of the Community as far back as 1961 it was not until 1972 when a referendum confirmed Ireland’s entry into the European Community with 83 per cent of voters supporting membership. Ireland formally acceded to the then EEC in 1973”. (Loughran, 2015).

2. Richard M. Johns (2006). The Apparel Industry. 2nd ed. UK, London: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. 1-124.

In this assignment I will outline and discuss the Historical Development of the ECEC sector in Ireland.

As a clothing store which is focusing on local designed and European designed clothes, our products are going to be high-end, fashionable, green and unique.

Burberry need to scan their market segments in order to gain the most competitive advantage. Pestle analysis looks at the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors that affect an organisation providing a ‘comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of strategies’ (Johnson, Whittington, Scholes, 2011). However, the three main changes that focused on in this essay are Economic, Social and Environmental factors. The economy within China is currently very stable; being a part of the 4 fastest growing economies in the world (BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, China), it has made large strides in recent years in the business and industrial sector. , the country

The break up and the demise of BSC altered the dynamics of the UK footwear industry leaving Clarks as the largest vertically integrated UK shoe company. (Source: Clarks Web Site)2.3 The shoe market in the UK is dominated by imports, which mirrors the clothing industry. Manufacturing abroad has become the norm with almost all UK shoe companies. This is driven by lower costs, including labour, materials and general manufacturing costs. Clarks recently closed down its last factory in the UK (Ilminster, Somerset), with all manufacturing now being undertaken in Portugal and other low cost countries. (Source: Key Note Report)2.4 Clarks is recognised for making comfortable, durable and well fitting shoes. The product is not regarded as a fashion item. Clarks' target its products at infants/young children through to 15 year olds and adults in the age range 45 - 50. The company offers a wide range of products such as sports, smart, and casual shoes and boots.

The clothing industry, as one of the most globalized industries in the world (Bonacich et al 1994), is currently undergoing a restructuring, especially the fast fashion sector. Fashion markets are synonymous with rapid changes and short product life cycles. Therefore, changes in consumer demand for newness and fashion trend force the emergence of ‘fast fashion’ strategy in retailers like Zara and H&M and shifts in the focus of competitive advantage from price towards quick response. That is to say, clothing firms, which are adopting global or offshore sourcing strategy, are not considered to have more competitive advantages as before.

So the company duly opened stores all across the continent, much to the delight of British exports everywhere. They were finally able to get the things they loved from home again, and the stores became very popular. Not only that, the stores became popular among the native populations of the countries into which it expanded. It seems that people other than the British love British things, too. Marks and Spencer developed a huge loyal following wherever it went, it seems. Nowhere was this more evident than in France. The store was amazingly popular among the French, who were embracing British products and lifestyle in general with astonishing enthusiasm. Not only that, the British who were living in France in droves adored having one of their favorite stores nearby and accessible. Marks and Spencer proved

However our natural and human resource standards remain very high aswell as a highly educated workforce so the exporter should be capable of breaking into some foreign markets based on Ireland’s continued good reputation internationally.