Padini Holdings Berhad

Francesca’s is a growing company that possesses a lot of potential for future growth. The company started in 1999 and was founded in Houston, Texas by three siblings Chong Yi, Kyong Gill and Insuk Koo and one other partner John De Meritt. Originally the company was dedicated to offering accessories, home décor, and jewelry but later came to include apparel because of their growth across the country. Francesca’s became a publicly held company in July on 2011 under the name FRAN and since then the company has gained 11%. Francesca’s brand identity can be characterized as a one of a kind, specialty boutique that builds emphasis on the customer shopping experience. Each boutique carries unique merchandise that varies from store to store so

two companies in 2008. It designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a large range of high tech leisurewear and

The main products sold by PADINI company are formal and fashion clothing among children, teenagers and adults. In addition, there are also various brands associated with the PADINI brand and all of them are categorized under PADINI. Each brand categorized under PADINI represents fashion philosophy and each philosophy involves various products aimed at targeted consumers. There are eight unique brands under PADINI, which are PDI ,PADINI Authentics, PDI, P & CO, Seed, Miki, Vincci, and Vincci Accessories. All brands targeted to consumers are caused by both sexes and all ages in children, adolescents and adults.

The Limited, Inc. is comprised of a unique family of brands. Since the grand opening in 1963, the Company has grown to over 5,633 stores and 13 retail

company has been in existence for a little over 15 years and has made huge strides in the textile,

The condition of Australian fashion retailers have been under-serviced and underwhelmed when it comes to fashion choice, especially in affordable variety (Wells 2013). There are only numerous fashion labels are available to dress 23 million people. In addition, the price cannot be compared to international brands’; the volumes produced by big international retailers like Zara and H&M are to service global market, unlike Sportsgirl or Country Road who produce much smaller volumes.

This idea led to the set up of a franchising sales network, and two years later, the company established a network of over 2,000 stores around the world in countries like Italy, UK, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, France, Germany, Turkey, Belgium and many others. Presently, the company boasts an assorted range of tights, stockings, leggings, socks, swimwear and beachwear for both men and women.

For most fashion retailers, what is the best corporate strategy to follow based on the content of this report? Why?

The chosen limited company is RIVER ISLAND clothing co. Limited. It is a private limited clothing retail business in UK founded 60 years ago with 350 stores opened across Ireland, UK, Asia, Europe and throughout the Middle East. Their aim is to bring original fashion and great design to its customers. They produce clothes in house and deliver them via internet and local stores. River Island co. provides a wide range of clothing for men, women, boys and girls. With their commitment towards ethical trading they believe

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The clothing industry in South Africa has always been an industry where there is intense rivalry between the companies. There are main companies in the industry namely Edgars, Woolworths Truworths, but there are smaller retail companies that enter the market that can satisfy the demand of the consumer’s better.

MYDIN is one of the largest retail and wholesale organization in Malaysia with close to 90 outlets with consisting of hypermarkets, mini markets (MyMydin), convenience stores (MyMart), Bazaars and emporiums in the nationwide. It carries a broad range of goods ranging from food line, household, soft line and hard-line items. The Soft line products include cosmetics, textile, leather and various clothing whereas the hard-line products include hardware, electrical, stationery, porcelain and toys (Mydin, 2014). Besides that, “Mydin has been appointed as the operator for the Malaysian government-initiated Kedai Rakyat1Malaysia (KR1M) outlets in 2012 and open another 90 KR1M outlets for the year 2013 in the whole of Malaysia” (Ariz, 2013). In addition

The Group first niche was knitwear manufacturing after which they diversified into fashion and general merchandise retailing. Fenix

UNIQLO is the abbreviation of “Unique Clothing Warehouse”, a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer which provides consumers with the business philosophy of " low price, quality assurance ", and achieved remarkable results as world's top apparel retailer. UNIQLO plans to have 100 fresh stores annually in China while many other retailers have retarded store openings on account of China's slowing economic growth (Doland, 2015). This report, therefore, will set out to evaluate UNIQLO's marketing strategies in China, with a particular focus on the importance of pricing, development of product and the need for precise positioning.

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