Research on Fashion Retail Management

When examining competitive advantage, it is also important to consider the market and take into account the existing competition against larger firms.

The aim of this paper is to highlight the strategic position of the company with an overview of its internal and external environment. The study of its strategy, design and other forces, one can easily gauge why and how target has managed to become the retail giant it is today.

Abstract : Analysis of financial statement of a company is an important because it is useful to obtain Information

Retail: The sale of goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption rather than for resale.

The firm shows positive health for the Shareholders Equity with an equity ratio of 44.2% in 2011 and increasing to 45.2% in 2012. Calculating the percent of total assets that shareholders would receive in the event of company liquidation looks positive and very healthy for any investors or shareholders of this firm. The interest coverage ratio is also at a value that is significantly positive 14.0% in 2011 and 12.8% in 2012. Although 2021 shows a decrease, the company is still very capable of generating sufficient revenues to cover their interest payments on any debt they have incurred.

Based upon my knowledge learned on financial reporting, I had compared to companies reporting statistics. The two companies in comparison are PepsiCo Incorperated and The Coca-Cola Company in which both have reported annual statistics for 2004 and 2005. During my comparison of net incomes, gross expenses, stock statistics, and assets accumulations, I have suggested some strategies for each business to take into consideration for better future results. As an accountant in training, I will be giving specific details of my analysis and recommendations, as these are my opinions for financial success.

A vertical and horizontal analysis of each company's balance sheet and income statement in this particular case will be enlightening. A vertical analysis will for instance shed some light on how revenue is being used. In this case, each component of the companies' financial statements will be converted into a percentage of a key component of either the balance sheet or the income statement. A special common size balance sheet and income statement will be utilized to ease comparison. The

* Growth rate is higher than the industry’s growth rate for each of last 10 years.

The intensity of rivalry and the threat of substitutes are strong components for J.C. Penney to consider as they continue to strive for increased revenue and market share. Their two primary competitors are Macy’s and Kohl’s, both of whom have fiercely competitive strategies to be strong retail operations. For instance, while Macy’s offers a multitude of promotional deals and is working hard to choose products based upon demographics and geographic segmentation, Kohl’s is attempting to reduce their inventory levels and improve their marketing strategies in order to become a stronger competitor in the department store segment of the retail industry. In order to compete with their competitors, J.C. Penney aims to focus on their previously successful promotions and home department segmentations by bringing in new reputable designers in order to attract a larger customer base. Due to the fact that the intensity of rivalry and threat of substitutes are both moderately strong in the retail department store industry, J.C. Penney ought to be diligent in their implementation of strategies in order to achieve success in the retail business.

Google and Yahoo are two companies that compete in the Internet Information Provider Industry. They are perhaps two of the best known companies in that area. Because they both belong to the same industry, they are very similar in some aspects, but they also differ in some others. More specifically, they differ somewhat in their financial aspects. In order to provide a better understanding of their financial characteristics, different types of financial statement analyses are used. A horizontal analysis is used to evaluate a company's progress from period to period, a vertical analysis is used to judge against competitors, and financial ratios are used to assess a company's financial status and judge them against their main competitors as well as the average for their industry. Without doubt, these are very helpful tools that can be used by managers, auditors, investors and creditors who have an interest in evaluating the financial aspects of a company (Nobles, Mattison, and Matsumura 1010).

it is important to identify key strengths of the company over upcoming threats and weak points. Macy’s differentiate itself from competition with upscale “Celebrity” brand exclusivity, merchandise based on local preferences, and unique store design atmosphere. Based on analysis performed the company weighted strategy is to move towards the online and technology advances with maintaining Macy’s upscale storefront culture, integrating new product offerings with revising promotions to satisfy its target market and expanding operations to a new markets with present demand. From opportunities analysis strategy can be divided in three fragments

Executive Summary Business and Industry Analysis Competitive Advantages Five Forces Model Industry Competitive Analysis Accounting Analysis Key Accounting Policies Degree of Accounting Flexibility Evaluation of Accounting Strategy Accounting Quality of Disclosure Red Flags Quantitative Analysis Ratio Analysis Liquidity Profitability Capital Structure Forecasting Balance Sheet Income Statement Statement of Cash Flows Forecast Summary Valuation Analysis Method of Comparables

Retail stores, are one of the biggest and largest businesses around the world. They produce thousands of hundreds in revenues and they are some of the biggest employers industries. WALL-MART, IKEA, TESCO, ARGOS, MACYS, WALLGREENS and OFICCE DEPOT are some of the well-known retail stores that supply us every day with different kind of goods and services. For a better understanding, one of the main definitions of retail is: “...store commonly a shop or stall for the retail sale of commodities, but also a place where wholesale supplies are kept, exhibited, or sold…” What this means

Retail is when business sells products and provide service to the customer to make a profit. An example of a retail business is TESCO. There are many different types of retail sectors in UK which have different organisation and structures. In order for business to operate they will need to find the appropriate location, products they will sell to customer in order to gain profit for the business.

The following article will mainly focus on aspects of supply chain and logistics management of fashion related Retailer Company named Zara, which is expected to boost the value of customers, and sustainability concept is considered to be added benefit to the Zara Company. The advantage is mainly because of Zara company’s designing models that are related with business and they are compared with benefits and disadvantages with other companies which have seen success and also highlight on companies that are not successful. The business related strategies and management of supply chain operations are compared between Zara Company and with other companies like Dell and Myers. The difference in strategies and success is compared between Zara and Dell and also Myers with Zara.