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Their goods have to be of a high quality (depending on price) for customer demand to continue or increase and for customer loyalty. If quality drops that will have to be reflected by the price, if not then the Tesco may have to consider getting new suppliers, this means loss of income for the current supplier and job uncertainty.

The value of the UK pound also made more viable to run operations from the UK. Avoid third person in order to get low price (price sensitive) – Don 't understand this, and I can 't find it anywhere in the case….Please explain. Anything else that can be added here?

2. Trade Barriers They may encounter difficulties in the regulation regarding aircraft imposed by the country to which they import their products to. They may also need documents

A critical factor which may have an impact upon Debenhams in the UK is the current economic environment. Debenhams can be affected by inflation due to an economic crisis as their product prices increase and so do the wages of any employees they have. For example, if the inflation rates are 10% then that means in one year £100 will drop in value by 10%, so it will only be worth £90. Eventually, the business must then raise wages to cover this expense.

„« Barriers to entry are typically high, it requires a very large amount of money and expertise to enter the industry. The industry is consolidating not growing.

* Barriers to Entry. A number of factors allow a pharmaceutical manufacturer to act as a

The economy in which HMV Group plc operates and trades in is subject to constant changes in interest rates, exchange rates, inflation, unemployment levels, tax rates, economic growth, and income rates. All of these will affect trading for HMV Group, and if enough attention is paid to the economic environment the changes can be closely predicted and HMV Group can plan for them more efficiently. For example, if the strength of the pound was to increase, international trade may decrease because HMV Group’s products will become dearer.

John Lewis’ profits have fallen by more than half from 29th February to 29th July 2017. This has had drastic effects on the company and John Lewis’ chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield says Brexit is to blame. This is because Brexit caused the fall of the value of the pound; causing costs to go up, meaning they were hitting profit margins. “The reason our profits are down is predominantly because of margin, and cost prices are rising. It's a very competitive market, retail prices are not rising as fast.”

Threats: big competitors; loosing money in the process of implementation international strategy; lack of promotion; etc.

On January 13, 1986 Dozier Industries, an American based firm, received notice that a bid on a project in the United Kingdom had been accepted. The project was to bring in £1,175,000 in revenue. Therefore, the revenue received for this project will need to be transferred into US dollars. When Dozier issued the bid on December 3, 1985 the project the exchange rate was $1.4820/£. This rate would have provided Dozier with the desired 6% profit on the project. On January 13, the day the bid was accepted, the exchange rate had changed to $1.4480/£. On January 14 the rate had change again to $1.4370/£. This inflation in the dollar to the British pound has severe implications for the profit potential on this

* The recent devaluation of Pound Sterling (£1) against the US Dollar ($1.5) means, Pret spend more money trading globally, compared to when the Pound Sterling (£1) much stronger than the US Dollar ($2). This will affect their annual profits or is likely to lead to unethical trading as they look for the cheapest sources to get their raw materials.

Market entry risks such as cultural differences, competitors, legislation, transportation issues, infringement of intellectual property rights and copyright.

development in consumer products being both a lengthy and expensive process, much of its growth

On top of that, the biggest export market for UK is claimed to be Europe (Anon, 2016). Hence, making a decision to leave the European Union will only affect the UK economy even further, particularly to the small businesses in UK. Additionally, the weaker pound will only put the small businesses under high risk. This statement is further reflected from one of the most world known engineering-based company, ’the Group’ as its executive chairman once said that their revenue was broadly flat as a result of Brexit and the orders remain weak and patchy as well (Andy Bounds and Chris Tighe, 2016). This is indeed associated with the absence

Beyond those disadvantages there is the hurdle that different countries have different standards and capabilities. An international partner may have less rigorous