Introduction
Tesco PLC is a multinational corporation that sells food and non-food products to consumers. Being one of the largest food retailers in the world (Brand Finance, 2014). It now operates over 7,599 stores that include franchises. With over 500,000+ employees worldwide in 12 different counties, that includes the UK, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey and Poland in Europe, along with India, Malaysia, China, South Korea and Japan in Asia (Tesco, 2014). Tesco was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen from a market stall in East End London, launched its first store in Edgware, London, UK in 1929. Tesco have 5 different names for the company which are Tesco Extra and Tesco Superstores which are the large supermarkets.
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However with the recent years there has been talks about Tesco and their financial profits falling down by 92% (Ruddick, 2014). So the main focus of the report will be that I will analyse the strength, weaknesses, threats and opportunities of Tesco and come up with a recommendation at the end for Tesco to improve. Additionally I will be analysing about Tesco Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal factors. The end of the report will establish a possible recommendation to help guide Tesco strategy in the future.
PESTEL Analysis
Political Factors:
When it comes down to Tesco’s worldwide presence is that their performance will be influenced by global political factors which include, tax rate, acts of legislation and the overall political stability of the countries the company operates in. Due to the ongoing financial instability across the world, the governments have increasingly encouraged retailers to create more jobs and opportunities for the local people. From lower paid and locally based jobs to higher skilled, higher based jobs. This is very important consideration as it creates more employment opportunities. Tesco is ensuring their workforce is diversified and representative of the population, such key categories include students, elder citizens and disabled people.
Economic Factors:
Many political changes will result in many changes that can happen in the economy. This is very
Tesco Plc is a Public Limited Company who securities and shares are included in the stock exchange and list of different countries. In UK, companies like Tesco Plc are registered under the companies Act 1980 and its shared are offered to public in regards of limited liability. In addition, Tesco is associated with retail sector that carries out a majority business of the company and contribute their share in country’s economy to a huge scale. Apart from the retail sector, Tesco Plc faced tough competition all over the world from companies like Wal-Mart, Asda, Sainsbury, and others. Although, Tesco is not in dominating position in the current retail market in the UK, but the company is one of the biggest retail companies working in the UK, North America, Asia, Europe and other. The company
Tesco has a global strategy focused on "delivery" of the customer. This includes the use of information on "Club Card" met to develop online stores and shop for new retail, increase the benefit of customers of new innovative technologies. This state security, while current strategies Tesco (T. Choithrams LLC) "Tesco Value" identify keep focused on the prize, and "good" Tesco, with a focus on quality. This diversified approach contributes to long-term success and sustainability of
Yahoo! Finance (2012) describes Tesco PLC as a company that "operates stores that primarily offer food products, as well as general merchandise, clothing products, and electrical products." In addition to that, Tesco PLC is also involved in the provision of insurance, financial as well as banking (retail) services (Yahoo! Finance, 2012). Taking into consideration the number of branches it has in various parts of the world, Tesco PLC can be regarded one of the largest retailers around the globe. Having been established sometimes in the year 1919 by Jack Cohen, the company has surely come a long way (Tesco, 2012). The phenomenal growth of Tesco PLC over time can largely be attributed to both the unwavering vision of the founder and the selection of a competent team of managers to run the company's operations during its growth phase. Currently, the company top management team comprises of its CEO Andrew Clarke, its Chief Financial Officer Laurie Mcllwee and Tim
Tesco is worldwide organisation which is well known in providing services to their customers, the organisation is been operating since the early 1924 providing services to consumers.
Tesco PLC is a major food retailer that operates primarily in the United Kingdom. The company operates 2,291 supermarkets, superstores and convenience stores in the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe and Asia. The company also offers financial products, such as insurance and banking services, as well as electrical appliances and telecommunication products. For the year 2007 to date, Tesco PLC achieved revenues that totaled £ 46,611 million, an increase of 10.9% against the previous year revenues that were £42,016 million. Tesco is one of the largest food retailers in the world, operating around 2,318 stores and employing over 326,000 people.
Tesco operates in 14 different countries. Therefore its performance may be influenced by the local legislation and political factors. There are
Tesco is a public limited company and it’s one of the largest retailer in UK and is the fourth largest retailer in the world. They have over 500,000 colleagues and they provide goods and services to 12 other countries like South Korea and Poland. Tesco is an international business but UK is where its business is more focused on. 75% of Tesco group revenue comes from UK business as they get lower sales from other countries outside UK. By offering the customer new goods and services in expanding UK markets, such as telecom and financial services and expanding their market abroad, enabled Tesco to expand their business so that it can deliver long term growth for the business. It also allowed Tesco to expand into new markets and improve their business in the competitive markets. On the other hand, Tesco main value is to provide good quality of goods and services that are cheap and affordable to the public. Which link to their slogan “every little helps.”
As Tesco is a profit-based business, it maximises their sales and profit, expanding to maintain its competitiveness in addition to outshining competitor. It also focuses on providing shareholders with progressive returns on their investment improving profitability through investment in efficient stores and distribution depots, in productivity improvements and in new technology, developing the talents of its people
As I have mentioned before, this research paper is being taken exclusively with the aim to evaluate the Tesco’s performance in both financial and business terms over a three years period. Since the financials will be compared with its three year
Tesco is the leading food retailer in Britain, they have also focused on building non-food sales which are available in store and online. Tesco is one of the world’s largest retailers with approximately 4,331 stores in 14 countries which include Asia, Europe and the United States. (Tesco, 2011). See appendix 1 for a map of the countries Tesco operate in.
tesco can take advantage of its successful international expansion. tesco is in a position to share their know-how and also is able to apply technologies and know-how which will create a competitive edge over its rivals and also step its learning curve.
Tesco PLC is one of the largest retailer in the world and by revenues it is the third largest , started in Welwyn garden city , Hertfordshire , England, and united kingdom , it has a large varieties of superstore and merchandise stores in many continents .it is one of the leading market of the groceries in the UK in which it has a market share of 28.4% , it has stores in many countries like Hungary , Thailand , Malaysia , Ireland . Recently it’s been proposed to open up in UAE.
Profits for Tesco’s operations in Europe, Asia and Ireland increased by 78% during the last fiscal year. The company has a strong brand image, and is associated with good quality, trustworthy goods that represent excellent value. Tesco’s innovative ways of improving the customer shopping experience, as well as its efforts to branch out into finance and insurance have also capitalized on this.
Tesco was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen from a market stall selling surplus groceries in London’s East End. The company is now not only a grocery but also a general merchandise retailer who operates in 12 countries around the world, employs over 530,000 people and serves tens of millions of customers every week. Tesco became a private limited company in 1932 and in 1947 Tesco Stores (Holdings) Ltd floated on the stock exchange with a share price of 25p. Tesco’s aggressive negotiation with suppliers helped it grow its market share from 7% in 1971 to 31% in 2007 making them the UK’s top supermarket. Despite being in a recession, Tesco made record profits for a British retailer in the year to February 2010, during which it’s underlying pre-tax profits increased by 10.1% to £3.4 billion. It is currently listed on the FTSE 100 Index meaning that they are within the top 100 yielding companies listed on the London stock exchange but things have taken a turn for the worst for Tesco.
The Corporate Steering Wheel has delivered an impressive performance of Tesco in line with its corporate goals and mission. Each of the five perspectives has assist and transformed Tesco to be well positioned for long term growth. David Reid, the Chairman reported that the Tesco team has once again delivered a good set of results for the year 2010. Even as the markets around the world are emerging from recession, each part of Tesco’s business is well positioned to pursue its