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Foreign exchange hedging strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposure Translational exposure is the possibility of a company’s liabilities, equities, income, or asset values changing because of a change in exchange rates. This happens if the firm has some assets in foreign currency. On the other hand, transactional exposure is the risk a company…

To set the stage, the initial implementation and learning from phone/catalogue home-shopping in ASDA is outlined to demonstrate why e-commerce was seen as most economically suitable to conduct a grocery home-shopping business. Then the paper illustrates the development stages and critical aspects of ASDA. com’s Web shop. Particularly, it delineates the operational aspects of B2C…

Three most significant differences in strategic positioning: Market positioning: Inditex has achieved the largest revenue in the specialty fashion retailing industry in recent years. Its main brand Zara is positioned as high-fashion apparel, comprising 66% of the total revenue. Other brands are lower-priced clothing targeted at youth, clothing for business, evening and casual needs. Inditex…

After entering China in 1982, Pepsi continued to do well in the country, offering a wider range of products than its arch-rival, Coca-Cola. Pepsi’s potato chip business was successful despite competition from other multinational rivals and Chinese domestic brands. As its potato chips became more successful, however, the problem of how to secure a supply…

Design contributed to the five asset categories to build brand equity in the following ways: The mermaid and the dark green background are the most distinguished elements involved into the logo, especially the distinctive green color. Importantly its locations, consumers, brand image and a distribution network, selling a lifestyle (an intrinsic value) Brand Personality A…

The main functions of DEL have been identified and divided in to separate departments which specialist in one particular function of the organization. The major functions of DEL an be categorized as Sales and Marketing, Procurement, Manufacture and Design, Research and Development, Accounting, IT and Human Resources management. These functions communicates through intranet, emails, newsletters…

Tesco was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen. The supermarket chain now has stores in 14 countries across Asia Europe and North America. Sir Terry Leahy chief executive since the mid 1990s states. “Our core purpose is, ‘To create value for customers to earn their lifetime loyalty’. We deliver this through our values, ‘No-one tries…

Fashion and clothing styles are a reflection of people’s attitudes and times. As a matter of fact, this also holds true for the 1960s era. The youth culture was taking strong hold in that era as the ‘baby boomers’ were now grown. This era is known for the social change in every aspect of life…

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McDonaldization is a term used by Sociologist George Ritzer. He explains it as the method in which a culture takes on the characteristics of a fast-food facility. Ritzer analyses the particular ways in which the success of the American hamburger chain has impacted upon not only economic patterns, but in particular on a multitude of…