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INTRODUCTION Atterbury was funded in Pretoria, in 1994 by Louis van de Watt and Francois van Niekerk. Its main focus is on developing retail centers and commercial buildings. Atterbury co-founded Attfund (an unlisted regional shopping center fund) in 2002, which was sold in 2011. It later created Attacq having its main asset shareholding in Attfund and other developments. This other development includes AttAfrica a fund which develops and owns various shopping centers across Africa and…

) MARKETING MIX OF MORE RETAIL A) PRODUCT MIX Aditya Birla Retail Ltd expanded its presence across the country under the brand ― "more." with two formats ― Supermarket and Hypermarket. Aditya Birla Retail Limited provides customers products under its own labels. The company has also been offering Private label Food Brands include Feasters, Kitchen's Promise, and Best of India. The other brands include Home & Personal care brands include Enriche, 110%, Pestex, Paradise and Germex. As per a…

FINDINGS  70% of the respondents belong to the age group of 30-45, and 66% of the respondents have 5-10 years experience.  60% of the respondents say monthly sales turn over is above 200 tones  84% respondents claims that the fast moving cement brand is Arasu.  Out of the 100 dealers surveyed a good majority (60%) appreciates the pricing of Arasu cement, and 50% of the respondents claim that the brand availability at the time of order for Arasu cement is good.  88% of the respondents…

Strategic management process is a process that helps managers in forming strategies which are vital in making the company perform better. The first stage of strategic management process is to identity organizations current goals, mission and strategies. Sam Walton in Rogers, Arkansas founded Walmart in 1962. It has now become one of the largest retail business in the world with revenue of over $100 billion 3000 stores and more than 750000 employees. . Walmart’s mission statement is “Saving…

Herbalife is a company in the direct selling industry which is registered in the Direct Selling Association of Malaysia. In Malaysia, direct selling is a diversified business with substantial product categories. It is increasingly becoming a significant distribution channel within the country’s total retail enterprise system. Basically, Herbalife sells their consumer products, mostly dietary nutrition and health supplements by direct personal contact instead of waiting for customers to knock on…

TATA GROUP Tata Group History: Tata group was founded by Jamsetji tata in 1868 as a trading company. Now the group has expanded its operations to 80 countries across six continents. The group has over 100 companies which are operating separately. The major companies under the umbrella of TATA group are Tata consultancy services (TCS), TATA power, TATA motors, Taj Hotels, TATA chemicals, TATA communications, TATA global beverages, Titan industries, TATA teleservices. They are the pioneers in…

Sherwin-Williams CASE ANALYSIS MARTIN SMITH PB 721 - 03 06 /23 /2015 Overview • Sherwin-Williams (SHW), ranked 278 on the fortune 500 list, manufactures, develops, distributes and paints, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. (1) SHW is the largest coatings manufacturer in the United States and third-largest worldwide. (1) • In 2014, PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) , ranked number 190 on the fortune 500 list, manufactures and distributes a…

Introduction 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Petaling Jaya 1 Utama Shopping Center is situated in Bandar Utama Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Its gross built-up area totals 5,000,000 square feet (465,000 m²). It is the largest shopping mall in Malaysia and the seventh largest in the world. Spread across five million-sqft, it is locally known as 1U and is divided into two wing, the Old Wing and New Wing. The Sultan of Selangor officially launched the New Wing, newly opened in 2004. The…

Critical examination of the operations of Caltex PROJECT REPORT By: Harish Kumar Major: Customer service Date: Academic Supervisor: Organisational Supervisor: Summary This research mainly focuses on the customer service of gas station and finding all the problems faced by the customer due to outdated system. In this research, I looked at how performance of the store can be increased by eliminating all the problems demonstrated by customer. I took some interviews with the staff as…

Tesco and the changing retail environment. 1. DESCRIBING THE TESCO’S COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT IN THE UK MARKET. The PESTEL analysis below analyses the uncertain and ever changing environment of Tesco in which it operates by identifying the different internal and external factors that has the most impact on Tesco’s operations. 1. Political Factors After initiating new tax measures by the government of the United Kingdom which has led to increase in the VAT rate from 17.5% to 20% made a big…