Different Retail Strategies Affect Shareholder Value

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY1

Research Design1

Research Method1

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS2

Introduction2

Tesco's Business Analysis4

Company Profile5

History of Deals6

Recent Deals6

Corporate Real Estate Management7

Owning versus renting9

Sales and Leaseback10

Comment of Analysis13

Financial Information of Tesco17

Conclusion17

REFERENCES19

LIST OF FIGURES21

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY

Research Design

The research is based on both primary and secondary data collection. The data is extracted from various journals, articles and books. Secondary research describes information gathered through literature, publications and broadcast media. The research approach that has been used in this literature is qualitative. Qualitative research is much more subjective than quantitative research and uses very different methods of collecting information which could be both primary and secondary. As already mentioned, this study chooses the secondary method. The nature of this type of research is exploratory and open-ended. This type of research is often less costly than surveys and is extremely effective in acquiring information. It is often the method of choice in instances where quantitative measurement is not required. Therefore, this research is purely based on secondary data.

Research Method

The data has been collected from various case studies that are purely based on Tesco Plc Corporation and their related operations. The research is based on qualitative information because it requires a subjective data but it does contain graphs based on financial information. The data is based on various concepts related to Tesco Corporation and they all have been studied in depth for complete analysis. Case studies were meant to be used as primary source for data collection in this research. Therefore, this is the overall research method for this literature.

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Introduction

The food retail market in the UK is the market that is long established, with a rather stable structure. It is dominated by a few supermarket chains, almost all of them are well established brands. The five largest network consists of "Tesco", "Sainsbury's", "Asda" (the network owned by U.S. retail giant, "Wal-Mart"), "Morrison's" (after the absorption of the network "Safeway") and "Somerfield". The complete picture of the network "Waitrose" and "Marks & Spencer Food”, satisfies the tastes of more discerning and affluent consumers, as well as regional networks, such as "Iceland" and "Boots". In the low price segment operating foreigners, German discounters "Aldi" and "Lidl", as well as the Danish network "Netto", this offers mostly imported products (Achrol, 2003, 163).

Supermarkets have their own consumer audience. British marketers divide the entire population by income and education into five groups from A to E. Each group has its own preferences as to where to buy ...