Analysis of HMs Vietnam Expansion

Analysis of HMs Vietnam Expansion HM is a Swedish multinational clothing retail store that caters to young adults and children. Since its inception, the brand has evolved to include accessories, footwear, cosmetics and home furnishings. HM is one of the top retail stores in the world and has positioned itself as a low cost- quality clothing supplier. HM and its competitors occupy a niche segment of the retail clothing industry known as fast-fashion, characterized by the ability to serve consumers who demand the most up-to-date styles at an affordable price. Retailers must meet several specific customer expectations to remain competitive in this segment, as well as maintain a highly efficient internal operation to meet the requirements of the industry. HMs expansion into Vietnam is part of the companys larger overall global expansion strategy to open stores with a target of 10-15% sales growth coupled with an introduction of online retail to emerging and unexploited retail markets (HM Group, 2016). Vietnam has seen recent increased growth in foreign direct investment and expanding retail market. Consumers in Vietnam have a demand for large Western brands and have increased disposable income to spend in the market(Deloitte, 2014). In Vietnam, barriers to entry remain low for HM and other industry competitors. HM and other foreign retailers have the capability of opening their initial retail spaces in Vietnam without extreme difficulty (Deloitte, 2014).ÂÂ   In 2016, Zara, HMs largest competitor opened a retail store in Ho Chi Minh City signaling an increase in foreign retail investment in the country (Zara Enters Vietnam, 2016). It appears that the landscape in Vietnam is changing in the favor of foreign retail firms and governm ent policies are being shaped to attract more foreign investors. Industry Requirements and Expectations HM and its competitors occupy a niche segment of the retail clothing industry known as fast-fashion, characterized by the ability to serve consumers who demand the most up-to-date styles at an affordable price. Retailers must meet several specific customer expectations to remain competitive in this segment, as well as maintain a highly efficient internal operation to meet the requirements of the industry. Expectations within the fast-fashion industry have become increasingly more customer-focused and demanding with the success of retailers such as HM, Zara, and Forever 21. Because the industrys core market is highly sensitive to changes in trends and seasonality, retailers need a keen awareness of the fashion landscape to proactively update their inventory at locations worldwide. Successful players in the industry must also have an in-depth understanding of the local markets of their varying locations to serve their customers specific tastes. Fast-fashions most dedicated consumers also depend on the affordability that retailers offer to allow them to keep their wardrobes stocked with the latest styles. Highly efficient supply chain management is the cornerstone of the fast-fashion industry, and is the key requirement for any retailers success. Demands for rapid turnover and affordable prices hinge on the retailers ability to keep internal costs to a minimum to avoid passing on costs to the consumers. The industry requires retailers to keep an extremely low product life cycle (PLC), which is typically achieved through the combination of a just-in-time inventory system and a strategic distribution and fulfillment network within the countries of operation. Location is also a critical requirement when operating in fast-fashion, both for retail stores and proximity to distribution centers. In order to capitalize on the benefit of operating within this industry retailers must secure locations for their retail stores that are both highly visible and densely populated, while distribution and fulfillment centers require central location to serve the maximum number of retail locations as quickly as possible. Low Trade Barriers In 1986, Vietnam created an open-door policy with reforms in three essential areas: i) the right to foreign trade, ii) trade instruments and policies iii) liberalization of foreign trade. Since then, the Vietnamese economy has been growing at a rapid pace. Since Vietnams inception in WTO in 2001, Vietnam removed many non-tariff barriers including quantitative restrictions on imports, quotas, bans, permit requirements and licensing requirements. (U.S. Department of State, 2014). However, there are still some existing industry specific trade barriers in Vietnam. For example, price stabilization and restriction is implemented by the Vietnamese government when prices are too high or low for essential goods. Other examples of trade barriers include import taxes on automated products and services, permits on foreign investment in cinema construction only through local joint ventures and land use rights. Vietnamese land, a property of the state, cannot be owned by investors nor any Vietnamese nationals (U.S. Department of State, 2014). To HMs advantage, the retail industry in Vietnam has very few trade barriers and restrictions for foreign investment. Thus, being one of the fastest growing countries in the ASEAN economy along with liberal retail policies, Vietnam is an obvious country of interest for EU business expansion. The countrys openness to foreign investment has been the cause of many trade reforms and lower trade barriers. For example, Vietnam provides investment incentives to foreign investors such as exemption from import taxes on necessary materials required for manufacturing that cannot be found in Vietnam. Policies supporting FDI in Vietnam Since November 1, 2015, Vietnam has allowed foreign retailers to set up 100 percent foreign-owned enterprises under its commitments to the World Trade Organization. This gives them access to supply sources and ideal business locations to operate from. Most international brands are opening stores in Vietnam through franchising or the granting of rights to a local partner, as franchisees are required to have a zero-loss business record and must be able to present their business development plan to the franchisor during the bidding process, which increases the likelihood of success for foreign investors in Vietnam. (VN Express Retail market share,2016). These policies make expanding to Vietnam attractive for HM. Franchising their retail stores in Vietnam is safer for HM now because of these policies. FDI As Vietnam is becoming increasingly accessible to foreign investments, FDI inflows have seen a steady and strong increase over the previous years. In 2016, FDI inflows climbed to US$24.4 billion with a 9% increase from 2015. Out of these, US$15.1 billion flew to 2,556 newly registered projects, US$5.76 billion came from 1,225 existing projects adding to their capital, and US$3.4 billion flew in from foreign investors purchasing stakes in 2,547 companies. Vietnams rapid pace of integration into global commerce is likely to yield great opportunities for foreign investors. So, this is the right time for HM to invest and expand into Vietnam. (Vietnams FDI Outlook for 2016) In January 2017, foreign investors invested in 16 sectors in Vietnam, out of which Wholesale and retail ranked third with total registered capital of US$ 88.75 million, accounting for 5.6% of the total foreign direct investment. Relative high investment in Wholesale and Retail market bodes well for HM. HM is planning to open up its first retail shop in Ho Chi Minh City, where FDI investments are high. (Ministry of planning and Investment of Vietnam, 2017) Vietnams retail industry has witnessed healthy growth rates of 8 10 percent annually in recent years. To continue, the industry is forecasted to reach $109 billion by 2017. With the population of more than 90 million, Vietnams retail market is growing rapidly, making it highly attractive for foreign investors. The country is currently ranked top 5 and 11 in Asia and globally respectively in terms of retail growth. (VN Express Vietnams rapidly growing retail Industry, 2016) Ease of doing business The countrys ease of doing business while still leaving room for improvement is developing, Vietnam ranked 82nd out of 190 countries, up nine positions from 2016. Government of Vietnam is actively privatizing its state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on top of its trade agreements and foreign direct investment policies. Since 2015, nearly 170 companies have been privatized and this trend will continue in the coming years. This creates many opportunities for foreign investors. (Vinkenborg, M. (2017). Vietnam in 2017: Spotting opportunities for FDI) Policies restricting FDI in Vietnam One complication for FDI in Vietnam is Vietnamese authorities have different definitions of a foreign invested enterprise. In practice the level of foreign investment that qualifies an entity as foreign differs from province to province. Unlike other countries in the region, such as China or some of the other ASEAN member states, Vietnam does not maintain a Negative List of industries with foreign equity ownership caps. (Restrictions on Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam, 2015) With the enactment of the Law on Investment and the Law on Enterprises however, the country is moving in the direction of such a Negative List system. The two laws, in addition to various other laws and regulations are applicable to industries that are termed conditional. When investing in conditional industries, the government examines the investment proposal and may choose to impose additional requirements. Distribution sector such as retail is considered conditional in Vietnam and may prone to additional requirements from government of Vietnam. (Restrictions on Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam, 2015) Works Cited Deloitte (2014). Retail in Vietnam. Retrieved: http://www.iberglobal.com/files/2016/vietnam_retail.pdf Hong, A. (2016). Vietnams rapidly growing retail industry partially offsets economic slowdown. Retrieved:http://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/vietnam-s-rapidly-growing-retail-industry-partially-offsets-economic-slowdown-3448240.html HM Group. Retrieved: https://about.hm.com/en/about-us/markets-and-expansion.html Indiaretailing Bureau. Retrieved: http://www.indiaretailing.com/2016/09/27/fashion/zara-enters-vietnam-first-store-vincom-center/ Ministry of Planning and Investment. (2017). Retrieved: http://www.mpi.gov.vn/en/Pages/tinbai.aspx?idTin=35921idcm=122 Shira, D. (2015). Restrictions of Foreign Direct Investment on Vietnam. Retrieved: http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/restrictions-foreign-direct-investment-vietnam.html/ SwedenÂÂ   and Vietnam Boost BUsiness and Investment Cooperation (2016). Retrieved: https://nsnbc.me/2016/10/08/sweden-vietnam-boost-business-and-investment-cooperation U.S. Department of State (2014). 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Compare and Contrast the different attitudes to war you have studied

The three poems that I am going to compare and contrast are: â€Å"Who's for the Game? † by Jessie Pope, â€Å"Dulce et Decorum est,† by Wilfred Owen and â€Å"God! How I hate you! † by Arthur Graeme West. The three poets use their writing to express their opinions of the war. Jessie Pope is a persuasive journalist who wrote war poems to help recruitment and to sustain the war effort. â€Å"Who's for the Game? † tries to convince young men through propaganda that they should go to war. She portrays the war as a game, which will be fun for the men who join up and will make them heroes: whereas the men who do not join will be perceived as people who are spoiling the fun. She persuades the men to fight in ‘the game' by using manipulation, which would then make them feel guilty if they did not go to war. â€Å"Dulce et Decorum est† is a poem in response to Jessie Pope's attitude to war, which aims to prove to her that war is not a game and that watching a fellow soldier die is not enjoyable. Wilfred Owen describes how he saw a man being choked to death by poisonous gas and how the war changed the soldiers. He describes the soldier dying in horrific detail, and he paints a vivid picture of how it must have felt for him to see the man die. ‘Dulce et Decorum est' is a Roman motto, meaning: â€Å"It is sweet and fitting to die for your country† and he demonstrates through his poem that it is not sweet to die for your country. He also sarcastically refers to Jessie Pope as ‘my friend', which is telling her that she is not his friend because she is persuading easily-influenced young men to go to war and to die horrifically for their country. He describes the war as, ‘the old lie' and ‘obscene as cancer'. The harsh title of â€Å"God! How I Hate You,† tells us that Arthur Graeme West is also anti-war. Arthur Graeme West is not referring to how he hates God, but how he hates the young, cheerful men who write poetry about how wonderful it is to go to war and how young men should be thanking God because he has given them a motivation in life. Had they been to war themselves and seen a young man die, as he had, they would not write such things. He then also goes on to describe how he saw a man being shot, and he gives a vivid description of his brain exploding ‘like an eggshell'. The last two sentences of the poem are sarcastic, as he is saying how God is in His Heaven in the best possible of worlds, indicating that he disagrees with the poets that write that. The three poems describe how the soldiers during the war and whether they act positively or negatively. Jessie Pope is describing how the war would be to the soldiers who took part and how they would be perceived as brave heroes. The second stanza says, â€Å"Who'll give his country a hand? † which gives the impression that war is like doing a small job which will make you feel brave once you have done it. On the last line of the second stanza she says, â€Å"And who wants a seat in the stand,† which seems to sneer at the soldiers who do not take part in the war. In the third stanza on the last line she writes about the soldier who again did not take part in the war by saying, â€Å"Then lie low and be out of the fun? † which makes them seem as though they are spoiling it for everyone else and being selfish by lying low and not helping the others fight. In the third stanza, she writes about how the country is trying to fight, and that she needs the young, brave men to help her with the fight. She uses personification when she says that the country is a ‘she', which may makes the young men seem strong and protective of their country, as she is a ‘woman' and therefore will need the help from the men. â€Å"God! How I hate You,† does not describe the soldiers as being part of a game. Instead Arthur Graeme West describes the men as slowly dying humans and he also describes the dead soldiers lying in the trenches. He describes the men as being bored of the war, as they only sit around waiting to be attacked by the enemy. He says in the third stanza, â€Å"Proved that all muddy brown monotony,† which shows us the tedium of war. Arthur Graeme West describes in vivid detail how he saw a man being shot, and he describes how he saw the man slowly dying, which makes you sympathise with him and the other soldiers because who saw such horrific events. In â€Å"Dulce et Decorum Est,† Owen describes the men as tired, unenthusiastic and dirty, and he gives more detail than the two other poets. On the first line of the first stanza, he describes the men with similes as, ‘Bent double, like old beggars,' which shows us that the men look unwell and older then they are due to the effect the war has had on them. On the second line, he says that the men were, ‘Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,' which shows us that they had developed an abnormality in the knees, causing them to walk differently, that they were finding it harder to breathe because they were coughing like old women, and that they were cursing as they walked through mud, which shows their lack of enthusiasm. On the forth line, it says, ‘to trudge' which also shows us that they were unenthusiastic and tired. The soldiers were tired because it said that the ‘men marched asleep' so they were subconsciously walking onwards, without thinking about where or why they were walking. This shows us that Arthur Graeme West and Wilfred Owen both agreed that the soldiers were unmotivated and that they were not playing happily as if they were in a game. However, Jessie Pope disagrees with them and she thinks that the men were happily playing along in the war, and that they were keen to participate in the war as if it were a game or sport. In, ‘Who's for the Game? there are no deaths that are described because Jessie Pope is trying to persuade people that it is right to go to war and that it is more of a game than a battlefield. She had never been to war and never seen someone die in battle. has she done so then perhaps she would have described a death to warn the men that they should not go to war. However, Dulce et Decorum Est describes a soldier dying in graphic detail. In the second stanza, Wilfred Owen says ‘floundering like a man in fire or lime†¦ ‘ when he is describing the soldier dying. He uses metaphors to describe the gruesome sight of the man dying. In the third stanza he says, ‘And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,' which shows us that his eyes of struggling to move and that he is suffering. Another metaphor that it says is ‘His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin,' which is saying that, as the devil will never be sick of sin, that his face would have looked as though it was slowly being tortured to death. He then describes that there was ‘Blood gargling from his froth corrupted lungs' which is showing us how gruesome and horrific it would have been to watch. In, ‘God! How I hate you,' there is a description of a man's head being burst open. It uses similes to describe it. For example, in the third stanza it says, ‘Smashed like an eggshell and the warm grey brain, Spattered all bloody on the parados†¦ ‘ It is using horrific detail so that the person can imagine how horrific it must have been to see the man die and to know that they could end up dying like him. ‘God! How I hate you,' and,'Dulce et Decorum est,' are both including gruesome details on how the soldiers die and what it was like to be there, unlike Jessie Pope, who decides not mention the possibility of deaths, but instead speaks of how the men who ‘eagerly shoulder a gun' are heroes. The rhythm of, ‘Dulce et Decorum est' begins with a slow and heavy rhythm, because it helps the reader to imagine the soldiers trudging slowly across the ground, and you can imagine how they feel tired and unenthusiastic. Then the rhythm suddenly speeds up when the gas shells explode, to show how they quickly fumble around in desperation to find their gas masks, which helps the reader to imagine the panic and anxiety. In, ‘God! How I hate you,' has a loud, quite slow clapping rhythm, which seems to get louder as his anger increases. This helps the reader to see Arthur Graeme West's anger and how it helps them to feel what he is thinking. In, ‘Who's for the Game? ‘ the rhythm is approximately the same speed as, ‘God! How I hate you,' because they are both loud, although Jessie Pope was probably trying to make the rhythm sound enthusiastic rather then angry. This shows us that although the two poems are making different points, they both use the same rhythm for different purposes, unlike Dulce et Decorum Est, which has a slower beat which gradually gets faster. In conclusion, the poem which I least prefer is, ‘Who's for the Game'. The reason for this is because the poem uses manipulation and propaganda to try and force men to go to war. It is not as gruesome and as graphic as the other two poems, and it does not describe horrific deaths in it; instead it portrays the war as a game and as something which will enable you to be seen as a hero and bring you glory if you die for your country. It glosses over the harsh realities of war and dishonestly lures young men towards a possible grim death.

Macbeth is a monster – In the light of this comment consider Shakespeares presentation of Macbeth in the play

The idea of man as monster is one perpetually peddled not only by Gothic writers, but throughout literature; Shelley toys with the concept in Frankenstein, and Shakespeare himself explores the dark fringes of humanity in character such as Richard III. Yet Macbeth is not quite so simple – whilst he certainly possesses irredeemably features, it is difficult to bracket him with the Duke of Gloucester; similarly, though he begins the play a hero, his descent cannot be easily compared to that of the archetypal tragic hero Othello. Rather, he is a complex hybrid, challenging audiences and critics to consider the nature and definition of monstrosity itself. Perhaps Macbeth's most ‘monstrous' feature is his ambivalence to his own tyranny; whilst the natural order of Scotland is turned upside down, he acknowledges that he is ‘in blood stepp'd in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er'. Here, Shakespeare summons a viscerally violent image of Macbeth wading in a river or lake of ‘blood' before having him casually dismiss it as ‘tedious'; the contrast of surreal horror and offhand flippancy highlighting what would appear to be Macbeth's complete lack of empathy. Combine this with the fact that, in the context of production, Macbeth's regicide would have represented one of the greatest possible breaches not only of judicial but of moral code, and his fate as a character seems sealed. It may even be argued that the play's archetypally Gothic conclusion: having the characters embark to meet ‘at Scone' – the traditional site of Scottish coronations representative of all the social strictures Macbeth flouts – would lose impact if Macbeth's evil was not absolute; if his downfall is to serve as a warning against the breaking of societal regulation, then the audience must surely be without doubt that his actions were irredeemable. Though this may be an easy argument to superficially impose in pursuit of a clear-cut moral message, we must not forget that Shakespeare was a dramatist, not a sermoniser, and that to impose definite meaning on his work is to undermine it. Throughout the text, there are suggestions that Macbeth is in fact a form of Renaissance man, bridging the gap between the Medieval and the modern. In Act I, Scene iii, Macbeth ascertains that the witches' predictions ‘cannot be ill, cannot be good'; a phrase not only reminiscent of the witches' chants of ‘fair and foul', linguistically linking him to the misty supernaturalism they represent, but also unintentionally echoing the literary debate which Macbeth is most famous for; whether the witches can or cannot be seen to have any direct impact on the events of the play. In this way, Macbeth inhabits a self-aware, meta-literary role in which his monstrosity makes up just one part; his Act V, Scene V speech in which he brands himself ‘a poor player who struts and frets' supports this idea, suggesting that whilst Macbeth may appear to be ambivalent to his actions, he in fact recognises their ‘poor' insignificance in the grand scheme of life. Though these metaphysical ponderings may not elevate him to the lofty philosophical heights with which critics regard Hamlet or Lear, they certainly lift him from the more simplified view of Macbeth as pantomime villain. Finally, Macbeth must be viewed in the context of the play's other characters; most notably that of his wife, Lady Macbeth. Before Macbeth has committed any physical crime, Lady Macbeth cries for dark spirits to ‘unsex [her]' – the use of a compound adjective such as ‘unsex' representing – in it's linguistic irregularity as much as in its meaning – a total betrayal of all that it means to be human; to have a predetermined biology. In breaking the bonds of gender, Lady Macbeth finds the ability to foster ambition in Macbeth with sexually provocative blackmail (‘When you durst do it, then you were a man! ‘); perhaps Shakespeare's suggestion is that Macbeth only acts as a vessel for evil, whereas the witches, and Lady Macbeth, both of whom actively embrace the supernatural, represent the seed of evil which can take root in a man even as ‘brave' and ‘noble' as the formerly heroic Macbeth. To brand Macbeth as a monster feels far too simplistic; though, if Macbeth is to be viewed as a pre-Gothic text, the interpretation of him as an archetypal villain is understandable, this is an aspect of the play in which the imposition of a stylistic code feels reductionist and irrelevant. Instead, Macbeth ought to be viewed as a complex character in his own right, whose actions and words throw up as many conundrums as the critic or audience member may hope to find.

Essay about Death in Ancient Egyptian Culture - 2526 Words

Every individual experiences the act of death, and most persons experience the death of someone they know of. Whether family, kin, or someone infamous, the living deal with the process of dying. Anthropology seeks to understand the universal process of death ritual and how different cultures deal with death differently. An anthropologist can extract social values of a given culture, past or present, from how death ceremony is practiced. Such values could be regarding political hierarchy or an individual’s status in a society, and about a culture’s spiritual or religious faith. By exploring death ceremony in ancient Egypt, contemporary Hindu death practice in India, and current North American funerary rites, it can be illustrated that†¦show more content†¦Poorer citizens were not buried with a coffin and outer sarcophagi where as wealthier citizens were. Citizens of higher strata were also buried with precious stones and gold. Thus, the socioeconomic structures of specific groups can be analyzed and broken down as to who was a peasant and who was deemed of higher social strata by examining the way ancient Egyptians practiced burial. Regardless of social strata, death and the afterlife were almost always valued by the living in ancient Egypt. The afterlife was birthed and designed for great societal rulers but eventually trickled down and was adopted by other levels of society (Murnane in Obayashi, 1992, p. 42). Death was interpreted as â€Å"new life in another state† by ancient Egypt, and the ultimate goal of immortality could be attained if specific burial arrangements were made for the dead. This was to avoid a final death of the soul known as the â€Å"second death,† and measures such as burial with food, drink, and personal possessions, were taken to aid the soul on its journey into immortality (Murnane in Obayashi, 1992, p. 36). 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