To What Extent Would Opening A Retail Store Help Sonjuhi Business Academy Expand Its Market Share?
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INTERNATIONAL!BACCALAUREATE!!
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BUSINESS!MANAGEMENT!!
INTERNAL!ASSESSMENT!
(Higher!Level)!
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TO!WHAT!EXTENT!WOULD!OPENING!A!RETAIL!STORE!HELP!
SONJUHI!BUSINESS!ACADEMY!EXPAND!ITS!MARKET!SHARE?!
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CANDIDATE!NAME:!Ishaan!Ripudaman!Nigam!
CANDIDATE!NUMBER:!002332-0070!
SCHOOL:!Global!Indian!International!School!Singapore!
SCHOOL!CODE:!002332!
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EXECUTIVE!SUMARY:!229!Words!
RESEARCH!PROPOSAL:!414!Words!
WRITTEN!REPORT:!1,431!Words!
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT!
I!would!like!to!extend!my!gratitude!to!those!who!have!helped!me!throughout!the!
conception,!production!and!revision!of!my!Business!Management!Internal!Assessment.!
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I!would!like!to!thank!Sonjuhis!Baking!Academy!(hereafter!Sonjuhis)!and!their!
Management!Team!for!their!continued!and!repeated!guidance!over!the!course!of!this!
assessment,!providing!inputs!and!participating!in!discussions!with!regards!to!the!concepts!
and!issues!raised.!
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I!would!also!like!to!thank!my!family!for!providing!support!and!regularly!engaging!me!in!
thought-provoking!discussions!about!the!issues!raised!in!this!assessment.!!
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I!would!like!to!express!my!deepest!gratitude!to!my!supervisor,!Mr!Vipul!Gupta!for!his!
guidance.!His!suggestions!and!timely!feedback!allowed!me!to!develop!this!assessment!to!
the!best!of!my!capabilities.!
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TABLE!OF!CONTENTS!!
Acknowledgements!.......................................................................................!2!
Table!of!contents!3!
Letter!of!Confirmation!from!Ms.!Sonjuhi!.!4!
Executive!Summary!.......................................................................................!5!
Research!Proposal!.........................................................................................!6!
Company!Profile!..........................................................................................!10!
Avenues!For!Growth!....................................................................................!13!
Analysis!.......................................................................................................!14!
Qualitative!Methods!...................................................................................!14!
Ansoff!Matrix!.................................................................................................!14!
SWOT!Analysis!...............................................................................................!15!
Quantitative!Methods!.................................................................................!18!
Payback!Period!Method!.................................................................................!18!
Net!Profit!Margin!Calculation!........................................................................!18!
Conclusion!!..................................................................................................!20!
Recommendation!........................................................................................!21!
Appendix!.....................................................................................................!22!
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!LETTER!OF!CONFIRMATION!FROM!MS.!SONJUHI!
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EXECUTIVE!SUMMARY!
The!aim!of!the!research!paper!was!to!determine!TO!WHAT!EXTENT!WOULD!OPENING!A!
RETAIL!STORE!HELP!SONJUHI!BUSINESS!ACADEMY!EXPAND!ITS!MARKET!SHARE?!
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The!company!on!which!I!conducted!my!research!is!a!bakery!that!is!based!online,!on!a!made-
to-order!basis,!and!is!looking!to!expand!its!market!share.!I!began!by!assessing!the!current!
business!position!as!well!as!identifying!the!market!gaps,!and!subsequently!employed!the!use!
of!the!Ansoff!Matrix!to!determine!possible!future!avenues!for!growth.!!A!Decision!Tree!was!
used!to! decide! which!of!the!two!options!! Retail! or!Wholesale!!was!more!feasible.! After!
having!come!to!a!decision!to!go!ahead!with!opening!a!retail!outlet,!I!decided!to!analyse!the!
option!of!establishing!a!retail!presence.!!
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In!conducting!the!analysis,!qualitative!analysis,!including!the!SWOT!Analysis,!and!quantitative!
analysis! techniques,! consisting! of! the! Payback! Period! and! Net! Profitability! Margin! were!
employed.! The! Payback! Period! gave! a! much! higher! time! for! wholesale! -! 13! months,! as!
compared!to!3!months!for!retail.!Likewise,!the!Net!Profitability!Margin!calculation!was!better!
for!retail,!at!27%,!as!against!7%!for!wholesale.!All!of!the!qualitative!and!quantitative!findings!
gave! a! clear! combined! indication! that! the! best! option! for! Sonjuhis!is! to! establish! a! retail!
presence.!The!conclusion!on!the!analysis!was!that!retail!presence!provided!a!greater!scope!
for!expansion,!not!just!in!the!immediate!future,!but!also!in!the!longer-term.!!
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RESEARCH!PROPOSAL!
RESEARCH!QUESTION!
To!What!Extent!Would!Opening!a!Retail!Store!Help!Sonjuhi!Business!Academy!To!Expand!Its!
Market!Share?!
Sonjuhis!Baking!Academy!is!looking!at!increasing!its!market!share,!by!exploring!feasible!
distribution!channels.!The!focus!of!this!paper!was!to!evaluate!the!following!two!options!and!
make!recommendations!as!appropriate:!
- Setting!up!a!retail!unit!
- Expanding!into!wholesale!supply!
Key!areas!of!Syllabus!
Unit!1!!!Business!Organization!and!Environment!!
Unit!3!!Finance!!
Unit!4!-!Marketing!
METHODOLOGY!
QUALITATIVE!METHODS:!
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