Research & Analysis Report for Giordano Hkex#709.Hk

Research & Analysis Report

The Business and Financial Performance of Giordano International Limited [HKEX：709. HK] over a Three Year period

Name： Cheung Ho Lee May 2014

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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Reasons for choosing this topic 1.2 Reasons for choosing this organization 1.3 Research Objectives 1.4 Overall Research Approach 2. Information Gathering and Accounting / Business Techniques 2.1 Source of Information 2.2 Limitation of Information Gathering 2.3 Ethical Issue 2.4 Accounting and Business Techniques used 2.4.1 SWOT Model 2.4.2 Balanced Scorecard 3. Findings, Analysis and Conclusion 3.1 Market Position 3.1.1. Milestone 3.1.2. Vision and Mission 3.1.3. Industry Environment 3.2. Financial and Business Performance Analysis 3.2.1. Financial Perspectives 3.2.2. Customer Perspectives 3.2.3. Innovation and Learning Perspectives 3.2.4. Growth and Learning Perspectives 3.3. Conclusion and Recommendation 3.4. Limitation of report Bibliography Appendix I Giordano Consolidated Financial Statement and Ration Analysis Appendix II China Ting Consolidated Financial Statements and Ratio Analysis Appendix III –Giordano Customer Survey, Giordano Employee Survey Pages 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 21 23 23 24 25 26 27 31 33

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1. Introduction The main objective of this research report is to analyze and evaluate the business and financial performance of Giordano over a 3 years period. 1.1 Reasons for choosing this topic Two years ago, Hong Kong economy had been severely affected by US economy crisis, so many of retail companies had gone bankruptcy e.g. U-Right Intl [HKEX ： 627. HK]. However, there was news in the financial column of newspaper highly attracting me. The news is about the Yr2010 year-ended financial results of Giordano International Limited “Giordano” [HKEX：709. HK]. The turnover of Giordano had achieved 11.7% growth and earning before interests, tax, depreciation and amortisement [EBITDA] had achieved almost 78% growth. I...