WhyChooseaCareerinRetailPresentedbySamShepherd.pptVIP

Why Choose a Career in Retail?  Presented by: Sam Shepherd Tesco Ireland TESCO TODAY… International Company Worldwide 440,000 employees / Tesco Ireland 14,000 Total stores across the world – 3728 / Tesco Ireland 109 Number of markets - 13 Where? China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA Careers in Distribution, Office, Retail, Marketing, law, commercial, Finance, HR, Property , Supply chain. 43.78% of our staff are male and 56.22% are female. Tesco History Founded by Jack Cohen in 1919 with a market stall in London’s East End Opened first stores in 1929 Shares floated in 1947 and expansion throughout the UK with a number of acquisitions and new store openings – now 2115 in UK alone! Launched Clubcard in 1995 and overtook Sainsburys Late 1990’s Overseas development commenced In 2006 we started the expansion into America with Fresh and Easy stores Sales last year were 51.8 billion Tesco Ireland 1997: Tesco PLC acquired the retailing and supply chain of Associated British Foods in Ireland – Better known as the Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices retail chain There were 8,300 employees across 75 stores. 1998: Introduced Computers for Schools – since then donated over €10 million of computer equipment to Irish schools, Clubcard was introduced and became Ireland’s leading loyalty programme 2000: Introduced Grocery Home Shopping – the first online shopping service in Ireland, Save as you Earn was introduced for staff 2001: First Tesco Ireland Charity of the Year Programme – The Irish Cancer Society - since then we have helped raise over €6 million for Irish charities. Now promoting Make a Wish. Tesco Ireland 2004: Launched our first self scan checkouts, opened our first express store in Ratoath in Co Meath and our first Extra in Clarehall, Dublin 2005: Opened our first Petrol Filling Station in Dundrum, we now have 14 2007: Opened state of the art Distribution Centre in Donabat