Business Decision Making: Analyzing Sales, Advertising Costs (UK)

This report provides an analysis of the sales and advertising costs for a clothing company importing from Spain, Italy, and France and selling in the UK. The Managing Director aims to expand business operations and requires insights into the sales, costs, and advertising expenditures over the past 10 years to facilitate effective decision-making. The analysis includes line graphs, pie charts, bar charts, and scatter plots to visualize advertising costs and sales data from 2000 to 2013, along with trend lines for both advertising costs and sales. References to relevant business ethics and project management literature are also included.

Business Decision
Making Task 3

Introduction
In the present study, Managing Director of a Clothing company that import
cloths from Spain Italy and France and sells them in UK. However, Director
is focusing on expanding its business operations and for that he wants to
understand the sales costs and advertising cost of last 10 years so that smart
and effective decisions can be made.

Line Graph

Pie Chart

Bar chart

Advertising Costs and Sales Data of
2000 – 2013

Scatter Plot on Advertising and
Sales Costs

Trend Lines of Advertising Costs

Trend Lines of Sales

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