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Qwen3.8 Max (0902): Manchester store investment review

For the board of directors (non-executives and the chief executive). The decision it supports: whether to approve £480k of capital for a Manchester store.

Verdict
Not presentable
Deck rating
1,112
Slides
7 (brief: 5-8)
Design quality
57%

Why it is not presentable

  • Quoted a figure the analysis says not to quote
  • A slide the judges rated as needing work

In detail

  • Slide 6 quotes 14,200: the landlord's unverified footfall figure of 14,200 people a day.
  1. Slide 1 of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s deck
    Slide 1Polished
  2. Slide 2 of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s deck
    Slide 2Acceptable The decision panels have substantial unused space beneath their text, while the supporting reasons are concentrated at the bottom.Both option boxes are about half empty below the bullets, which wastes space
  3. Slide 3 of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s deck
    Slide 3Acceptable All three bars use the same colour, leaving the key adjusted run-rate visually undifferentiated.All three bars are the same colour, so nothing highlights the adjusted £2,380 against the £2,917 assumption
  4. Slide 4 of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s deck
    Slide 4Needs work The table's narrow Sales column wraps '£1,050k' onto two lines, separating the unit from the number.The two-line title crowds the top of the chart and the table header
  5. Slide 5 of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s deck
    Slide 5Acceptable The percentage axis uses rounded labels with apparently irregular increments; a regular labelled scale would be clearer.Y-axis tick labels are rounded unevenly (2%, 5%, 8%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 18%) for 2.5% steps, which is confusing and misaligns with the bar values (the 18% bar rises above the '18%' tick)
  6. Slide 6 of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s deck
    Slide 6Acceptable The two panels are much taller than their contents require, creating large unused areas.The title is a topic label rather than a takeaway
  7. Slide 7 of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s deck
    Slide 7Polished Wording slip: '70-store' should read '70-seat store'