Nordstrom’s gross profit rates were both 36% in 2013 and 2014‚ which means for every dollar of net sales‚ Nordstrom has 36% in gross profit to pay its expenses in those years. Nordstrom therefore can reduce its selling price by 36% of original price without any loss. On the other hand‚ Macy’s has a higher gross profit rate in 2014‚ which is 40%. This means that Macy’s is more sufficient in covering its expenses than Nordstrom. From 2013 to 2014
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MOBILE DEVICES Project Report Project Title: FlightDeck Executive Summary/Summary of Work This report describes the deliverables from the FlightDeck project‚ as conducted in the INB345 - Mobile Devices unit in Semester 1‚ 2011 at QUT. This report provides an in-depth insight into the activities conducted by the team members and specifically what was delivered throughout the project. The project centres around FlightDeck: an innovative application to provide timely information to any traveller
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have studied and suggested what factors drive growth. Due to the important role played by the law in the finance sector‚ economist and policy makers argued that the legal system can have a major influence on a country’s economic prosperity. This leads us to the main topic of this research essay. The aim of this essay is to compare the strengths and weaknesses of the common law system with the civil law system with reference to economic prosperity. The first section will explain the connection between
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In addition‚ Executive Management should promise to study and then modify the sales-force management practices to more closely match the current size of the company. These changes will actively encourage the sales-force to continue providing the “industry leading” customer service they have provided‚ monitor very closely that none of the sales-force works any uncompensated hours‚ and implement both sales and non-sales time for clocking-in. Furthermore‚ Executive Management will provide
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largest long distance provider by subscribers. In 2006‚ the Sprint Nextel exited the local landline telephone business‚ spinning those assets off into a newly created company named Embarq‚ which CenturyTel acquired in 2008. Sprint owns a 47.1% interest in Clearwire Corporation and also an 18% interest in NII Holdings‚ which operates under the Nextel brand in Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Chile‚ Mexico and Peru. Sprint Nextel was the first to offer a consumer available 4G phone‚ the HTC Evo 4G‚ in the United States
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ConnocoPhillips Dividend Cut ConnocoPhillips released its fourth quarter 2015 results on 4th February. The company announced that its board of directors have taken a decision to reduce the company’s quarterly dividend to 25 cents per share‚ compared with the previous quarterly dividend of 74 cents per share. The dividend is payable on March 1‚ 2016 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 16‚ 2016. This action frees up an incremental $ 2.4 billion in cash. The decision is just one
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historically maintained close relationships with travel agents and suggest there are advantages in the relationship. Highest weights given to threats are two factors that are related. Bad publicity within the industry has had a direct effect on revenues‚ which leads to growth in river boat and costal
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carries products of all sorts‚ has a cheap food court‚ and provides a diverse amount of services to their customers. Costco even offers their own line of products‚ Kirkland‚ which offers even lower prices compared to their complete store inventory. These attractive features and amenities has increased an overall membership‚ which in turn increases a volume of foot traffic throughout every square-inch of their warehouse. Due to a high demand‚ the problem of long wait lines persist. Often‚ the wait lines
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1. Executive Summary A comfortable atmosphere provides a place where the customer can work‚ meet‚ relax or enjoy a healthy choice of bread. Freshly brewed coffee‚ expresso drinks‚ frozen coffee drinks‚ specialty teas and other beverages‚ along with assorted bakery‚ lunch and desert items make this a place to go and relax anytime of the day. 2. Current Situation Barriers to Entry The major barrier to entry for a specialty bakery is the perception that healthy food tastes worse than unhealthy
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Common Problems in Law Enforcement Course Principles of LPSCS Unit II Law Enforcement Essential Question How does the enforcement of criminal laws present problems for law enforcement personnel and how can we best resolve those issues? TEKS §130.292(c) (7)(E) Prior Student Learning Criminal laws Estimated Time 7 to 9 hours Rationale There are common problems that exist when attempting to enforce laws against crimes such as electronic crimes‚ hate crimes‚ hot pursuits
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