Question 1. What are some key factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? All the companies involved in the diamond market want to have a big share of that market. And‚ the bigger the share‚ the company makes bigger revenue. It is very interesting that all three companies (even though they are in the same ‘business’) have different approaches in ‘taking market share’. An important fact is that the companies have a different clientele. The
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The spreadsheet I did presents a summary of Blue Nile financial results from 2005 to 2009. From 2005 to 2007 revenues and net income both increased. The deep recession which began in late 2007 seriously affected the revenue in 2008. And then in 2009 the revenue recovered and increased slightly. I am going to analysis the financial performance in three parts. First‚ profitability ratios. Blue Nile had steady return on asset ratios around .1. The company utilized its assets very efficiently and
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Common Name- Blue Whale Scientific Name- Balaenoptera musculus Family- Balaenopteridae- derived from the French‚ rorqual meaning whale Related Species- Sei Whale‚ Humback Whale‚ Fin Whale‚ Bryde’s Whale‚ Eden’s Whale‚ Common Minke Whale‚ Antarctic Minke Whale‚ and Omura’s Whale. Family Traits- Members of the Family Balaenopteridae have a narrow elongated flipper‚ feed on crustaceans by gulping water and pushing it out through baleen plates‚ have a dorsal fin and gestation last from 11-12 months
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James Baldwin was a great story teller and preacher living in Harlem. He wrote many novels and Sonny’s Blues was one of them. Even thought this story was not his own biography it seems like James Baldwin was familiar with those chronicles‚ but the story was very interesting and moving as a black man living as minority. Sonny’s Blues is the story of a young black man in 1957‚ told by his older brother who is a teacher in a local high school in the heart of Harlem‚ New York. Sonny was a good boy gone
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technological advancement than the jet airplane. Since the early 19th century‚ beginning with Otto Lilienthal‚ to the Wright Brothers’ first airplane‚ humans have continuously strived to understand and improve upon the concepts of flight. Today‚ we have mastered the concepts of flight‚ as exemplified by the jet airplane‚ which is now the standard for modern air travel. To truly appreciate just how far we’ve come‚ it is important for one to understand how a modern jet airplane works. All airplanes
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Tax Treatment of Private Jet Expenses Facts: Alex Jones is a computer engineer‚ Aubrey‚ his wife‚ is an attorney. Alex is an independent contractor at ABC‚ Inc. Jones owns a Christmas tree farm as sole proprietorship in Oregon and they report the farm on their joint federal income tax return. Apart from the home in Phoenix‚ AZ‚ Jones has the other home in Honolulu‚ Hawaii‚ and cost $2 million to rebuilt it. They lease the home to operate the house as B&B. Apart from that‚ they also own a
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Green economy 1. What is bad for you and the environment is cheap 2. What is good for you and good for the environment is expensive 3. Most people cant afford it 4. Not only is it expensive it isn’t any better for the environment Blue economy 1. Open your eyes to see what we have 2. Using what you thought was waste to create food energy and jobs 3. Poverty into development 4. Scarcity into abundance 5. Make a bigger cake to share 6. Starts with entrepreneurs
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VIRGIN BLUE UNDERSTANDING EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 1. Attractiveness of the Industry 1a. Identify the industry‚ product segments and value chain The industry is the Australian airline industry (global). Core activities cover providing travel services to leisure travellers in Australia and overseas‚ including flights‚ travel insurance‚ holiday packaged deals‚ and freight business. Products segments including ▪ Business travel ▪ 57.1% of industry revenue ▪ full-fare ▪ business &
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1 – What statement dos the story make about the relationship of art to life or about the relationship of art to suffering? Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin is a short story written in 1957. It is a story about Sonny‚ and his relationship to music‚ his brother‚ the narrator and the society he is living in. This story takes place in Harlem‚ New York‚ which is known to be a major African-Americans residential and cultural place. It is also known for its poverty and place where drugs are frequently
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Blue Crabs Blue Crabs separate themselves from all other marine species in a variety of ways. Unlike other types of marine species; blue crabs spawn at different times. Blue crabs reproduce by the sexual reproduction when the male crab transfers sperm into the receptacles of the female blue crab. He female does not fertilize her eggs at this time however. The sperm stays in the receptacles and is saved for a later date in which the female will fertilize her eggs. The sperm that is in the female
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