In the early 19th century‚ Blacks lived as slaves in Canada. New France was home to an estimated 1000 slaves who (due to the Canadian climate that prevented large scale plantation crops) worked as household servants. In addition‚ an estimated 2000 enslaved blacks were brought to Canada along with their Anglophonic United Empire Loyalist owners who migrated north‚ after the American Revolution that freed the thirteen colonies from British power. The British‚ during the American Revolutionary War had
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| Wine Industry in Canada | Project | | | | | Summary This project is a small scale analysis of the wine industry in Canada for purposes of learning how to use market research techniques as outlined in the course. The statistical information available through the Statistics Canada sites‚ Canada Agricultural pages and Canadian Government Industry site was used and data available could be analyzed up to year 2010. The information was collected from the abovementioned
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choose between the revisions of traditional channels by creating a virtual network of local distributors‚ striking an alliance with the national distributor‚ or exit the market MRO. Analysis Company Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley unit considers how to deal with the threat of a national distributor in the maintenance‚ repair and overhaul (MRO) business for its industrial automation. National distributors were consolidating MRO channel distribution‚ offering national account customers a comprehensive
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429) Loctite owns its own distribution network. Loctite starts as an independent distributor‚ then moves towards a more captive distribution‚ purchasing the company outright‚ or make it fully owned. When Loctite acquires a new distributor‚ they start them off with just a few core products‚ eventually moving them to direct sales off all Loctite’s products‚ depending on the market. Some‚ not many distributors are limited to the amount of products sold in a given distribution area. Loctite holds
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Despite these revolutions the industry has grown and developed over the years into what is currently a 6.97 billion dollar industry. This is quite a respectable market considering the humble beginnings of electronics distribution. Most significant distributors of the 1980’s originated from New York City’s old time "Radio Row." This was an area in the city (Cortlandt street) where radio supply stores aggregated to do their business. The business at that time was comprised mostly of supplying radio
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British North American politicians met in Charlottetown‚ Prince Edward Island to discuss the possibility of a union. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) In September 1864‚ the Atlantic provinces - Nova Scotia‚ Prince Edward Island‚ New Brunswick and Newfoundland - organized a conference to discuss a union among themselves. Governor General Monck asked that the province of Canada be invited to their talks‚ "to ascertain whether the proposed Union might not be made to embrace the whole of
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Carrefour’s story started in 1959 in France and for the first ten years it was solely a French retailer until its first international expansion into Belgium in 1969 10 . In the past 40 years‚ Carrefour kept expanding globally and is now operating in 34 different countriessecuring its 5 Central Intelligence Agency‚ China‚2011‚ ( April 2011) 6McKinsey Quarterly‚ An Interview with the President of Carrefour China ‚ 1 March 2006‚ http://mkqpreview1
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When the four initial colonies of Canada‚ being: Ontario‚Quebec‚ Nova Scotia and New Brunswick confederation in 1867 ; there was still much debate for the remaining colonies on whether to join. There is definitely an argument for both sides‚ but in my opinion --- I believe confederation was a good thing. One advantage of confederation was that when the colonies were united as a country‚ we would be able to fend off attacks from the South. Also it would act as a symbol to intimidate the Americans
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Edmonds was born as Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds in New Brunswick‚ Canada‚ in December of 1841. There were not many opportunities for a young woman to support herself‚ consequently Edmonds dressed as a man and took the name of Franklin Thompson. With her new identity‚ she sold Bibles in Canada and eventually went across the border where she continued to sell Bibles in Flint‚ Michigan as Thompson. The Civil War broke out while Edmonds was living in Flint. Although Edmonds was not an American citizen
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Justin Hill History of Bowling Bowling has grown to become a popular sport throughout the world. In this sport‚ the player aims to score points by rolling a bowling ball along a flat surface called the lane‚ to topple the objects stationed at the end of the lane‚ called pins. Just like the sport itself‚ its history is also very interesting. The origin of bowling is claimed to be in ancient Egypt‚ which was first made evident by the British Anthropologist Sir Flinders Petrie and his team of archaeologists
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