THE UK RETAIL SECTOR Retailing is one of the major economic sectors of United Kingdom‚ with retail sales of £221 billion‚ employing around 3 million people and operating over 300‚000 shops. Within the sector there is a scale polarisation at both the business and the store level. The leading retailers are huge‚ multinational businesses which dominate the sector. They operate a range of stores from major hypermarkets and supercentres through to small convenience stores. Retailing is also significant
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mid 1970s‚ the US and the Soviet Union‚ the two Cold War rivals‚ engaged in a Space Race‚ a fierce competition for supremacy in spaceflight capability. The Soviet Union achieved an early lead in the Space Race by launching the first artificial satellite into the space with Sputnik 1. The United States quickly followed suit three months later with the launch of Explorer 1. Unsatisfied with being the second to reach space‚ President John F. Kennedy set his sights for a much higher goal: the Moon. In
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Place Marketing The concept of place branding has emerged in recent years as a powerful instrument and it is becoming more popular all over the world. Place branding is important today because in the global marketplace of instant communication and growing democracy‚ the opinions of the people count as much as the opinions of the powers in charge. As a consequence of expanding globalization‚ the need for place branding is more important than ever. Having a positive brand is necessary to compete with
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Assignment: Interpreting Correlational Findings Following are brief summaries of correlational findings‚ in which variables were found to be significantly associated with each other. Your task is to determine which of the three major causal models (i.e.‚ interpretations) could account for each finding. Indicate in the table below‚ by placing an X in the appropriate space‚ which of these three models could provide a possible explanation. Place an X in the space only if you judge the causal model
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30‚ 2013 Sacred Spaces Sacred or Holy places are found throughout different cultures‚ past and present events that have been marked throughout the world. Some of these places have landmarks of some kind of architecture or symbols. I believe sacred places are not always marked but have true significance to the person. A sacred place is a place that is use by many but; some people are lacking those kinds of places like people that have anger problem. Some lack that sacred place and maybe if they
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Astronomy 3/21/13 Deep Space Disposal "Why not just get rid of radioactive waste and other trash by simply shooting it into space?" This question has passed peoples lips before but has never been a major subject. I personally think that this would work perfectly; it would eliminate the need to dispose of trash in other‚ more harmful ways. It would also reduce the litter and trash that is literally covering our planet. Sure there are facilities that specialize in getting rid of trash. There
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Contested Space Although many strive to avoid it‚ people are running into contested space moments after they open their eyes each morning. We form these walls of contested space automatically‚ sometimes subconsciously which comes into play as we go about life. Contested space is a generally used term; that has a fairly vague definition. However‚ Mary Louise Pratt In her work: Arts Of The Contact Zone expresses it use well‚ stating: “ I use this term to refer to social spaces where cultures meet
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I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Words could not describe the ecstasy I saw. Let me rewind: I was surrounded purely by star and far away planets. I could see flying comets and their beautiful tail. I hovered in space for quite some time. I felt eyes pinned on me‚ but I could not tell where they came from‚ until a brave little star approached me. It said with its high pitched voice‚ “Hello‚ young one. What brings you here?” It had no mouth‚ none that I could see. “I don’t
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Titration report Aim: The aim of the experiment was to see how much acid it took to neutralise the solution and make it turn clear from being pink. We used a titration as it allowed us to see exactly how much acid was needed to turn the solution clear. We did it four times so that we could have a preliminary run so we knew where abuts it was going to change so that our results were more accurate and reliable. Vocational context: Titrations would be used in many different types of industries for
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A confined space tends to be an arch nemesis to contractors and construction employees. The incident I will refer to for this question deals quite directly with the hazards of confined spaces. The Human factor theory of accident causation attributes accidents to a chain of events ultimately caused by human error‚ this is the case especially when it comes to confined space entry. The systems theory models are the person‚ the machine‚ environment and information; risks; and the task to be performed
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