research within the supermarket industry in investigating how aware and concerned consumers are of CSR practices‚ and how CSR activities affect consumer behaviour and their ethical decision making. Method: This study used a quantitative research approach with a semi-structured questionnaire via convenience sampling method. Results: The results showed that participants believed themselves to be ethical consumers. However in testing their knowledge of supermarkets CSR activities and ethical definitions
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The Internet use by the Luxury industry An interactive tool for a very demanding sector Supervisor: Margareta Paulsson Authors: Charlotte LARBANET Benjamin LIGIER Master Thesis Umeå School of Business Spring Semester 2009 1 Acknowledgements Assistance from many people contributed to the accomplishment of our master thesis. Therefore we wish to express our thanks to Umea School of Business and Economics for contributing toward the success of our year abroad in Sweden. Also‚ we would
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Global Luxury Brands’ Strategies to Fight Recession Global luxury brands’ strategies to Fight recession Choi Soon-hwa Luxury brands are actively responding to the latest economic downturn‚ said to be the worst since the Great Depression‚ racking their brains to escape the grips of the falling luxury goods market. Indeed‚ the hit to sales has been particularly bad as industrialized nations‚ traditionally the main luxury good markets‚ have suffered greatly. With luxury goods consumers having
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Effects of curing condition of solution cast Nafion® membranes on PEMFC performance Korean J. Chem. Eng.26(3)‚ 679-684 (2009) Thickness of membrane ~ 50µm There are some disadvantages of the solution casting method that the cold cast films are generally mechanically weak‚ susceptible to crack formation and soluble in many polar solvents‚ especially in water at room temperature. Generally‚ the annealed films undergo morphological changes when heated above the glass transition temperature (Tg=109oC
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Luxury Cars The automobile has been one of the most revolutionary inventions in the past few centuries. The invention of the automobile has completely reshaped our way of life. We are now able to go farther distances in shorter periods of time than ever before. Yet with every great invention is the product that is a step above the rest. What I am talking about is luxury cars. Luxury cars have been around since about the same day as any other automobile. What makes them a step above
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The Virginian Luxuries painting demonstrates on the right side of the picture a white man forcing a kiss on a black woman and on the left half of the picture a slaveholder beating a slave. The painting was anonymously made in 1800 and the title suggest that the setting is in Virginia during the time that Jefferson won the presidential election. This painting conveys the brutal treatment of slaves and how often the women slaves were forced into sexual acts with their masters‚ for example‚ President
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Demand Elasticity of Luxury Automobiles In the luxury automobile market‚ there are many vehicles that boast high quality workmanship‚ luxurious appointments and powerful drivetrains. For this research paper‚ the midsize luxury sedan segment was chosen because most of the vehicles from the brands in this segment have similar features‚ power‚ and most importantly‚ price tags. The flagship models of the brands were not chosen since the features and amenities are very different from car to car to such
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OVERVIEW OF A LUXURY FASHION BRAND AND WHY IT HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE SUCESSFUL Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Introduction The fashion industry is very competitive. Company that venture in fashion should therefore have a proper marketing strategies that will make it have competitive advantage over the other companies. Most companies engaging in fashion have therefore turned to luxury brands being that there is global interest in fashion. Based on the environment that the businesses
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of Consumers’ Need for Uniqueness and Status Consumption in Haute Couture Luxury Brands Chelsey Latter‚ Curtin University‚ C.Latter@curtin.edu.au Ian Phau‚ Curtin University‚ Ian.Phau@cbs.curtin.edu.au Chris Marchegiani‚ Curtin University‚ Chris.Marchegiani@cbs.curtin.edu.au Abstract This paper adds knowledge to the field of consumers’ need for uniqueness and status consumption and provides an insight into Australian Generation Y consumers’ purchasing intentions toward an haute couture luxury apparel
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INTRODUCTION Consumer behaviour can be defined as "the acts of individuals directly involved in obtaining and using economic and services‚ including the decision process that precede and determine these acts." (Engel et al‚ 1968‚ p 5) Buyer behaviour refers to "the acts of individuals directly involved in the exchange of money for economic goods and services and the decision process that determined these act. "(Engel et al‚ 1968‚ p 5). Both consumer and buyer behaviour differ amongst
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