from department store outlets and relying on catalog and online shopping‚ Littlewoods is adopting a different strategy from other leading online and direct mail-order companies‚ such as Lands’ End. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Littlewoods’ approach. Both Littlewoods and Lands’ End have a similar business model i.e. they are both direct marketing by mail-order retailers with the internet as an added distribution channel. However‚ Lands’ End is a click-and-mortar retailer in that they
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We can take this chapter as an example of both an indirect and direct characterization taken from the perspective of Holden Caulfield. Holden is a sixteen-year-old student at an assumed boarding school‚ where we are in the first person of Holden which lets us discover his character from his speech‚ thoughts and actions [indirect] and his opinions and descriptions of Mr Spencer‚ his history teacher [direct]. He was sitting in a big leather chair‚ all wrapped up in that blanket … He looked over at
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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive neuromodulation technique that is safe and inexpensive. The mechanisms of tDCS include the transmission of a consistent‚ low electric current through the scalp through two electrodes‚ the anode and the cathode
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help readers understand the characters traits easier. Author’s use indirect characterization to describe actions and the appearance of a character. Direct characterization states what the character is like. Motivation is how the characters behave the way they do. With this in mind‚ Vera from‚ “The Open Window‚” can be used as an example for direct characterization. She is a 15 year-old girl that can be described as a self-possessed‚ talkative‚ and liar. In Source 2 page 90 ‚the author states‚”Said
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The purpose of this letter is to provide a direct personal observational explanation of my husband‚ Christopher Way‚ and his actions while sleeping. Since returning from Iraq in 2010‚ I have been alerted by my husband not breathing during his sleep. This situation persists to this date and is a nightly occurrence. Usually‚ I will nudge my husband so that he will start breathing again. Even though it is not medically relevant to nudge‚ it’s the only reaction I have to his abnormally long pauses
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Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy: Should it be banned? Sexual orientation conversion therapy‚ a range of treatments that aims to turn the sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual‚ is controversial in many countries (Haldeman‚ 2002). While conversion therapy is banned in some countries due to its ethical concern‚ its efficacy is debatable. This article argues that homosexual should have the right to choose whether to be treated or not‚ the ban exploit the right of homosexual and leading
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Drug Companies and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising In this paper‚ I would like to discuss drug companies and consumer related advertising. Many people do not think that drug companies do a good job on educating the consumer about the dangers involved with the using of their product. The reason for that way of thinking is in today’s society you see everyone doing things that are going to better benefit them or their company financially. Therefore‚ I am going to give my opinion on the subject‚ and
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The author mentions about "A Direct and Personal Style" he explained that the preacher should be personal to address. I’m not really sure about this concept‚ it is contradicting to what I learned from the past. I was taught‚ using the pronoun "you" in sermon may offend the listener. Because of that‚ we should always use "we" to avoid conflict with the listeners. Furthermore‚ he added "Therefore‚ a sermon should not sound like a thesis read to a congregation. It should sound like lively conversation
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called World War 1. There were a lot of effects during the war. For example like child labor‚ hunger within the people because people didn’t have money to buy food for their families This and other causes resulted 38 million dying during the war. The direct cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. After that happened‚ the war started. World War 1 devastated Europe and created new countries. The war affected a lot of people‚ it was going for 4 years.
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Design of a Polystyrene Plant for Differing Single-Pass Conversions November 25‚ 2013 Introduction Polystyrene is one of the most widely used plastics‚ with applications ranging from food packaging to appliances to manufacturing (Maier). On an industrial scale‚ polystyrene is derived from its monomer‚ styrene. This is achieved by free-radical polymerization of a solution of monomer‚ polymer‚ and initiator. This reaction is a multistep radical reaction that
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