Rethinking Big-Box Stores In her essay “Big Box Stores Are Bad for Main Street‚” Betsy Taylor focuses not on the economic effects of large chain stores but on the effects these stores have on the “soul” of America. She argues that stores like Home Depot‚ Target‚ and Wal-Mart are bad for America because they draw people out of downtown shopping districts and cause them to focus exclusively on consumption. In contrast‚ she believes that small businesses are good for America because they provide personal
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Job Analysis: Assistant Store Managers at Today ’s Fashion Problem Statement Mary Watson has no formal training in description and specification of job analysis process. Analysis and Evaluation Mary Watson was awarded a promotion for her ability to manage a department line of clothing Mary had been both a store manager and an assistant manager in a casual wear department. She is now the regional manager for the Pacific Coast‚ which is one of the largest Fashion’s markets. Mary will manage
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The discount rate Main article: Discount rate The rate used to discount future cash flows to their present values is a key variable of this process. A firm’s weighted average cost of capital (after tax) is often used‚ but many people believe that it is appropriate to use higher discount rates to adjust for risk or other factors. A variable discount rate with higher rates applied to cash flows occurring further along the time span might be used to reflect the yield curve premium for long-term
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of selling cosmetic products through door-to-door selling‚ specialty stores‚ department store counters‚ and supermarkets and hypermarkets? Door-to door selling The advantage of using door-to door selling is the salesperson can make initiative to go around door-to door to persuade customers to buy the cosmetic products instead of waiting the customers to visit your shop. The company is able to save money for setting up a visible shop which usually costs
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ACTBAS2 INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS CASE (“Goodwill Stores”) 3rd Term‚ Academic Year 2011-2012 Source: Weygandt‚ J.‚ Kieso‚ D.‚ and Kimmel‚ P. ”Accounting Principles”‚ 8th edition. (modified) Ulysses Cordero was just hired as the assistant treasurer of Goodwill Stores. The company is a specialty chain store with nine retail stores concentrated in one metropolitan area. Among other things‚ the payment of all invoices is centralized in one of the departments Ulysses will manage. His primary responsibility
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people think that pet stores are the best places to buy pets. So then the question becomes does animal abuse happen in pet stores? Animal cruelty is many different things; no food and water‚ too small of cages‚ not getting baths‚ and not getting attention. If people want to save animals‚ they definitely need to know what PETA is‚ many of the people that I got questionnaires back from didn’t even know what PETA is. Although some people blame PETA for not being involved‚ the pet stores should be to blame
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Department Store China Limited is based on Hong Kong’s well-known enterprises‚ mainly core business property‚ telecommunications‚ etc. Sound finances‚ diversified business portfolio‚ since the business strategy‚ make the new world group is becoming more power‚ big business is very important for Hong Kong. New world group active in the mainland property management‚ housing projects‚ reconstruction of old city‚ land‚ infrastructure‚ hotels‚ industrial investment development‚ department stores‚ and many
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Why Do Convenient Stores Have Locks On Their Doors If They Are Always Open? Bob Eaton At 1:30 in the morning you are driving down Walton Road when you pass the 7-11. You decide to stop in and treat yourself to a nice big slurpee. As you pull in the parking lot you notice that the sign says‚ "We’re open 24 hr’s‚ 7 days a week‚ 365 days a year." However‚ when you reach the door you notice that they have locks on the doors and you think to yourself‚ why do convenient stores have locks on their
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Wal-Mart competes against Kmart and Target in general merchandise retailing; against Costco in the warehouse club segment; and other Safeway in the supermarket retailing. Competition among retailers centers on pricing‚ store location‚ variations in store format and merchandise mix‚ store size‚ shopping atmosphere‚ and image with shoppers. Wal-Mart with a marketing slogan which is “Lower price” and promotional strategy “Everyday-Low-Price” has bring to the market the huge opportunities for consumer.
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Introduction The U. S. discount department store industry had reached maturity by 2004 and Kmart no longer possessed a clearly- defined position within that industry. Its primary competitors were Wal-Mart‚ Sears‚ Target‚ Kohl’s‚ and J. C. Penney‚ with secondary competitors in certain categories. J. C. Penney operated more than 1‚000 stores in all 50 states. Un-like Sears‚ the company chose not to locate in large shopping malls but to establish its discount stores in highly visible corner locations
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