Information Systems (Volume 11‚ 2003)79-93 79 CUSTOM MADE APPAREL AND INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE AT LANDS’ END Blake Ives Information Systems Research Center University of Houston blake.ives@uh.edu Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University ABSTRACT The case describes a hugely successful example of IT-driven strategy‚ the Lands’ End custom tailored apparel initiative. In less than a year‚ 40% of Lands’ End customers buying chinos and jeans from the firm’s web site were buying tailored products. Over 20%
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THE VIRGIN GROUP PROBLEM: * The Virgin Group is so unrelated diversified that it has been criticized by some commentators because it has become an "endorsement brand that could not always offer real expertise to the businesses which it is associated". So the real question is "Can The Virgin Group be good/successful in every business it gets into?" "Are they really adding a real value to each business/customer? * What will happen if a customer has a bad experience with any of the product
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American origin who‚ in the early history of Jamaica‚ called their home a paradise of wood and water. The Arawak were there to greet Christopher Columbus when he arrived in Jamaica in 1494‚ beginning a long period of European colonization there. The history of Jamaica as a European outpost saw the island under Spanish rule for 150 years‚ during which the city now known as Spanish Town was established and flourished as the colony’s economic hub. In the 1650s‚ Jamaica was captured by the British
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IN AN ANTIQUE LAND BY AMITAV GHOSH In An Antique Land is a very capturing and an educative chronicle of a traveler‚ Amitav Ghosh‚ who perfectly weaves Indian and Egyptian history into one single story spread across various time periods. As the contents of the book suggests‚ the novel is divided into six parts namely‚ the Prologue‚ Lataifa‚ Nashawy‚ Mangalore‚ Going Back and Epilogue. The story begins with the Prologue where Ghosh reads a “short article by the scholar E. Strauss‚ in the 1942 issue
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1. Compare and contrast Virgin Atlantic Airway ’s strategic development with any other (non-virgin) airline. According to (1980)‚ firms are under great pressure to have modern plans to be competitive and should have adequate capability to achieve their target market share. Virgin Atlantic Airways is among the most successful business ventures of the Virgin empire owned by Richard Branson. Its strategic development is rooted on the need to surpass competitors while balancing financial resources
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would say Virgin Mary. Our Lady Guadalupe is definitely a part of Raza race history. The Virgin of Guadalupe is literally intertwined with both the History of the Catholic Church in the new world and of Mexico itself. To mention a few events‚ the great floods of 1629 claimed 30‚000 lives and threatened the destruction of the valley of Mexico‚ until the waters abated when the image was taken in solemn procession from Tepayac to Mexico City. (?Ch?vez?) The Virgin of Guadalupe
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relevant emission‚ and other emission during flight travel‚ etc.‚ the industry is referred as ‘dirty’ industry. The airline giant Virgin Atlantic takes the leading role on the war against carbon. As the director of customer experience at Virgin Atlantic said‚ although value of money and product quality are critical issues to take into consideration‚ the passengers of Virgin Atlantic expect more than that. Environmental sustainability has been concerned by more and more people
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The greatest adversary to the natives in the Americas was not the swords or guns of the invaders. It was the devastation brought by deadly diseases infecting an unsuspecting population that had no immunity to such diseases. The Europeans were said to be thoroughly diseased by the time Columbus set sail on his first voyage (Cowley‚ 1991). Through the domestication of such animals as pigs‚ horses‚ sheep‚ and cattle‚ the Europeans exposed themselves to a vast array of pathogens which continued to
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Topic Page 1 Introduction 3 2 Introduction – Some more facts 4 3 Introduction – Triple bottom-line 6 4 Triple bottom-line - Virgin Atlantic – Social perspective 9 5 Triple bottom-line - Virgin Atlantic – Environmental perspective 10 6 Triple bottom-line - Virgin Atlantic – Economical perspective 12 7 Sir Richard Branson – Founder of Virgin Atlantic – Introduction and Initiatives 13 “Safety‚ security and consistent delivery of the basics are the foundations of everything
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LAND REFORMS IN PAKISTAN LAND REFORMS IN PAKISTAN Land reforms means to break up large estates in small size for distribution to the farmers with or without payments. Land reform in the past was mainly carried primarily for equity and social justice. Now it is mainly carried out for increasing agricultural productivity as well as the income of the farmers. The main land reforms introduced in Pakistan since 1947 are as follows;- (1) Land Reform Proposals of Agrarian Committee 1948 The all Pakistan
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