NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Contraception. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 October 01. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2013 October ; 88(4): 503–508. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2013.03.004. Weight Change at 12 Months in Users of Three Progestin-Only Contraceptive Methods Zevidah Vickery‚ MD‚ MSCI*‚ Tessa Madden‚ MD‚ MPH†‚§‚ Qiuhong Zhao‚ MS†‚ Gina Secura‚ MPH‚ PhD†‚ Jenifer E. Allsworth‚ PhD†‚ and Jeffrey F. Peipert‚ MD‚ PhD† *Riverbend
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global clothing industry—the case of Zara‚ a fast fashion retailer Nebahat Tokatli* Abstract Until recently‚ Zara‚ a major international clothing retailer and pioneer of ‘fast fashion’ principles‚ kept almost half of its production in Spain and Portugal‚ earning the reputation of being one of the exceptions to globalization. Since the 1980s‚ the existence of such exceptions has been fueling an expectation that the production of high-quality fashion garments and tailored suits would remain in the
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Is Fashion Important? Fashion means a general term of a famous style or practice; this is more especially in clothing‚ footwear‚ makeup‚ body piercing‚ and furniture. Also fashion may refer to a very distinctive and more often habitual trend speaking of the style which one dresses‚ as well as in prevailing styles in behavior. Fashion may also refer to the newest innovations of textile designers. On the technical form the term costume is so connected with the term fashion in which the use of the
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27 Oct 2004 French Fashion France is considered the center of the fashion world with Paris in the middle. France is the Mecca of this fashion world and where the officials lie that can make or break you as a couturier. The designers have a pilgrimage in Paris twice a year‚ January and July. Some of the designers like Coco Chanel‚ Christian Dior‚ and Yves Saint Laurent are practically household names (except you would have to live in a mansion to afford them). In the rest of this research
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Family by Pa Chin Essay In Pa Chin’s novel‚ Family; it revolves around the Gao family and the many obstacles that the three sons have to go through to obtain their freedom. Since the setting for this novel was based in the early 1920’s‚ there are many conflicts and struggles that the book expresses and there are many situations where now a days it is understandable but during that time period it was really hard for many of China’s youth to be able to endure and accept the facts. The social conflicts
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Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Uterqüe‚Stradivarius and Bershka. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks[1] to develop a new product and get it to stores‚ compared to the six-month industry average‚ and launches around 10‚000 new designs each year. Zara has resisted the industry-wide trend towards transferring fast fashion production to low-cos -------------------------------------------------
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The reasons why I want to be a PA is that it is a profession that offers so much flexibility‚ diversity‚ and an expansive set of knowledge and skills for an individual that wants to practice medicine without having to go to medical school. As a PA‚ I would have an extensive choice of specialties I can practice in with the flexibility of working two different specialties simultaneously or switching from one specialty to another without requiring any extra schooling. I grew up with the mindset to learn
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Competitiveness‚ Strategy‚ and Productivity: Better quality‚ higher productivity‚ lower costs‚ and the ability to respond quickly to customer needs are more important than ever and the bar is getting higher. Competitiveness: How effectively an organization meets the wants and needs of customers relative to others that offer similar goods or services Organizations compete through some combination of their marketing and operations functions what do customers want? How these customers’ needs best be
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In 1606‚ William Shakespeare wrote and presented a dark‚ psychologically charged story about the evil nature of a man at odds with his conscience in the play Macbeth. Four hundred years later the movie "Scotland‚ PA" takes the play someplace it has never been: 1970’s white-trash America --- not always accurate‚ but clearly connected. Although worlds apart‚ this dysfunctional fast-food fantasy mirrors Shakespeare’s story of royal deception and assassination by capturing elements of character and plot
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Fashion Marketing: An Introduction Wance Tacconelli Donghua University Shanghai Session Overview • Course learning goals • Key fashion terminologies – Style‚ design and fashion • Key fashion markets – Womenswear‚ menswear‚ accessories • What is marketing? – Understanding customer needs – Delivering value – Marketing as a social and managerial process • Customer relationship and profitability management A bit about myself… Education University of York‚ UK B.A. in Sociology
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