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    Smoking Is Bad

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    cigarettes‚ primarily industrially manufactured but also hand-rolled from loose tobacco and rolling paper. Today we are more aware about how bad smoking is for our health. Smoking should be banned or restricted in almost all public places because it has been shown to be dangerous to health‚ it can reduced athletic performance and it can lead to bad skin‚ bad breath and bad-smelling clothes and hair.       The arguments against smoking are well known. Smoking has been shown to be dangerous to health. Heart

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    In turn‚ his desire to be seen as manly in the culture that worships the trait is overwhelming. In this story‚ Okonkwo is almost the perfect communicator to state the ways of Igbo culture. The setting is near the town of Onitsha in the eastern region of Nigeria. As we enter our story‚ Okonkwo was revealed as the son of an untrustworthy‚ idle musician Unoka. Because of his father’s ways‚ Okonkwo is left with nothing in inheritance. However‚ Igbo culture believes that every man is given a clean slate

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    Consumer Sovereignty

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    Consumer sovereignty. Birth and evolution of the movement and consumerista politche market in its favor. LA SOVRANITA ’ DEL CONSUMATORE: "Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production‚ and the interest of the producer should be considered only insofar as it may be necessary to promote the interest of the consumer" (Adam Smith). The consumerism is a relatively recent phenomenon‚ one hundred years have passed since the commercial economy of the United States was rocked by the explosion

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    Mrs. Aisola English 4 December 16‚ 2012 Unconventional Culture of the Ibo People in Nigeria The Ibo people‚ traditionally known as Igbo‚ are one of the largest and most significant ethnic groups of Southern Nigeria (Igboland). Their culture and traditions are so diverse because their group is fragmented into subgroups. Chinua Achebe explains the tough and cultural ways of the Ibo people in his novel Things Fall Apart. Their customs can be compared but‚ nevertheless they have kept

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    Consumer Behaviour

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    potential consumer needs and motivations that relate to a specific brand of Christian Louboutin’s lipstick-red soles. It then further discusses several definitions and theoretical concepts in order to assist and support the main evidence of: (1) how the needs and motivations of consumers are being linked to the luxury brand product as well as how it influences the purchase decision making process; (2) the analysis between generic goals and product-specific goals; (3) whether consumers are being rationally

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    Consumer Protection

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    Christ University Law Journal A research paper on: “Evolution of Consumer Protection and Way Forward” Submitted to: The Journals and Publications Society‚ School of Law‚ Christ University Author: Abhishek Gupta Co-author: Kritika Mishra Faculty of Law‚ JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY‚ NEW DELHI ACKNOWLEDGEMENT At the outset‚ I would like to thank School of Law‚ Christ University with its core team of The Journals and Publications Society‚ School of Law‚ Christ University for organising

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    Consumer Protection

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    ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol.1 Issue 1‚ May 2011‚ ISSN 2231-5780 CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CONSUMERISM IN INDIA Ms Kiran Chaudhry*;Ms Tanu Chandhiok**;Mrs Parveen Dewan*** * Assistant Professor‚ Shivaji College‚ University of Delhi‚ Delhi‚ India **Lecturer‚ Yamuna Group of Institutions‚ Gadholi‚ Jagadhri‚ Haryana‚ India *** Principal‚ Sanatan Dharam Model School Jagadhri‚ Yamunanagar‚ Haryana‚ India __________________________________________________________________

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    Consumer Credit

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    How did Cofidis evolve to be a success? Have its segmentation‚ targeting and positioning efforts contributed to this. Answer. Cofidis is an offspring of leading French direct marketer 3 Suisses international. Before 1981‚ 3 Suisses offered its customers a payment card managed by Cetelem. That was used for 12% of catalog sales. However‚ unless 3 Suisses agreed to pay Cetelem FF 5 million per year‚ new restrictive credit regulations in France were forcing Cetelem to withdraw in 1981. 1n 1982

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    Consumer Ethics

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    Consumer Ethics “If you can’t make it‚ just fake it‚” states Gernhauser (2007‚ p 318). Because of the constant change of styles and trends‚ our society is often affected by who buys what. Instead of buying fake goods to fit into today’s society‚ the focus of the consumer should be buying what looks good rather than focusing on where it came from. Consuming counterfeits does not only affect the US society‚ but other countries as well. Behind consuming counterfeits‚ there is a farther depth most

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    Rational Consumer

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    In economics a rational consumer is defined as the people who act in a rational way and make rational choices‚ namely spending their money wisely. Utility is a term used to measure the amount of pleasure a consumer gains from a good or service they choose to invest in‚ thus spending our money wisely‚ in economic terms is a method of maximizing our own utility. However in today’s world different societies and individuals have failed to distinguish the different between a want and a need‚ which

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