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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To 35-50 year old professionals making a minimum $100‚000 annual household income‚ who have children and an active lifestyle and are looking for a safe‚ luxurious yet high performance alternative to a mini-van. Land Rover is the brand of luxury‚ mid-size 4x4 SUVs providing an all purpose vehicle that combines performance‚ luxury and safety. Because 1.) its offers versatile function and practicality; 2.) offers high-end finishes and innovative creature-features; and 3.) offers 4-wheel drive and
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500m above sea level. On a 1: 25‚ 000 map‚ they are usually 10m apart. If contours are very close together that means the hill is steep. However‚ is they are wide apart‚ it has a gentle gradient. When describing direction‚ the normal method to use if by taking bearings. If you look at the housing of compass you can see that it has 360 tiny divisions on it. Bearings are one of the useful and the most accurate of describing directions. They are always given as three figures so that they should
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Issues Meruya Land Dispute The dispute began in 1974 when Portanigra bought 44 hectares of land from Meruya Udik residents through a “coordinator” named Juhri bin Geni. In the same year‚ Juhri sold the land again to the city administration on the orders of the head of Kebon Jeruk district at that time. The city wanted to use the land to house people who had been evicted from locations used for the West Flood Canal. Juhri‚ along with two other brokers — Yahya bin Geni and Mohammad Yatim Tugono
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LANDS END GUARANTEED. PERIOD. One of the simplest of statements is the driving force behind one of the strongest companies in fashion merchandising. Land’s End‚ a company with an established market for clothing‚ luggage‚ and home products‚ has created an enduring business model built on quality customer service. The company affirms this stance by proclaiming its goal is “to please [their] customers with the highest levels of quality and service in the industry‚ along with an unequivocal ironclad
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Easley‚ Kelli Assignment 5 kellieasley@gmail.com[->0] English 1 America: Land of Change America the Promise land‚ America the Melting Pot‚ America the land of the free; America was built around the idea of providing a place for freedom from tyranny‚ freedom from oppression‚ freedom to expand and explore and prosper. It was first colonized by people not of this land and so began a pattern in human history‚ a pattern that has sparked a wide and controversial debate around the concept of immigration
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Land of Confusion The music video I chose for a representation of a phoenix is a cover of “Land of Confusion” by Disturbed. The video focuses on the corruption of government in a capitalist society and the people fighting back for what is rightfully theirs. The beginning of the video starts off with planes with dollar sign symbols on them‚ bombing city buildings and a big man with a monocle giving orders. As a Phoenix ages‚ its body withers and dies away. The Phoenix dying represents the destruction
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The Waste Land ‘The Waste Land’‚by T.S.Eliot‚ is widely regarded as ‘one of the most important poem of 20th century’ and a central text in modernist poetry.Published in 1922‚the 434 line poem was first appered in united Kingdom.Eliot’s poem loosely follows the legend of the holy Grail and Fisher Kin g combined with the Contemporary condition of British society.He employees many literary and cultural allusions from the western canon‚from Buddism and the Hindu Upanishad in the poem.Of course‚the
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In the Land of the Free Since the first wave of Chinese immigration to the United States in 1850s‚ the Chinese experienced discrimination and often overt racism. According to Holland‚ during 1870s‚ a large number of Chinese laborers flooded into American job market after the completion of transcontinental railroads. Since the Chinese laborers were willing to work for lower wages‚ they took jobs away from white workers which caused negative feeling toward Chinese. At the same time‚ the economic
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estate; this is generated by cash flows from lease contracts. They can use more debt financing which can favour their tax situation. Another merit is the possible increase in NPV. By owning the title directly‚ the company can use their own expertise and knowledge to change the negative NPV of a project to a positive NPV. Also by investing in direct real estate the company is able to choose their investment sector. Again they can use their own expertise and knowledge‚ which can reflect in high returns
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