Alyssa Mayer Retail Management – Written Report 2 November 2011 Saks Fifth Avenue – Merchandising Saks Fifth Avenue is a lead retail organization offering a wide assortment of luxury fashion apparel‚ accessories‚ shoes‚ jewelry‚ and cosmetics. Their main target market is the upscale customer that is willing to pay for main designer brands and products such as Louis Vuitton‚ Ralph Lauren‚ and many others. Currently‚ Saks has 46 stores through 22 states that are usually free standing in distinct
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JP Morgan&Co./ Chase Manhattan Bank Merger 1.Introduction The combining of two or more companies‚ generally by offering the stockholders of one company securities in the acquiring company in exchange for the surrender of their stock.(referenca 1) Mergers are a common practice in the business world because they enable increased efficiency and market share. 2.History 2.1.JP Morgan&Co. J.P.Morgan & Co.‚ was founded in New York in 1871 as Drexel‚ Morgan & Co. by J. Pierpont Morgan
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WAS IT MORALLY JUSTIFIABLE FOR TRUMAN TO USE TWO NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST JAPAN DURING WWII? WWII is still the most horrific war in the history of human existence. With over 50 million dead in just 6 short years‚ every single chapter of the war has been eternally marked in world history. Two particular incidents that will last over the years would be the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Now being considered in hindsight‚ the nuclear attacks have become very controversial topics. In my
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Mustard Gas During World War I LOST was the original name for mustard gas‚ it was named after Lommel and Steinkopf. They were the first people who proposed this gas to the military to use as a weapon in 1916. Although mustard gas could possibly been developed as early as 1822 by a French chemist‚ Cesar-Mansuete Desperetez. Thirty-two years later Alfred Riche repeated this reaction of the sulfur dichloride and ethylene‚ but both Riche and Desperetez did not note any harsh properties. In 1860‚
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ALBERT EINSTEIN and the ATOMIC BOMB The physicist Albert Einstein did not directly participate in the invention of the atomic bomb. But as we shall see‚ he was instrumental in facilitating its development. In 1905‚ as part of his Special Theory of Relativity‚ he made the intriguing point that a large amount of energy could be released from a small amount of matter. This was expressed by the equation E=mc2 (energy = mass times the speed of light squared). The atomic bomb would clearly illustrate
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Let’s have a PEP talk! The ongoing issue of the importance and relevance of Nuclear War has been around since the end of World War II when the United States unleashed atomic bombs on two Japanese cities. Is this a conversation worth having? What are the chances of this threat becoming a reality here in the United States? In the essay‚ “Millennials need new movies about nuclear war‚ a ninth-grader says”‚ Williams concludes “we need new movies to warn of the nuclear war threat” (par. 3). The
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History of the Bombing The atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred in August 1945 when the Second World War was at its final stage. An American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on August 6‚ 1945 over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion practically killed 80‚000 people wiping out 90% of the Hiroshima city. Many other people died later as a result of the radiation exposure. A second United States B-29 bomber dropped another A-bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki which
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Though the discovered by accident‚ gunpowder changed the trajectory of combat operations. Discovered in the ninth century Chinese alchemist developed something with the potential of conquering nations. Gunpowder is used in many weapons throughout history and to this day‚ but one of the first was flying fire. With the simple invention of the gunpowder cannon‚ a totally new type of defense was unearthed. When the devastating power of the cannon was shrunken down into a handheld weapon‚ the course of
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Rules of Engagement (ROE) are rules or directives to military forces (including individuals) that define the circumstances‚ conditions‚ degree‚ and manner in which the use of force‚ or actions which might be construed as provocative‚ may be applied. They provide authorization for and/or limits on‚ among other things‚ the use of force and the employment of certain specific capabilities. Rules of Engagement do not normally dictate how a result is to be achieved but will indicate what measures may be
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In the film industry they use something called elements to explain what is going on in the storyline‚ and in the movie Forrest Gump‚ the way they used different film elements helps in the explanation of the plot and assists in moving the storyline along. The different elements that I will be talking about are Effects‚ Costumes‚ and Camera movement/transitions. In Forrest Gump they used many different effects to emphasize and explain exactly what is happening. One way that they describe what is happening
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