that wraps a starfish around the finger topped by a gorgeous baroque pearl. Rose-cut diamonds stand out against the oxidised metal Ayasofya ring Turkey: Sevan Biçakçi UK India Culture of the country in relation to luxury Protestant ethic: against show and excess; modesty Luxury
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na‚ but Cadillac-branded vehicles are distributed in 34 additional markets worldwide. Historically‚ Cadillac automobiles have always held a place at the top of the luxury field within the United States.[2] In 2012‚ Cadillac’s U.S. sales were 149‚782 vehicles.[3] Cadillac is among the oldest automobile brands in the world‚ second in America only to fellow GM marque Buick. The firm was founded from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company in 1902‚ almost 9 years before Chevrolet.[4] It was named after Antoine
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Background of the Company The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) boasts dozens of billion-dollar brands for home‚ hair‚ and health. The world’s largest maker of consumer packaged goods divides its business into two global units: Beauty and Grooming and Household Care. The company also makes pet food‚ water filters‚ and over-the-counter acid-reflux medication. About two dozen of P&G’s brands are billion-dollar sellers‚ including Always‚ Braun‚ Crest‚ Fusion‚ Gillette‚ Head & Shoulders
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that are leading businesses into the third wave of electronic commerce. The technologies that are leading the business in the third wave of e-commerce are smart phone (mobile commerce)‚ tablet computers‚ radio frequency identification (RFI) devices and smart card and the social commerce. Today’s mobile phones are not limited to sending and receiving e-mails. Smart phone has software (apps) that can do many activities and transactions over the internet. Smart phones includes a keyboard‚ operating
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www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor How far can luxury brands travel? Avoiding the pitfalls of luxury brand extension Mergen Reddy a‚ Nic Terblanche b‚ Leyland Pitt c‚*‚ Michael Parent c a Capgemini Consulting‚ P.O. Box 785827‚ Sandton‚ 2146‚ South Africa Stellenbosch University‚ Private Bag X1‚ Matieland‚ 7602‚ South Africa c Segal Graduate School of Business‚ Simon Fraser University‚ 500 Granville Street‚ Vancouver‚ BC V6C 1W6‚ Canada b KEYWORDS Luxury brands; Brand extensions; Degree of adjacency;
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John McKnight and Peter Block wrote about seven responsibilities of an abundant community and its citizens. The responsibilities are health‚ safety‚ environment‚ economy‚ food‚ children‚ and care. In my opinion‚ to fulfill these responsibilities‚ we must start with people as individuals. To define the well-being of an individual‚ he or she must be in control of themselves. One has to have self-discipline and self-regulation. Another key trait that is valuable to this person is to be addiction free
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Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in Downtown Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ USA‚ that manufactures a wide range of consumer goods. It is 5th in Fortune ’s Most Admired Companies 2011 list. P&G is credited with many business innovations including brand management and the soap opera. William Procter‚ a candle maker‚ and James Gamble‚ a soap maker‚ formed this global and Fortune 500 Corporation in 1837 (corporate profile). Procter and Gamble (P&G) is
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Theoretical frame work: The Brand Luxury Index (BLI) designed by Franck Vigneron and Lester W. Johnson in 2004 is a scale to measure the different aspects of what makes a brand luxurious. The model measures how luxurious a brand is‚ through personal and non-personal oriented. First non-personal oriented perceptions: perceived Conspicuousness: is defined as the image associated with consuming a luxury item. perceived Uniqueness: the scarcity of items highly reflects on the preference towards a brand
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pursuit of luxury is one that enhances the gratification of the senses; it is this refinement that can be innocent or vicious. According to Hume‚ the pursuit of innocent indulgence is permitted‚ but when they are pursued at the expense of some virtue they become a vice. Vicious luxury is a vice in the way it “engrosses all a man’s expenses and leaves no ability for such acts if duty and generosity as are required by his situation and fortune” (P. 279). The distinction between the two luxuries is the
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Proctor and Gamble Overview Proctor and Gamble (P&G) was incorporated in 1905 in Cincinnati‚ Ohio and is still headquartered there today. It is the twenty-fifth largest company in the United States by revenue‚ and employs 138‚000 worldwide. P&G competes in the consumer goods industry‚ and boasts ownership of over 250 brands including Gillette‚ Bounty‚ Tide‚ IAMS‚ and Crest. Its products can be found in more than 180 countries around the world. P&G first became an international company when
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