Ling Yang‚ Intimate Apparel Group Discussion Questions Compare the economic and social circumstances of the women‚ Esther‚ Mrs. Dickson‚ Mrs. Van Buren‚ and Mayme. Are any of the women in a better position than the others? Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Van Buren are in a better position than Esther and Mayme. Because Esther is a 35 Black Women who sews intimate apparel‚ works for herself and makes living on it. She is not married. Therefore‚ she has no one to rely on. She also can’t write‚ read‚ illiterate
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The rise of the global leisure/cultural industries Introduction The term ‘globalization’ is widely used to describe a variety of economic‚ cultural‚ social‚ and political changes that have changed the world over the past 50 years (Guttal‚ 2010). Globalization can be conceived as time-space compression‚ accelerating interconnectedness‚ and action at a distance (Kim‚ 2005). Globalization thus suggests the expanding scale‚ speeding up and deepening impact of flows and patterns of social interaction
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ABSTRACT The car industry has constantly provided us the consumer with a wide range of choices and varieties to suit our needs‚ but with the vast amount of competition how do car manufacturers attract our attention. Unique designs‚ impressive technology‚ price and customer service are all the areas consumers look for in a car‚ to meet these demands car manufactures need to constantly come up with new ideas to stay ahead of other competitors‚ introducing creative ideas which are better than what
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American Apparel’s current advertising campaign by discussing: segmentation strategy‚ target market selection‚ and positioning strategy as well as brand image. American Apparel was founded on passion‚ built on ethics‚ and advertised with sex. Montreal-born Dov Charney determined that there was an unfulfilled need in the apparel market for American-made tshirts and other cotton basics that could appeal to all types of people‚ thus founded the company in 2003 and became the largest garment manufacturer
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Intimate Apparel was directed by Janice Capuana. She is an adjunct assistant prof. of Theatre at York College. The play takes place on the lower east side of New York City in 1905. The story revolves around Esther‚ a lonely African American seamstress living in a boarding house for single women run by Mrs. Dickson. Esther spends her days and nights sewing beautiful lingerie and corsets for New York’s high society ladies and ladies of the night. The only pleasure Esther finds in her lovely life is
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KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AND THE GLOBAL FAST-FOOD INDUSTRY Background of the Study During the 1960s and 1970s‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation (KFC) pursued an aggressive strategy of restaurant expansion‚ quickly establishing itself as one of the first fast-food restaurant chains in the US. KFC was also one of the first U.S. -food restaurant chains to expand overseas. By 1990‚ restaurants located outside of the U.S. were generating over 50 percent of KFC’s total profits. By the end of
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Organizations‚ such as the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)‚ represent apparel‚ footwear‚ and other sewn products manufactures as well as their industry suppliers‚ which compete in the global market. (AMERICAN APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR ASSOCIATION). As the major trade association representing apparel‚ footwear‚ sewn products companies‚ and their suppliers‚ AAFA promotes and seeks to enhance members companies’ competitiveness‚ efficiency‚ and prosperity in the global marketplace. MAGIC international
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Global forces and the European Brewing industry –Case 1 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………2 PESTEL……………………………………………………………….2 Porter’s Five Forces…………………………………………………..4 Strengths & weakness of Companies………………………………..5 Impact of Trends on the Companies………………………………..7 Bibliography……………………………………………………………8. Introduction This case shows how global forces have impact on European brewing industry and how these companies are trying to overcome the obstacles. In spite
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Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast-Food Industry Jeffrey A. Krug University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Copyright © 2001 by Jeffrey A. Krug. Used with permission. Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation (KFC) was the world’s largest chicken restaurant chain and third largest fast-food chain in 2000. KFC had a 55 percent share of the U.S. chicken restaurant market in terms of sales and operated more than 10‚800 restaurants in 85 countries. KFC was one of the first fast-food chains
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Cambridge‚ MA: MIT Press Cohen‚ W.M.‚ (1995)‚ ‘Empirical studies of innovative activity’‚ in Stoneman P Collis‚ D.‚ (1994)‚ ‘How valuable are organizational capabilities?’‚ Strategic Management Journal‚ 15‚ 143-152 Conner K.R.‚ Prahalad C.K.‚ (1996)‚ ‘A resource-based theory of the firm: Knowledge versus opportunism’‚ Organization Science‚ 7‚ 478-496 14 Conner‚ K.R.‚ (1991)‚ ‘A historical comparison of resource-based theory and five schools Daft R. L.‚ (1992)‚ ‘Organization Theory and Design’‚ West St
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