The antebellum south was built on the success of cotton. Cotton is a fiber used in many products‚ such as fabric and paper. Throughout the 1790’s‚ the production of tobacco declined because of soil depletion and diminishing value; simultaneously‚ in Europe the fabric industry was growing‚ creating an international demand for cotton clothing ("The Cotton Economy and Slavery"). When Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin‚ this provided the South with the machinery for the expansion in the global economy
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Cotton Mather Description: He was the son of Increase Mather‚ and grandson of both John Cotton and Richard Mather‚ all also prominent Puritan ministers. Mather was named after his maternal grandfather‚ John Cotton. He attended Boston Latin School‚ where his name was posthumously added to its Hall of Fame‚ and graduated from Harvard in 1678 at age 15. After completing his post-graduate work‚ he joined his father as assistant pastor of Boston’s original North Church.[1] In 1685 Mather assumed
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Mobile Phone Industry in India With a subscriber base of more than 680 million‚ the Mobile telecommunications industry in India is the second largest in the world and it was thrown open to private players in the 1990s. Competition has caused prices to drop and calls across India are one of the cheapest in the world. In September 2004‚ the number of mobile phone connections crossed the number of fixed-line connections and presently dwarfs the wire line segment by a ratio of around 20:1. The mobile
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estimate. The packaged water market constitutes 15 per cent of the overall packaged beverage industry‚ which has annual sales of at least $2.6bn‚ Deepak Jolly‚ a spokesperson for Coca-Cola India said. Naveen Luthra‚ CEO‚ Mulshi Springs says‚" the bottled water market in India‚ selling an estimated million bottles a day‚ makes the natural bottled water market a mere 6% of the total bottled water market in India. The natural bottled water market is growing at a phenomenal 40-50% a year". Almost all
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Fast Food Industry in India Communication and Composition Mayur Keshwani Table of Contents ABSTRACT 3 MARKET SIZE & MAJOR PLAYERS 4 MAJOR PLAYERS IN FAST FOOD 4 REASON FOR EMERGENCE 5 Gender Roles: 5 Paucity of Time: 5 Working Women: 5 Large population: 5 CHALLENGES FOR THE INDUSTRY 6 Social and cultural implications of Indians switching to western breakfast food: 6 Emphasis on the usage of bio-degradable products: 6 Retrenchment of employees: 6 PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRY
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NOTE ON TECHNICAL TEXTILES Technical textiles has often been referred as the sunshine sector in India and there is little doubt about the growth of technical textiles industry in the years to come. Technical textiles are functional fabrics which have applications in a very diverse range of economic activities including automobiles‚ civil engineering and construction‚ agriculture‚ healthcare‚ industrial safety‚ personal protection etc. There are basically 12 segments of technical textiles which
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PROCESSING SECTOR 3 3. GOVERNMENT POLICIES 4 4. SWOT ANALYSIS FOR AGRO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY 6 5. GOAL 2015 7 6. ORGANISATION-VAPCOL 8 7. PRODUCT: CASHEW-NUT 9 7.1 Cashew industry in India: An Overview 10 7.2 Supply chain of Cashew product marketed by Vapcol 11 7.3 Value Addition Process 12 7.4 Sales and distribution and Marketing of Cashew nut 12 REFERENCES 13 List of tables Table 1: Agro-Processing Industries in India—Growth‚ Status and Prospects 4 Table 2: Product-Portfolio of VAPCOL 9 List
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healthy (NH) beverages. While functional drinks and RTD tea also posted impressive growth in 2007‚ they were growing from a very small base and are yet to achieve a critical mass in terms of establishing a loyal consumer base. Coca-Cola India and PepsiCo India slip in shares With consumers showing a growing preference for healthier soft drinks such as bottled water and fruit/vegetable juice rather than carbonates in 2007‚ the two carbonates giants suffered a marginal decline in share. Although
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Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. Prior to his invention‚ farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers. Working by hand‚ a slave was only able to clean about a pound of cotton a day. Simple seed-removing devices had been around for centuries‚ however‚ Eli Whitney’s invention automated and industrialized the seed separation process. A single slave using this machine could generate
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The Indian cosmetics industry has witnessed rapid growth over the last couple of decades. With every passing year‚ the range of cosmetic and beauty products in India has widened tremendously. Beauty product manufacturers in India have mostly been catering to the great demand for cosmetics and toiletries that fall into the low- or medium-priced categories as the greatest demand in India always revolves around economically priced products. Recent cosmetics business market analysis reveals that
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