The Home Depot 2008 Annual Report Dear Shareholders: In 2008‚ our retail sales declined by 7.8 percent‚ with comp sales down 8.7 percent. Our adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations declined 22 percent. In ordinary times‚ these would be very disappointing results. But 2008 was not an ordinary year. Despite the difficult economic environment‚ we continued to improve our retail business‚ through investing in our associates and our stores‚ rebuilding our supply chain and
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Gap Inc. was founded in 1969 by Donald and Doris Fisher in San Francisco‚ California‚ with a single store and a handful of employees. Today‚ they’re one of the world’s largest specialty retailers with three of the most recognized and respected brands in the apparel industry - Gap‚ Banana Republic and Old Navy. Gap Inc. has more than 153‚000 employees supporting over 4‚200 stores in more than 3‚100 locations in the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ Canada‚ France‚ Japan and Germany. Their 2004 Sales
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Assignment: Zaplet‚ Inc / RightNow 1. Vinod Kosla‚ a very prestigious and experienced venture capitalist‚ spent a lot of time and energy mentoring the Zaplet founders. What do you think of the way Kosla shaped the development of the venture? Was this beneficial to the founders? Khosla’s approach to successfully developing the venture was pragmatic and fast growth oriented‚ but flexible enough to progressively focusing the business into the most viable solutions‚ thus avoiding long runs into unviable
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Executive Summary Problem/Issues Matt Monkiewicz‚ director of marketing for Kayem Foods‚ Inc.‚ is challenged with a decision pertaining to a small but fast growing product‚ Al Fresco chicken sausage. The product has become a brand leader in its market niche‚ and means on how to promote the product is in question. A “buzz” marketing campaign was recently used‚ and while the company did increase in sales‚ there is no way to directly calculate the effect the campaign had on the product. Mr. Monkiewicz
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SUBJECT \* MERGEFORMAT Orange Creek Inc. Disaster Recovery Plan November 06‚ 2013 VERSION HISTORY Version # Implemented By Revision Date Approved By Approval Date Reason for Update 1 BnG CORP 09/20/2013 Ray Maybus 09/20/2013 Created DRP 2 BnG CORP 09/27/2013 Ray Maybus 09/27/2013 Revision to the point of contacts 3 BnG CORP 10/04/2013 Ray Maybus 10/04/2013 Changes made to risk assessment FOREWARD This Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) describes the strategy and procedures for recovering
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The film Food Inc. shows the many ugly‚ horrors of the industrial food system. Throughout‚ the film we see the behind-the-scenes of how are food is made from the egg to the chicken‚ to seed to the market‚ and so on. There needs to be a change on how our food is produced and created. The only way to do that is spread this health movement to the world. Many of us don’t realize all the chemicals that are put into our food. It makes us wonder “Is this actually real‚ fresh meat as the labels say?” During
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College Inc. After watching the documentary College Inc‚ I have come to the realization that colleges are not at all as they seem. Many colleges are a for-profit college which is institutions being operated by profit-seeking business. This video was pretty much about for-profit schools tuition being more than community college tuition. It was also about the lengths that for-profit schools will go to get as many people to enroll there and get the funds necessary to keep the college alive. The
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relationships with "resellers" in fresh tomato market Threats Customer acceptance or lack of acceptance of bioengineered fresh consumable products High operating costs associated with "soft" p/p/s process may require "premium" pricing at point of sale Perceived advantages of "MacGregor’s Tomato" does not occur at either reseller or consumer level Competitor tomato "Endless Summer" based on new technology may have superior product features Threatened boycott of bioengineered products
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October 21‚ 2013 LAW/421 University of Phoenix Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. WIRETIME has committed Defamation in the form of trade libel against BUGusa‚ Inc. by taking out a print ad in an industry magazine (University of Phoenix‚ 2013). According to Melvin (2011) there are
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Gap Inc. began its journey 1969 as a small retail store in San Francisco‚ California where it concentrated its sales on Levi’s jeans. In its early stages as a small retail business it was known as The Gap. By the end of the 1970’s‚ Donald and Doris Fisher‚ owners of The Gap‚ had expanded The Gap to six stores. The company went public in 1976. By the early 1980’s‚ The Gap had over five hundred stores; largely targeting a teenage customer base. In 1983 the Fishers hired Mickey Drexler as Gap
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