From Yves Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent Paris Abstract The aim of this essay is to take part in a discussion about the interrelation of fashion‚ marketing and art. Focusing on the Yves Saint Laurent brand and its creative work‚ the essay attempts to explore the marketing strategy‚ sources of inspiration and communication system. The first chapter is about the brand’s heritage and its image‚ which are the basics to the introduction of a brand analysis for understanding its
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sales turnover in 1999. In April 2002‚ Floatglass India Ltd. was amalgamated with AIS. On 1st January 2007‚ the second float glass plant of AIS was setup in Roorkee. 2.2 Saint Gobain Saint Gobain was established in 1665 by French emperor Louis XIV and Colbert. The company established a near monopoly in 17th century Europe. Saint Gobain taking advantage of the new economic freedom of the 19th century established units in Germany (1857)‚ Italy (1889) and Spain (1904). The merger with Pont-a-Mousson
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Slave revolution. Before it became an independent nation‚ Saint- Domingue (currently Haiti) was a French colony. Saint- Domingue started as an outlaw territory. Saint Domingue attracted a great deal of naval‚ deserter castaways and indentured servants. These were mostly single men seeking good fortune in the New World. “When the colonies were founded and at the moment when Africans began to be brought in to cultivate them‚ there were no or almost no European women present” (Dubois and Garrigus‚
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those who were considered the leaders at the beginning of the 20th century. Fortunately‚ due in large part to the demise of authoritarian dictators such as Stalin‚ Mussolini‚ and Hitler and despotic regimes such as of Saddam Hussein‚ Muammar Gadhafi‚ Manuel Noriega this leadership style on a
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Saint Francis of Assisi was born in the year 1181 in Assisi‚ Umbria‚ Italy. His birth name was Giovanni Bernardone. His parents were Pietro and Pica. Saint Francis’s father was in France when he was born. When he returned to Assisi and met his son he called him Francesco. From then on‚ he was called Francesco‚ not Giovanni. His father was a successful cloth merchant. This business allowed Saint Francis to have a privileged life. He wore the finest clothes and became well educated. He was one of
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Birmingham Business School MBA International Business 2005/06 07 15442: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE Lecturer: Dr John Cadle: Cross Border Acquisitions: When Saint-Gobain acquires BPB Student ID: 797300 Length: Approx.3000 words OUTLINE Executive summary P3 Introduction: When Saint-Gobain acquires BPB P4 Synergies thought to be gained from such acquisition P5 Operational synergies P5 Financial synergies P7 The valuation of such acquisitions ( methods and
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Hosios Loukas‚ Saint Irene (fig. 1) is shown in conjecture with other saints. The narthex at Hosios Lukas shows a collection of female saints in mosaic‚ who are arranged in groups of six and occupy space in the arched recess and lunette. These saints appear as both standing figures and as busts in roundels‚ arranged in two registers that are separated by red lines. The upper registers allow for standing figures while the lower registers show a horizontal row of medallion portraits. All saints are identified
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The Hero’s Journey in Film: The Boondock Saints The idea of a clear and precise pattern that nearly all heroes follow is not something new. In fact‚ one of the most famous examples of a hero cycle is the one created by Joseph Campbell. In his world-renowned book‚ The Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ Campbell sets up and explains how every hero follows the same basic path until he/she winds up back at the beginning and another cycle begins. “The mythical hero…is lured…to the threshold of adventure…journeys
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After reading Boxers and Saints‚ a fictional book about the Boxer Rebellion in China‚ I took some time to reflect on the second prompt. I firmly believe that fictional representations of historical events can explain the true historical events that took place. I believe that you can learn main points and basic concepts and even details from the fictional books‚ novels‚ and movies. However‚ I also believe that they have the will never hold the detail and truth that bibliographies‚ journals‚ and first
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HISTORY OF EAST SAINT LOUIS‚ IL East Saint Louis‚ Illinois is a very small city it has a total of 89 streets as of today. Around in the 1860’s the city used to be called Illinois town. It was the fourth largest city in the state of Illinois. People knew one place they could get a job was in this city. The name East Saint Louis came about because of the terrible reputation it had when it was known as Illinois town so they decided to rename it hoping to overcome all the challenges they were facing
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