IBM Sales and Distribution Thought Leadership White Paper Retail 2020: Reinventing retailing— once again A joint project between IBM and New York University Stern School of Business Retail 2 Retail 2020: Reinventing retailing—once again Contents 2 Introduction 3 Déjà vu all over again 3 Retailing transformations of the past 6 Lessons learned with “20/20 hindsight” 7 Retail 2020 9 Implications for retailers today 11 Concluding thoughts 11 For more information 11 Acknowledgements
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In the play Subterranean Homesick Blues Again‚ Playwright Dennis Reardon depicts a tour guide and a group of two couples going through a natural cave. The tone light and comedic‚ but as they go deeper into the cave the atmosphere becomes creepier and melancholic as they go deeper and the play progresses. The tone cresends as the tour guide announces that they are not where they think they are anymore. This play is nothing short of unnerving‚ but- as good plays do- kept me on the edge of my seat
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Case 12 Apple Computer‚ Inc.(2000): Here We Go Again I. CASE ABSTRACT July 9‚2000: It was ten days before the July 19‚ 2000 Macworld trade show in New York‚ when Apple Computer‚ Inc. Chief Executive Steven P. Jobs once again wowed the masses with his P. T. Barnum–style product introductions. First came the small stuff: a see-through plastic keyboard and a sleek mouse. Then‚ off came the covers from new versions of Apple’s popular iMac computer‚ now in four rich new colors‚ including ruby
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their home due to destruction in their country. When they move far from their homes they have to look for a safe place to live . Leaving to find a new home makes them feel as if their lives are turning “inside out”. The novel Inside out and Back Again Thanhha Lai the author speaks about Ha and her family living in a war. Ha is a 10 year old Vietnamese girl who comes from a single parent and a traditional background. Ha’s family decides to flee from their home because of the fear their mom faces
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title of the novel Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai‚ relates to the universal refugee experience because when any refugee from anywhere first leaves they’re home there lives turn “inside out”‚ meaning that their lives are turned completely upside down. Then eventually as they get used to their new home they eventually start to get used to the new lifestyle and most times learn the language of their new home. For instance in in the book “Inside Out And Back Again” Ha has to flee her home due to southern
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If I could live my life over again‚ I would not change a single aspect. However‚ I would ensure to cherish each moment more than I have. I have managed to meet several people in my life in which I now consider family. Although I may share no relation with the people‚ our bond has grown so strong over the years that I actually consider them family. Meanwhile‚ I am proud to say that I have a family that genuinely cares for me. In addition‚ the friends in my life are irreplaceable‚ for we have made
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this poem. Langston Hughes wrote‚” Let America be America again.’’ The purpose of this poem was to tell the reader that not everyone could have lived the american dream. What i have gathered they can both agree on that they want america to get better. Since‚ “ I hear america singing‚”and “Let America be America again” are similar and different. I can compare and contrast. “ I hear America Singing” and “Let America be America again are similar because‚ they are both poems about the american
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Subterranean Homesick Blues Again Play Review In the suspenseful play Subterranean Homesick Blues Again‚ by Dennis Reardon‚ four tourists end up in an situation none of them were expecting. In the play the unsuspecting group of friends go on a tour to the caverns‚ led by their young and mysterious guide‚ Charon. As the group travels deeper into the abyss‚ the characters begin to take notice the slight shift of their tour guides mood; the arrival to the Underworld leaves the group in a state of disbelief
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Homeland Of the Free In the poem “Let American Be America Again” by Langston Hughes‚ the author portrays America as a place where people try to escape their old life of oppression and struggles to this so called “American Dream”. But‚ what they find is “the same old stupid plan of dog eat dog”. Hughes sees that American is being seen as a ideal utopia while he actually views America as a place where there are too many obstacles in the way to achieve the American Dream. The dream is only stood
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“Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes His tone in the poem also contributes to the meaning. His tone seems almost confessional‚ like the poet is talking about his own experience in America. Hughes points out all the flaws in the ideas of equal opportunity and freedom in his poem. Then periodically he speaks to the reader outright with lines such as‚ "O‚ yes‚ I say it plain‚ America never was America to me‚ And yet I swear this oath-- America will be!" Speaking outright to the reader
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