In Clare Sears “Electric Brilliancy: Cross-Dressing Law and Freak Show Displays in Nineteenth Century San Francisco” She explains the cross-dressing laws that were placed in San Francisco in 1863. It was mid-way through the civil war that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a local law against cross-dressing that prohibited people from dressing like the opposite sex. From 1861 to 1900‚ twenty one states passed the cross-dressing law. The penalties placed for committing cross-dressing was
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The business environment you operate in has a significant impact on your strategy in business. This is true whether your business is operating during a weak‚ strong‚ or recessionary economy. However‚ it is even more important to understand your business environment during a recession; which is a time when buyer power is stronger than ever‚ and business survival strategies need to be quickly developed and launched. Your business needs to change to survive; it can even thrive and grow during a recession
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the Boeing’s Company. B. The employees were next because there were some layoffs and cut backs. The Chief Financial Officer of Boeing (Michael Sears) and the official in charge of Air Force contract acquisitions (Darleen Druyun) pled guilty to aiding and abetting acts affecting financial interest and acts affecting financial interest respectively. Sears offered Druyun a high-level position within Boeing. At the time of this exchange‚ Druyun was overseeing contract negotiations between the Air Force
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Strategy initiative 4 Mission…………………………………………………………….. 5 2.KOHL’S………………………..………… ………..……………………5 Strategy initiative 5 Mission 6 3. Macy’s 6 Strategy initiative 6 Mission 7 4. Sears 7 Strategy initiative 7 Mission 8 INTRODUCTION 8 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 9 Demographic Segment 9 Age structure 10 Ethnic Mix 10 Income Distribution 10 TABLE
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SEARS‚ ROEBUCK‚ AND CO. THE AUTO CENTER SCANDAL History and Introduction of Sear‚ Roebuck‚ and Co. Sears‚ Roebuck and Co began in the 19th century and sold farm supplies and consumer items as a small mail order company. The first Sears retail store opened up in Chicago on the 2nd February 1925 in the building named the Merchandise. This store had included a soda fountain and an optical shop. The first detached and separate retail store opened up on the 5th October 1925 in a city called Evansville
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Description and Discussion of Firm K-Mart K-Mart‚ is a chain of discount stores headquartered in the United States. The chain acquired Sears in 2005‚ forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world‚ behind Wal-Mart and Target‚ with stores in the United States‚ Puerto Rico‚ the U.S. Virgin Islands Kmart operates in a total of 1307 stores across 49 states‚ Guam‚ Puerto Rico‚ and the
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Marcus‚ A.2004 CNET News.com. (2005). Case accepts blame for AOL-Time Warner debacle. Retrieved January 13‚ 2006‚ from http://news.com/Case+Accepts+blame+for+AOL-Time+Warner+debacle/2100-1030_3-5534519.html Forbes.com Hannaford‚ S. (2004). Kmart and Sears merge. Retrieved January 13‚ 2006‚ from http://www.oligopolywatch.com/2004/11/17.html Johnson‚ T Kelly‚ R. (2004). Kmart merger threatens thousands of US jobs. Retrieved January 13‚ 2006‚ from http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/nov2004/kmrt-n18_prn
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(2011). Retrieved from http://www.searsholdings.com/about/kmart/. Schechner‚ S.‚ & Schuker‚ L. (2011‚ September 14). Lights‚ camera‚ advertisements. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903285704576561034255302702.html. Sears holdings corporate history. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.searsholdings.com/about/kmart/history.htm. Target. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.target.com/. Walmart. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.target.com/.
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Louisiana from its plan and headquarters in Dallas‚ Texas. 11 countries in Dallas-Fort worth (DFW) metropolitan area is the major business and financial center in the company’s southwestern service area. Competition in this market increased with Sears and Kmart stores‚ as well as Sherwin-Williams and Home Depot paint stores. Competition has also increased in paint stores‚ lumberyard and hardware stores. The estimated dollar volume of architectural paint and allied products sold in Jones Blair’s
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In 2002 a scandal similar to that of Enron‚ Kmart’s management was accused of misleading information. In 2003‚ after filing for chapter 11‚ it emerged as a new corporation‚ closing hundreds of stores. In 2005‚ it acquired Sears‚ forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. Ever since‚ it has continuously reported sales decreases‚ On December 27‚ 2011‚ after
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