Wal-Mart competitive advantage 6. To what extent is WM’s competitive advantage sustainable? * At the time discount stores were located within large towns‚ WM’s strategy was to put good-sized stores into little one-horse towns that everyone else was ignoring. * WM alternative was to build their own distribution centers so that they could buy in volume at attractive prices and store the merchandise. * WM earn the trust of their customers every day by providing a broad assortment of
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Amber Ellis English 111 Leslie Bolser November 6‚ 2011 Is Wal-Mart smothering small town America? As of 1994‚ Wal-Mart had 2‚504 stores across the U.S. and was expected to open 125 more that year (Ortega 205). Wal-Mart stores do over $67 billion dollars in annual sales (Norman 207). Everywhere there is evidence of new establishments being built. It seems that cities are now reaching out further and small towns growing up overnight. Some call
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Drug abuse has an effect on all aspects of life; overall health and wellness‚ family life‚ and the community. With there being so many different kinds of drugs the effects are endless. The effect of drug abuse does not discriminate or focus on any one person. Drug abuse can be found in any area of the world and the overall effects can be devastating to anyone involved. A person’s choice to use any kind of illegal drug or abusing prescribed medicines can have a damaging impact on their overall health
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“DEA probes Silk Road‚ suspected online hub for illegal drugs by Kevin Deutsch. Making small talk with your pot dealer sucks. Buying cocaine can you get arrested or killed. Have you ever imagined if you could buy and sell drugs online like I do for textbooks? Now you can: Welcome to Silk Road. Silk road is the Ebay of the online drug trade and you are able to any drug imaginable such as cocaine‚ heroin‚ opioid pills‚ LSD‚ Ecstasy and other drugs. Silk Road’s customers buy‚ sell‚ trade and rate delivery
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Effects of Drugs on Adolecents Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in colleges today. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years‚ these years most crucial in the maturation process. During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity‚ clarifying their sexual roles‚ assenting independence‚ learning to cope with authority and searching for goals that would give their lives meaning. Drugs are readily‚ adolescents are curious
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Drug Legalization Strong drug enforcement in the United States is correlated with the reduction in crime ‚ drug use‚ and drug addiction growth rates. The impact on tougher drug sanctions has been overshadowed by a myth that U.S. drug enforcement has become too lenient. This myth has been promoted by the multi-million dollar pro-drug legalization lobby‚ civil libertarians‚ and misguided academic researchers to the public with limited review and challenge. Attacks on drug enforcement
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War on Drugs‚ a war that has been waged for decades and which shows no indication of being successfully concluded in the near future. As with other types of wars‚ this one has fronts both within the domestic borders as well as in foreign lands and the war affects the country ’s economic policy and shapes relationships with numerous foreign powers. Military and intelligence services are engaged in the war‚ as are various law enforcement agencies at the local‚ state and federal levels. Yet drug use and
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Arkansas‚ Wal-Mart has not stopped expanding. The First Wal-Mart store was opened in 1962 by a Mr. Sam Walton. He opened the store with one intention: sell products people need at the lowest price available. Wal-Mart has since blown up into a globally known and used corporation. Currently‚ more than fifty percent of all Americans live within five miles of a Wal-Mart store‚ which is less than a ten mile drive away. Ninety percent of Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart. (Fishman‚ 2006)
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DANGEROUS DEMON-DRUG ADDICTION A tunnel into the unknown nothingness of darkness. Deep‚ Eerie‚ and dark. Fear is the first thing which envelops me as I look into the eyes of a drug addict. Expressionless .Emotionless. That chalklike skin – “like a corpse”. Motionless. My eyes wander back to those eyes and my heartbeat stops at the sight of those savage eyes‚ suddenly hungry for something….or someone. Groping for something of utter need. This is the portrait of a drug addict. Drug addiction is
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A Presentation on Drug Abuse in Bangladesh Course Name : Composition & Communication Skills Course No : ENG 102 Section : 17 Prepared for : Shakil Sarforaz Rabbi Lecturer East West University Prepared by : 1. Segupta Kabir Nodi ID No : 2010-3-10-216 2. Sharmin Khanam ID No : 2010-3-10-224 3. Rehnuma Rahman Anchol ID No : 2010-3-10-108
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