BILLION DAY SALE ? The e-commerce giant Flipkart announced this sale on the 6th of October in the year 2014. It was supposed to be India’s answer to America’s ’Cyber Monday’. It was the day Indian e-tailing giant Flipkart unleashed its Big Billion Day sale‚ promising unthinkably deep discounts across a host of categories. It offered products in almost every categories at throwaway prices like a hand blender at Re 1 or a 2 TB portable hard drive at just Rs 600 . To make the sale even more irresistible
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Miranda Dykes MGMT 4513 Case Study Coors Brewing Company Overall performance is closely linked to a company’s operations and how they meet objectives to obtain certain outcomes. The story of Coors’ performance is told in Exhibits 9-10 in the Strategic Management textbook ; despite increased capacity‚ operating income as a percent of sales declined by 11% in 1985. Even more telling are the changes in pure operating income across the industry. From 1977 to 1985 Coors declined by 14.7%‚ while others
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Anglo-Dutch consumer product from Unilever decided to grant 100‚000 individual flexible working hours so they can have a positive employment practice. The company did a trail run of Agile Working in one of their sites and saw how successful it was and then offered this flexible work program to many more employees. Unilever purchased technology equipment so their employees can complete their work outside of their office. The technology that has been handed to the employees has had a good response
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of declining sales‚ should Levi’s sell a brand to mass discount retailer‚ Wal-Mart? Executive Summary Quick! Name the first company that comes to mind for the following products: facial tissue‚ photocopiers‚ and jeans. Did you answer Kleenex‚ Xerox‚ and Levi’s? I bet you did. The #1 apparel brand for brand awareness and recognition‚ “Levi’s” is virtually synonymous with “jeans.” In the past several years however this strong brand recognition has failed to translate into sales growth and in
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high-powered discussions. The case study is about a manufacturing and engineering firm that has been doing very well in terms sales but has a serious challenge of escalating freight costs. The case study reveals that the root cause of the problem is insufficient inventories and lack of planning and fragmented purchasing process. The case study will provide a detailed analysis of the basic inventory problems confronting the firm. The case study will also highlight management of forecasting‚ purchasing
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On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being Bad‚ Mark T. Conard shows us why people believe Bart Simpson is similar to a philosophical theorist named Friedrich Nietzsche. Bart being the bad boy of the Simpson’s and Nietzsche being the bad boy of Philosophy. Conard says that Bart does not take on the chaos like Nietzsche says but he is just an empty being of bad actions. This argument is ridiculous; Bart Simpson is as creative as creative gets. In this chapter‚ Conard is first shows us how people consider
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The project on “Manual Refill Biogas machine” was completed in my Bachelor’s degree of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) at Pacific University my work began in August 2013 till May 2014. PE1.1 Duration: August 2013 to May 2014 Location: Place‚ India Name of the organization: Pacific University Position Title: Project Engineer (Mechanical Engineer) b) Background PE1.1 This project developed the design and construction of a Manual refill biogas machine that would address the problem of storage
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Search advertising is the core business of Google Company. Search advertising is a mean of establishing online advertisements on internet. Google Company earns revenue by charging for each click on search advertisement. However‚ the search advertising of Google Company has been facing a trouble recently. Google’s total advertising revenue has been reduced for year over year as the amount can charge on search advertisement has been decreasing. This problem is caused by the evolution of mobile devices
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The Collins Companies‚ was able to sustain the environment‚ communities and make a profit. By starting the JTS‚ Journey to sustainability in 1997‚ and creating team to work they main focus areas energy‚ waste and water. For the energy‚ the team were able to conserve energy and reduce the heat‚ also found new ways to capture the wasted energy and reuse it. For the product waste they are also able to find new ways to use‚ they has sander dust‚ wood chips waste as well purchasing glue. For the sander
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TJX Companies‚ Inc TJX‚ an international company‚ operates off-price retail stores offering apparel and home furnishings. The company‚ which employed about 179‚000 people as of 2013‚ has four segments: Marmaxx‚ HomeGoods‚ TJX Europe‚ and TJX Canada. The revenue was recorded of $26‚123.8 million dollars in 2013‚ an increase of 12.1% over 2012. The operating profit of the company was an increase of 25.9% over 2012. The net profit was an increase of 27.4% over 2012. TJX operates the business under
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