force is caused by electric charge. Electric charge is a property of the bits of matter within atoms. Electric force can cause matter to attract or repel because there are two kinds of charge – positive and negative charge. The effects of electric force can be summarized as the law of electric charge: Pieces of matter with the same kind of charge repel each other. Pieces of matter with the same kind of charge attract each other. 2 objects with a positive charge repel each other‚ as do 2 objects
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INTRODUCTION Dollar General is an aggressive‚ competitor in the deep discount retail industry. Recent annual sales figures totaling $6.9 billion across 29 states (close to 7‚000 stores) has placed the chain at the top of the dollar store category of discount retailers‚ surpassing chains Family Dollar‚ Fred’s and Dollar Tree. The company also competes aggressively with chains such as Wal-Mart‚ Kmart‚ CVS and Rite Aid. The store currently offers a product line of general merchandise that includes
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Report on Electronic Point-of-Sale System for Small Retail Businesses Introduction The aim of this report was to analyze the Electronic Point-of-Sale System (EPOS) in order to launch our new business improvement package. This report includes the information‚ advantages and functions of the EPOS. Methodology Two websites were researched to find out the basic information and the popularity of using the EPOS in the retail industry and a research result on a related system FirstPOS by an EPOS service
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A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ADOPTION OF RAPID PROTOTYPING FOR SMEs: FROM STRATEGIC TO OPERATIONAL Rapidly changing global markets‚ unprecedented increase in product flexibility requirements and shorter product life cycles require more efficient technologies that can help reduce the time to market‚ which is considered to be a crucial factor to survive in today’s highly volatile market conditions. Rapid prototyping technology (RPT) has the potential to make remarkable reductions in the product development
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Anorexia of The 1980’s‚ Peace‚ Love‚ and Eating Disorders The 1980’s were a time of recovery for the United States‚ it was exactly five years after the Vietnamese war‚ and more importantly a time of economic up-swing for the United States. The last thing the country could think about‚ was why exactly many young women of that time were suffering extreme weight loss‚ so much to the point it was causing severe starvation and more often than not‚ death among many girls. That being said‚ the country
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The Focus Hypermarket in Calicut was started in 2008‚ and the vision of the store was to help the “family live a healthy‚ easy and comfortable life”‚ according to the manager of the Calicut store. The image of the store was gathered from a number of consumer interviews that we conducted in and around the store. Most consumers felt that it was a very family friendly locality and the outlet itself was planned in a manner that made it convenient for families. It was also reputed to be easy-to-access
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Gen Y Considerations for the Retail Industry in Australia By Simone Daniels (2007) Generation Y (Gen Y)‚ also referred to as Echo Boomers‚ Millennials千禧一代‚ the Internet Generation‚ or Nexters‚ is the cohort一隊人 born between the years of 1977 and 1994. As a significant proportion比例 of today’s consumers‚ Gen Ys offer the retail industry one of its greatest growth opportunities whilst simultaneously同時 acting as one of its greatest challenges. The acknowledgement and exploration探索 of Gen Ys have undoubtedly
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Rapid Prototyping can be defined as a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) data. What is commonly considered to be the first RP technique‚ Stereolithography‚ was developed by 3D Systems of Valencia. Rapid Prototyping has also been referred to as solid free-form manufacturing‚ computer automated manufacturing‚ and layered manufacturing. RP models can be used for testing‚ such as when an airfoil shape
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Gopinath: Retail banking - opportunities and challenges Keynote address by Ms Shyamala Gopinath‚ Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India‚ at the IBA - Banking Frontiers International Conference on “Retail Banking Directions: Opportunities & Challenges”‚ Mumbai‚ 28 May 2005. The assistance of S/Shri P. Vijaya Bhaskar and Partha Ray in preparing this address is gratefully acknowledged. * * * The issue of retail banking is extremely important and topical. Across the globe‚ retail lending
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ANALYSING THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY A fast fashion approach CONTENTS Page Introduction 3 The fast fashion context 5 - Fast Vs Slow fashion 6 - Groups of fashion consumers 7 The Consumer Decision Process model 9 Luxury in fast fashion 12 - Hedonism in luxury fast fashion brands 12 - Hedonism in fast fashion counterfeit products 13 Discussions 14 Conclusions 16 References 17 2 INTRODUCTION This essay
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