retailer with over 8400 stores worldwide employing 2 million people. It serves more than 200 million people with global sales exceeding £291 billion. (Basker‚ 2007) Wal-Mart is globally organised so that it can respond quickly to changing markets and cost conditions in its international locations. The UK is one of these locations. This essay will firstly explore features that are of benefit before considering features that are of detriment to Wal-Mart and the UK in the aftermath of its take-over of Asda
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Franca Mr. Michael Copeland IEP Writing Skills 12 March 2013 Video Game Addiction: Life Related Video Game addiction is the action of playing video games or computer games excessively and compulsively to the extreme that can make one forget the real world and live in the virtual world. Addictive behavior is defined by six main aspects: salience‚ mood modification‚ tolerance‚ withdrawal‚ symptoms‚ conflict‚ and relapse. Video game addiction satisfies the definition of addiction. On the other
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Video games have progressed immensely in price and technology over the past thirty years making them more popular then ever. Video games were originally for arcades‚ then came the first home console. The graphics have changed a lot since the first console game. Games colors were originally just black and white now they have more colors then you can think of. Not all businesses made it through competition of other businesses. In the seventies video games were fairly new. Some companies were
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Childhood Obesity: Video Games Not To Blame According to a 2006 American Obesity Association Study‚ approximately 30.3% of children (6-11 years) are overweight and 15.3% are obese. For teens (12-19 years) 33.4% are overweight and 15.5% obese. Who is planning on having children in the future? Who is planning on raising overweight or obese children? I bet if someone asked that question 20 years ago the response would be about the same; but in the last two decades the rate of overweight and obese
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Effects of Violent Video Games on Children The impact of violent video games in the minds of young kids is becoming an issue. Although it is not being stated that kids playing violent video games is the leading cause of violence and aggression in society. Nowadays‚ it is part of a daily routine for a majority of kids to sit in front of the TV to play video games for many hours. Parents may not be aware of what kind of video games their kids play or which ones they buy them. Behavioral‚ social‚ emotional
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Video Games Have Negative Effects Video games are addicting too many people around the world. These video games play a huge role in people’s lives‚ and today over 50% of all people play some type of video game. With this large amount of gamers‚ there are so many that are negatively impacted in numerous ways. Although there are few benefits with video games such as; educational purposes‚ improving social skills‚ and stress relief‚ there are more bad things including academic failure‚ social isolation
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Many people believe that violent video games should be banned‚ claiming that they have a negative effect on people. Some even say violent games make people commit violent acts. These games do influence human behavior‚ which isn’t always positive‚ but this does not mean that they should be banned. If a child began playing violent video games at a young age‚ then he might think that violence in real life is the same as the game violence and that it doesn’t have a real impact on others. However‚
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English 101 05 Feb 2013 Do Video Games Promote Violence? Video games are being blamed more and more for violent acts people cause after playing them in extreme amounts. These violent video games are becoming more popular around the world among children‚ teens‚ and young adults. These games promote aggressive acts like shootings‚ theft‚ and drug use. As video games get more sophisticated and realistic‚ it becomes more like the real thing which desensitizes people to the violence‚ blood‚ and gore
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When people talk about video games‚ they often talk about the same things: gameplay‚ graphics‚ length‚ difficulty and online capabilities‚ how well will it sell‚ and who will buy it. But how often do we talk about the game’s story? How often do we discuss the effectiveness and purpose of its narrative? Not all games tell stories‚ though. Some early games such as Tetris may be abstract‚ expressive‚ and experimental‚ solely focused on gameplay with no narrative to build upon. Some narratologists
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Researchers‚ parents and educators are all discussing the controversy around violent video games and their influence on kids. The audience seems to be divided into two large groups: one is in favor of restricting or even banning violent video games as they make children (and‚ arguably‚ adults as well) more prone to aggressive behavior‚ like that seen on the screen. Opponents of this view claim that video games do not cause violent behavior in real life and are‚ in fact‚ a safe outlet to natural aggression
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