Case: BRITA- In search of a winning strategy Some of the challenges that Brita faces are as follows: • Decline in sales since 1998. As company’s flagship brand‚ Brita was expected to contribute double digit top line growth. But in reality‚ there was approximately a 5% decline in sales every year since 1998 and this decline continued until 2006. • Faced the problem of losing customer faith in the Brita brand. Brita had slowed established a string brand position among consumers over the ten year
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poetry awards 2011‚ but as a representative of Nigerian youth‚ a Nigerian futurist and a chronic pan africanist who has decided to bring out the best of his talent in poetry and writing. And if there is anyone out here who still doubts what the good book says about the talent of a man‚ that the talent of a man maketh way for him and he shall stand before kings and not mean men‚ who still wonders if the dream of our fore fathers is alive in our time; who still question the power of our pen‚ today is
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The Prompt: A well-known football coach once said‚ “Winning isn’t everything‚ it’s the only thing.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay in which you state your position and support it with convincing reasons. The Model Essay: The Sport in Losing The buzzer sounded‚ and the opposing team began to cheer. A young girl stood behind the serving line‚ volleyball still in hand‚ and allowed her anger to swell. Her team had just lost—and by almost ten points. She had tried to save
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Winning Isn’t The Most Important Thing Vince Lombardi’s famous saying "Winning isn’t the most important thing. It’s the only thing" is unfortunately the motto of too many athletes today. Although winning is important and sports are‚ and should be taken seriously‚ by far‚ winning isn’t the only thing. Putting everything you have and giving one hundred percent to the effort is also very important to competition. A team that puts everything they have into a game and comes out the losers‚ has
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IHG’s corporate strategy: ‘The winning ways’ IHG’s mission statement is: ‘to become the greatest company in the world through creating great hotels guests love’. IHG’s road map for growth is dependent on engagement and high performance from the entire workforce. In order to achieve this‚ IHG designed a set of values‚ known as ‘the winning ways’. The winning ways serve as ‘a road map’‚ which enables IHG to reach their long-term vision. IHG’s winning ways will act as the foundation for how
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Are we winning the war on terrorism? There are two different views on how we should deal with terrorism in the long term. The first view being that we should destroy everything and everyone in that terrorist group or anyone working with them. The second view being that we should eliminate the root causes of terrorism on a global level. Even if you can decide on which view to choose‚ how do know if you are winning the war or not? Is it how many terrorist attacks have arisen since 9/11 or do you go
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Competition can help kids learn how to win and lose gracefully. Many people believe that competition is good for kids and some people have even written books about what they think about competition. According to Po Bronson‚ author of book Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing‚ “If kids don’t learn to lose they’re going to feel entitled to win‚” said Bronson. “They’re also going to make a connection that fear of losing is going to prevent them from taking the risk in the first place. And what
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participation. Key Terms for this topic: Winning: Can be defined as relating to the act of being successful; victorious. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/winning) Participation: Can be defined as taking part of‚ or engagement: the act of sharing in the activities of a group. (http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=participation) Sport: Can be defined as an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment
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Winning with Characters Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” looked into what Seymour Lainhoff referred to as “savage behavior…” that he believes hides underneath society‚ even today. It was a tragic end to what seems like such a joyous occasion‚ taking us by surprise with the stoning of what seemed to be a good friend‚ dedicated wife‚ and mother. Jackson’s use of well-developed characters helped create a clear vision and belief that this may actually take place in society today. She provided
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Are we winning the war on drugs? In my opinion‚ I think we have made serious strides to control the use‚ sale and distribution of illegal drugs‚ although‚ the battle has been not been won. Americans spent almost sixty-four billon dollars on illegal drugs in 2000. That’s over three times as much as the government spends fighting drugs.[1] Today‚ the government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on the war on drugs. Most of our drugs are imported from Mexico and Columbia‚ mostly marijuana and
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