Individual Case
BPL 5100 - Prof. LaManna – Individual Case Study
Case # 70
THE CABBIE CALLED OUT, "'Ere now, madam! You wouldn't want to give Piccadilly Circus a miss, would you? That's Eros, the god of love, up there takin' aim at us."
Miyato Kurasawa looked up from the stack of papers she was sorting into her briefcase and met the driver's cheerful eyes in the rearview mirror. She laughed and played along, pretending to shield herself from the famous statue's arrow. Miyato 's mood was light. Meetings she'd expected to take all day had wrapped up early, giving her time to return to the hotel and even fit in some shopping before launching back into business over dinner. She settled into the ample seat of the taxi and soaked up the scene. Japanese electronics firms still dominated the garish signage on the Circus - a dubious honor for her countrymen. And the traffic was, if anything, even more impassable than she remembered from her last trip. But it was enchanting to be in London again.
After turning into Regent Street, the cab progressed more quickly toward the hotel. Yet, Miyato managed to spy the white marble storefront of Collins & Company. She leaned forward. "Driver, I've changed my mind. Could you let me out here?" The shop was the ideal place to pick up the gifts she wanted. Collins - so well made and so very, very British - was one brand that no one in Japan seemed to get enough of. Whether it would be less expensive to shop at Collins in its home country she didn't know, but that hardly mattered. It would mean a great deal to people that she bought their gifts right at the source.
Minutes later, a solicitous assistant was at Miyato 's side offering to relieve her of the armload of scarves and gloves she had already accumulated - all in the brand's signature brown, blue, and coral plaid. He whisked them off to the sales counter. Miyato was studying a navy version of Collins's signature raincoat, a possible souvenir for herself, when the
Case # 70
THE CABBIE CALLED OUT, "'Ere now, madam! You wouldn't want to give Piccadilly Circus a miss, would you? That's Eros, the god of love, up there takin' aim at us."
Miyato Kurasawa looked up from the stack of papers she was sorting into her briefcase and met the driver's cheerful eyes in the rearview mirror. She laughed and played along, pretending to shield herself from the famous statue's arrow. Miyato 's mood was light. Meetings she'd expected to take all day had wrapped up early, giving her time to return to the hotel and even fit in some shopping before launching back into business over dinner. She settled into the ample seat of the taxi and soaked up the scene. Japanese electronics firms still dominated the garish signage on the Circus - a dubious honor for her countrymen. And the traffic was, if anything, even more impassable than she remembered from her last trip. But it was enchanting to be in London again.
After turning into Regent Street, the cab progressed more quickly toward the hotel. Yet, Miyato managed to spy the white marble storefront of Collins & Company. She leaned forward. "Driver, I've changed my mind. Could you let me out here?" The shop was the ideal place to pick up the gifts she wanted. Collins - so well made and so very, very British - was one brand that no one in Japan seemed to get enough of. Whether it would be less expensive to shop at Collins in its home country she didn't know, but that hardly mattered. It would mean a great deal to people that she bought their gifts right at the source.
Minutes later, a solicitous assistant was at Miyato 's side offering to relieve her of the armload of scarves and gloves she had already accumulated - all in the brand's signature brown, blue, and coral plaid. He whisked them off to the sales counter. Miyato was studying a navy version of Collins's signature raincoat, a possible souvenir for herself, when the