Abstract The current economic environment‚ shifting consumer preferences‚ and technology advances have aggressively increased competition in the Retail Industry. Companies have been forced to reevaluate strategies‚ appearance‚ and overall brand to stay competitive. This paper aims to evaluate reasons companies choose to rebrand‚ the process of rebranding‚ and the impact it has on the company. The author presents JC Penney and its failed attempts in rebranding. The paper examines the rebranding
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COMPETITION IN THE RETAIL GASOLINE INDUSTRY by Jedidiah Brewer _________________ A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2007 UMI Number: 3288772 UMI Microform 3288772 Copyright 2008 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under
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The grocery industry in the United Kingdom has been dominated in the last ten years by large chain Supermarkets. There has been a fight for supremacy between the likes of J. Sainsbury‚ Tesco‚ Marks and Spencer‚ Asda‚ and further south‚ Waitrose. Around ten years ago‚ Sainsbury ’s used to have the top spot but their loyal shoppers started turning their heads towards Tesco and better value for money later on in the nineties. I will analyse the United Kingdom ’s grocery industry‚ involving a P
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IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CHANGES ON THE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENTS INTRODUCTION 1. The enormous socio-economic and cultural changes coupled with technological revolution have unfolded an urgency to address issues pertaining to grooming up of young personalities beyond the usual concerns of discipline and education in Bangladesh. This is because of the remarkable changes being marked in all the strata of the socio-economic system owing to the first moving cultural transformation
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Industry Overview Some 400‚000 specialty retail stores operate in the US with combined annual sales of $350 billion CAGR 2002-06: 5% Market is dominated by large players like Best Buy‚ Toys “R” Us‚ Gap‚ Sports Authority‚ etc The market size of some major product categories: o Shoes and clothing - $125 billion o Electronics and appliances - $85 billion o Jewelry - $25 billion o Sporting goods - $25 billion o Books - $25 billion Other categories include Toys‚ Music‚ Luggage‚
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Inadequate and insufficient supply chain existing in India‘s retail sector is a major deterrent to the growth of this market. There is a strong need for retail to concentrate on developing a back‐end solid chain support especially for perishable products to help reduce wastages which is estimated to be at 40% of national produce. Lack of cold chain infrastructure in India poses storage threat and acts as a major challenge for the retail sector. Due to India‘s complex tax structure and large geographic
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Financial Institutions Center Innovation in Retail Banking by Frances X. Frei Patrick T. Harker Larry W. Hunter 97-48-B THE WHARTON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CENTER The Wharton Financial Institutions Center provides a multi-disciplinary research approach to the problems and opportunities facing the financial services industry in its search for competitive excellence. The Center ’s research focuses on the issues related to managing risk at the firm level as well as ways to improve productivity
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THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON RETAIL Stream:1B Introductory Business Studies 304001 Nowadays‚ the development of the Internet is faster and faster. And it has brought some effects on our social life‚ for example‚ it is changing the retail industry gradually‚ both in content and structure. Today we will discuss main four impacts of the Internet on retail ‚ which are‚ ⑴Internet promotes retail business prosperity by reducing cost;⑵Internet helps retailers enlarge market share; ⑶Internet
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SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF KILIFI TOWNSHIP A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANANGEMENT OF PWANI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (A Constituent College of Kenyatta University) BY ISAAC KIPKEMEI KENGE H12/PUC/2742/07 MARCH 2011 1 Declaration This is my original piece of work and has not been presented for award of any degree in any University. SIGNATURE
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The Cultural Environment According to Edward T. Hall definition between Low-context and High-context‚ German can be classified as Low-context cultures. Communication is direct and explicit‚ and meaning is straightforward. For example‚ evaluation for our products may be very directly by the customers. Furthermore‚ it is more emphasis on contracts and clause in the country which represent Low-context such as German. We’re using the licensing to selling bubble tea in Germany. The reason why we adopt
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