Travels of a t-shirt in a global economy In her book‚ The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy‚ Pietra Rivoli takes on the intricacies and complexities of trade and globalization through following the path of a T-Shirt she purchased from Walgreens for $5.99. It is a very informative book and her writing is such that the reader is left feeling both well informed on the issues discussed‚ as well as entertained. Rivoli breaks up the book into 4 sections. In Part I‚ “King Cotton‚” we are brought
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exploiting workers all around the world. One female speaker especially caught the attention of Rivoli by exclaiming‚ “Who made your T-Shirt”. This instance sparked Rivoli’s intrigue‚ she began traveling thousands of miles and across three continents to find out who did make these T-Shirts that we all wear without giving a second thought about the journey each T-Shirt had to go through to make it here to the United States. This sets the foundation for the rest of the book and explains its purpose.
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Question 1: Write a summary of this book Often‚ when we think of a t-shirt‚ not much consideration goes past throwing it on and walking out the door. We discover in The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy‚ author Pietra Rivoli conveys the story of a t-shirt she purchased in Florida for just $5.99. Beginning with core element of the t-shirt‚ she describes the cotton boom in the United States and why we have reigned supreme as the leading cotton producer. She even meets with a Texan farmer
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recognizes that Pinky Madam is right about his filthiness and unhygienic habits so he decides to observe and follow Mr. Ashok’s mannerism in order to fully embrace his life in the Light. Balram sees how Mr. Ashok wears a plain white shirt and admits‚ “It was like no T-Shirt I would ever choose to buy at a store. The larger part of it was empty and white and there was a small design in the center. I would have bought something very colorful‚ with lots of words and designs on
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the Hey You Matter T-Shirt Mock-Ups with the cost breakdown listed. The adult shirts pictured are a tri-blend and the kids shirt is cotton. They didn’t have a color that would match the adult versions‚ so I used the royal blue for the mock-up. The other option is a dark navy that I will include a picture of. The quoted prices ($12-14 for adult & $10-12 for kids) are for printing on the front and back with two colors. The variation in cost is due to the fact that final per shirt cost depends on the
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Case 24 George’s T-shirts Executive Summary George Lassiter is project engineer for a major defensive contractor. For the last six years George has enjoyed an interesting and lucrative side business while designing‚ manufacturing‚ and hawking special event T-shirts. Some of these events include rock concerts‚ major sporting events‚ and special fund-raising events. His idea was very recognized within the community because his products were not only cheap but they were also cleverly designed and
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“The Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy” projected not only value chain of T-Shirt but also explain us through U.S. textile industry and how globalization and free trade work. Projecting integration of product and resource across international markets‚ fundamental and important of globalization has been indicated. Tracing T-shirt value chain starting at Texas where raw material was grown‚ explains how the U.S cotton industry has been able to dominate the world’s production for a very long
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The case “NORTH STAR CONCERT” is about Lucinda Ramirez who is about to begin producing T-shirts for a rock concert. The central problem in this case is that she needs to decide how many shirts she should produce for the concert to maximize her profits. Her decision in this case can be categorized as “Decision under uncertainty” as probabilities associated with all possible states of nature are neither stated in the case facts nor can be determined from the given data. I would like to
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Role of T-Shirt Design Tool for Social Messages Summary: Here we are going to discuss about the T-shirt designing tool for creating a personalized design for your apparel. We will discuss how they are emerging as a great way of imparting social messages. Creative design on t-shirts and apparels is becoming commonly practiced trend today. T-shirt designing tool is high in demand these days due to trendy customized designs on T-shirts required by people to promote various social causes. There are
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Case Background George Lassiter makes t-shirts for special events such as concerts. The upcoming concert presents another opportunity for George to make and sell t-shirts; however the question is how many t-shirts to produce. There are two fundamental case questions that must be answered: 1. What are the possible financial outcomes if Lassiter orders 5‚000 T-shirts? 7‚500? 10‚000? As shown in the Exhibit‚ a rather simple but detailed decision tree has been made which represents the various options
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