Big Box Phenomenon The emergence of Wal-Mart as a big box retailer has changed retail in the United States‚ according to a 2008 article on Wal-Mart and competition in AllBusiness.com. Big box retailers typically have stores exceeding 50‚000 square feet. This type of store is standard‚ with large windowless single-story buildings. Several other big box retailers like Toys "R" Us‚ Best Buy‚ Target‚ Lowe’s and Home Depot have created competition for Wal-Mart. However‚ Wal-Mart has stood out as the
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Table of Contents 1. Executive Summery…………………………………………………………..……..3 2. India Retail Scenario……………………………………………………….………..5 3. Company Profile …………………………………………………………………...14 4. Future Group Manifesto …………………………………………………………...16 5. Hierarchy of Pantaloon (Future Group)…………………………………………….18 6. Findings………………………………………………………………..……………19 7. Retail Scenario of Kolkata………...………………………………………………..20 Executive Summary Retailing is emerging as a sunrise industry in India and is presently the largest
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Effect of Wal-mart and other Big Box in India Abstract : In this paper‚ try to provide an opinion on one central problem of the effects of wal-mart and other big box in India.We believe that our evidence improves substantially on existing studies of these and related questions‚ most importantly by implementing an identification strategy that accounts for the endogeneity of store location and timing and how these may be correlated with future changes in earnings or employment. The other
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Summary – “The Box”‚ by Marc Levinson. Princeton 2006 Marc Levinson brings together in his book “The Box”‚ How The Shipping Container Made The World Smaller And the World Economy Bigger‚ a history in unitised freight handling in its birthplace‚ and shares with us an education in obsession‚ innovation‚ and invention. He describes through his main character‚ Malcom McLean‚ how to do business by integrating shipper‚ transporter‚ and customer in controlled logistics/ in a smooth supply chain. Further
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advertisement in the Big Lot Variety Store magazine for a handmade genuine leather shoes that was manufactured by them. Being the shoe lover that she is‚ Mary decided to go to the store to purchase the shoes as the price listed was very reasonable. Upon entering the store‚ she saw a shoe that looked exactly like the one advertised in the magazine. The owner of Big Lot Variety Store assured Mary that it is the handmade genuine leather shoes that had been advertised by the store in the magazine and
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Trip to the Store: Profile Essay I am at one of the biggest super markets in Modesto‚ WinCo Foods. This store is one of the cleanest‚ organized‚ and best customer services I see ever since it first opened up several years ago. I go to the store twice every week. Every time I go inside‚ I am greeted by one of the employees standing by the sliding glass door. He smiles and says “Welcome to Winco‚ how is your day?” he sounds as if he’s a real good friend of mine who I known for years. Anyway‚ I go
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THE PENCIL BOX Nobody liked Jane. As soon as Emily Sweet found that copy of Anne of Green Gables—a three-hundred-page-long book! —in Jane’s faded purple kindergarten backpack‚ that was it. Any hope Jane had for a normal life‚ for swing on the swings‚ for making a life long friend‚ someone to share secrets and giggles with‚ someone to teeter totter with‚ was over‚ because nobody likes the smart girl. Nobody likes someone who totes a three hundred page long book to read on
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their hinges.” ― Jay Abraham Imagine you would be living in an invisible box that wraps up your whole body‚ which is symbolic for the box you are living in (the box you will have to abandon when trying to think outside the box). Wherever you go the box surrounds you and protects you from the “real” reality‚ which is so complex that your brain couldn’t handle it. All the information that tries to travel around your "invisible box" will be filtered and selected and only the most important ones are being
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suddenly begins to ring and interrupts my pleasant feeling. I pick it up and hear a warm voice “ What are you doing? Taking an afternoon nap‚ right? You should not sleep so much.”. It is a call from my guy best friend who always cares about me like a big brother. After receiving the call‚ I hurry down the steps to the front door where he is waiting in the wet clothes and shaking because of cold. He used his raincoat to cover his backpack instead of wearing it‚ so he got totally soaked on the way to
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“Thinking Outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens is a direct response to Steven Johnson’s article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” Johnson’s article claimed that today’s television is actually making viewers smarter due to plots being more complex. Dana Stevens on the other hand did not agree on this theory. She believes that television is neither a poison nor a salutary tonic. Will watching more TV make you smarter? Most likely no‚ today’s television programs aren’t interested in making their audience
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