1. What is your opinion on the “multi-brand strategy” of Gap Inc. (Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ Old Navy‚ and Forth&Towne)? What are the main advantages and the main disadvantages of this “multi-brand strategy” compared to a “single-brand strategy”‚ i.e. compared to a strategy in which this company would have concentrated solely on the Gap brand. In my opinion‚ the multi-brand strategy is the revolution of how many businesses reach their customers these days. The companies can use it to acquire greater
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Nike Inc.‚ Cost of Capital Dr. Romer Finance 3613 By: Joseph White Michael Parker NorthPoint a mutual-fund-management firm is contemplating adding Nike Inc. stocks to its Large-Cap Fund. Kimi Ford a portfolio manager for NorthPoint has developed a discounted-cash-flow forecast to help make the decision. Kimi comes to the conclusion that Nike is overvalued at its current price of $42.09 with a 12 percent cost of capital that she estimated. To determine if her estimation is correct about
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Question One: Do manufacturers of products for children have special responsibilities to consumers and society? What are these responsibilities and how well has Mattel met them? Provide evidence of Mattel’s strengths and weaknesses in this area. Yes. As Mattel’s products are designed primarily for children‚ it must be sensitive to societal concerns about children’s rights. Strengths Responsibility towards the community * Mattel recognizes international environment‚ different legal systems
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Proposal | Shanaya Sanger | Marketing 116-001Patrick Bell | | | Introduction The company I will be researching is Apple Inc. Apple is a company that has evolved our electronic world and made it into something that people never thought could be possible. This company is involved with designing and producing different types of electronics from computers‚ phones‚ music playing devices‚ and software. Apples mission statement states “Apple designs Macs‚ the best personal computers
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realize are the conditions the animals are living in before they’re killed. Cows are being hung upside‚ pigs and chickens are cramped in enclosed spaces. Inside the facility‚ the animals are beaten once more to be herded into place. In the film "Food Inc" by a man is seen in a some sort of vehicle pushing a cow‚ which is upside down‚ being forced into a gated area. What can come from those living conditions? Different bacteria enters our food. There is no safe risk for your body when it comes to
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To what extent has the East Asian economic miracle relaxed tensions between the regional powers? During 1960 to 1990‚ East Asia experienced a huge transformation in its economic development which is now widely referred to as the East Asian economic miracle. This was largely a result of the growth of eight economies known as the high-performing Asian economies‚ hereinafter HPAEs. These comprised Japan‚ Hong Kong‚ the Republic of Korea‚ Singapore and Taiwan‚ and the three newly industrialised economies
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STONEHAVEN INC. CASE STUDY Submitted by: INTRODUCTION Stonehaven Inc. Headquartered near Boston was a manufacturing brand name for non athletic shoes for adults. Recent changes has made the management to think about bringing necessary improvement to cater the changing demands and tackle the long order-to-delivery lead times. 1.0 What are the daily capacities and manufacturing lead time of cutting‚ stitching and lasting department considering a a.100 pair batch b.10 pair batch? A. CUTTING 8
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Absolutely amazing‚ that ’s all I can say about the corporate structure of GNC. As with any jumping on fads there are always going to be someone to try to take advantage of consumers; welcome to the wonderful world of GNC. This company is no different than any other company‚ low paying part-time employees‚ medium range pay for managers‚ and large pay for regional sales directors and so on. First of all let me explain my background: I am a part-time sales associate‚ I have been lifting for about 4
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(a) Norwalk Division Balanced Scorecard | | Objectives | Measures | Targets | Initiatives | Financial perspective | Maximise return on development spending Increase profits | Return on research capital (RORC) Product profitability | 30% 25% per year | Develop and introduce new productsIntroduce an intense marketing campaign | Customer perspective | Increase market shareImprove customer satisfaction | Market share Customer complaint rate | 25%< 5% | Customer loyalty
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November 1985 Paperco was presented with the critical business decision of replacing its existing mechanical drying equipment that had been originally placed into service in 1979 with more efficient equipment provided by Pressco‚ Inc. The consequences of this decision would have far reaching consequences as replacing the equipment could result in cost savings up to $560‚000 annually. However‚ there were other critical factors to address before moving forward with the project. One of the most important
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