...research on your two styles so you can be knowledgeable on your particular style. Role Play: I will draw a clearance rack and a regular price rack on the board, so Chris can act like he is shopping. While Chris is shopping at the clearance rack, Tim you will approach Chris. Tim: “Hi, How are you today?” Chris: “Fine, Thank you.” Tim: “Is there anything imparticular I can help you find today?” Chris: “That is okay. I am quite capable of shopping for myself thank you.” Tim: “Okay, well my name is Tim. If there is anything I can help you with please do not hesitate to ask.” Chris: SAY SOMETHING SMART Chris will take a few minutes to finish shopping, and will come to Tim with 10 items from the clearance rack. Chris: “I am ready to check out, but tell me the price of each item as you are ringing them up. I may not want all of these items if they are too expensive. I am only shopping for a good deal.” Tim: “ That is no problem.” As you act like you are scanning the items make up a price under $10 to tell Chris. When you get to the last item Chris needs to say how much he really wants that shirt, and express the good deal he is getting on that shirt because it is 75% off. Tim: “I am sorry sir, but this shirt is ringing up as a full price item of $69.99.” Chris: “Well, that cannot be right because I grabbed it off of the clearance rack that said 75% off.”...
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...Chapter 1 The twins Madame Benetton wore a suit blouse and her long straight hair was loosened on her shoulder. She had dyed her hair into yellowish-brown to cover her growing graying brown hair. She walked up the stairs to reach her children. She walked into her daughter’s room. Her room was a square studio size with purple-painted wall. A white plastic table with a laptop in a sleeping mood was sat in front of the window. There were tons of books stacked beside her laptop with a book opened on the middle of the desk. There was a purple book rack beside her bed stuffed with neatly arranged of different kinds of book, like Oxford English Dictionary, encyclopedia, non-fiction and fiction books, etc. While her purple and white wardrobe is beside the entrance to her bathroom. There were lots of quotes pasted on the wall. “She must be slept late yesterday.” Madame Benetton thought. She walked to the window and pulled aside the purple velvet curtain. The sunlight was beaming into the room. The dimly lit room had suddenly brightened up. Collins’s eyes were hurt. She pulled her purple, cotton-like blanket to cover her head. She was totally unaffected and continued her dream with a slightly snoring sound. “Sweetums, it’s time to wake!’Madame Benetton said. “Come on! Get up! Quickly! You’ll be late for school!’ Collins suddenly sat bolt upright with her eyes wide opened when she heard SCHOOL. She got up and headed to bathroom. ‘I already ironed your school uniform. I already hung...
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...Nordstrom Market Selection 1.) I feel Nordstrom’s is opening more Nordstrom Rack stores, as they trying to target customers who are middle class and may not have a very strong cash flow. They may be customers that would shop at Nordstrom and spend money on the name brands in the store, but they do not have the money so they shop at the Rack. This may help move customers to shopping Nordstrom’s, if their financial situation improves. I feel with the economy in the past 10 years there are thriftier shoppers and the majority of people are probably middle class or lower. These people are able to afford items at the Rack and save money. I personally will go into Nordstrom to check out the more specialty items and to be shocked to look at the clothing prices. However, I am more likely to buy clothes from the Rack, but I still find some of the Rack prices to be high. 2.) It appears Nordstrom’s market expansion strategy is producing positive results. The annual sales have increased, however profit seemed to decline. That may be expected when putting money into expanding stores and opening in new territories. For a while I feel business may have to lose a little money to before the profits start coming in. By now the profits may have already started in as the research is from 2011. It appears inventory is turning over and more discounted stores are opening. Also they did open more stores from 2008 to 2011. This may have helped them to get in better business districts...
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...My career : Textile Design What is textile design? Most people have never heard of textile design. The word textile means a type of woven material made from natural or synthetic fibers some are animal based materials like wool ,silk others are plant-based like linens and cotton. A basic and simple explanation of textile design is to create or designs a structure of woven ,knitted and other fabrics . for example your table cloths , textiles of a towel, and the decorative elements of a carpet or rug. Textile designers process it from a raw material to a final product, which are mostly associated with clothing production. What does a textile designer do? Textile design can vary, designers can design many things like, textiles for clothing accessories ,fabrics and furnishings, printed paper based products .They need to under stand what the consumers want and needs and meet their requirements , before producing the design they need to sketch the idea, forecast the outcome and create a sample and then present it to the customer. They are required to meet deadlines, they are based in an office or a studio, most of their work involve sitting in front of the computer screen. To be a good textile designer one needs to be artistic and creative , have the ability to draw and have a good attention to detail, know your market and be able to predict trends. What jobs do textile designers do? Textile designer jobs can be jobs such as textile/pattern designers of home...
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...Peter Pap is an established businessman specializing in textiles and tribal weavings, and antique rugs and carpets (Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated). He operates a business by the name Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated. Peter is in his own level dealing in the most valuable rugs in the United States. His customers are mostly well off individuals. At present, Peter Pap operates a highly profitable business but sales have from recently been declining consistently day by day. The reason behind this decline is the absence of financial, technological, and administrative skills aspects of his business (O’Reilly 1). He himself lacks all these skills. His business is a one-man show. That is, he spends 80 percent of his time doing things he should be delegating to others. Peter Pap is an expert in educating people on Oriental rugs, appraising, and buying but he spends most of his time performing technological and administrative tasks (O’Reilly 1). Analysis The major concern of the Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated is the declining sales. Pap would rather follow up a new client willing to purchase a $5000 rug than addressing an old customer interested in a $250,000 antique (O’Reilly 2). Pap’s business has many customers many of whom he has lost or failed to collect their e-mail addresses. Altogether, Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated lacks a working online marketing program (O’Reilly 2). Alternatives and Conclusions The popularity of Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated...
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...n 2009 businesses spent near $17 billion for floorcoverings. ·The largest floor covering product is carpet and rugs followed by ceramic tile, vinyl, hardwood, stone, laminate and rubber floorings. ·Residential sales accounted about 11.33 billion sales (2/ 3 of the sales) in the flooring industry and commercial accounted 5.67 billion sales. ·The dollar sales of U.S. floorcoverings went down from $23,227 million in 2007 to $17,122 million in 2009 leaving a difference of $6,105 million. ·In 2007 the industry sales tumbled 29% at the current prices and 27% after adjusting for inflation. -The U.S. Carpet and Rug Industry ·The market share for carpet and rug industry went down from 68.1% in 1999 to 56.7% to 54.5% in two years between 2007 and 2009. ·The sales were down by $3,383 million. ·The U.S. carpet and rug manufacturer posted sales of $9.36 billion at manufactures prices in 2009. ·The low profit margin due to the cause of mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcies for Carpet and Rug manufacturers reduced down the number of companies from 300 in mid 1980s to 100 companies today. ·The carpet and rug industry only spent 0.9% of its sales or $84 million in 2009 on consumer advertising while other manufactures such as household furniture spent 2.7% and household appliances spent 1.7% of its sales on advertising. ·In 2009 five companies produced 75% or $6,993 million of the carpet and rug sales in U.S. The companies were: oShaw Industries...
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...SELECTING FABRICS, COLORS, AND SUSTAINABLE FLOORING Charita Y Parker ID121Rp Donna Pennella February 4,2013 Flooring Living Room I chose the Bamboo flooring foe the living room area because it is a truly sustainable harvested grass that regenerates at a speed faster than hardwood. Bamboo mature rapidly but harvesting does not kill the plant. Duro-design uses only fully mature Moso bamboo which is selected for superior strength and maximum hardness. I think it fits in to my overall concept because I believe wood flooring is traditional. Duro Design Ash Brown bamboo flooring Flooring Bedroom I chose carpet for the bedroom because carpet is a natural insulator. Using it in a wall to wall application increases the R-Value or insulation level of the carpet area. Having carpet helps you save money on your utility cost while reducing energy. Clear Tech Filament PET Caret id the sustainable soft flooring I chose because it is made form recycled plastic bottles. It has the attributes of polyester as well as exceptional performance characteristics such as excellent appearance retention and longterm wear.(shawfloors.com) Shaw Floor 00244 Maple Flooring for Hobby Area I chose the same flooring in the Hobby area as I did in the Living Room Duro Design Ash brown bamboo flooring Color Selection for Living Room SHERWIN WILLIAMS- ANTIGUITY WALL COLOR SW6402 I CHOSE THESE COLORS FOR THE LIVING ROOM BECAUSE THE CLIENT LIKES EARTHY COLORS , SO I TRIED MY BEST TO STAY...
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...Veren Veren Ceri Nishihara Ikea Case July 5 2016 IKEA is a world known company, it is a furniture company that was first found in Sweden. IKEA’s headquarters is in Delft, Netherlands, the company was first found by Ingvar Kamprad. Ikea is also the world’s largest retailer of household goods and furniture, in my house you can at least find five furniture that comes from IKEA, they are cheap and reliable. A problem first rose in May 1995 when a German television broadcasted a report regarding child labor that involved IKEA. They believe child labor was involved during the process of making the carpet in IKEA. Many companies make their rugs there however only IKEA was involved most as IKEA is the most well known company out of the others. Another problem is that IKEA didn’t know that child labor was involved in the process of making these rugs. IKEA proceeded to put some actions to stop child labor, they apologized for not paying full attention on the process of the rug making. They tried to stop the problem by hiring a third party company to make sure no child labor will be involved in the future. They tried to resolve the problem by stating that if any child labor was involved and IKEA is notified about it they would cancel all contracts that are involved. The reason why IKEA was so involved in child labor is because not only it could drag down it’s sales but it could lead a problem as IKEA’s mission statement is to create a better...
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...1) How should M. Barner respond to the invitation for IKEA to have a representative? appear on the upcoming broadcast of the German video program? Marianne Barner business manager for IKEA’s carpets should respond with a firm no to the invitation. The German video program would only bring detriment to the company, rather than relief or support for the issue at hand. In comparison to the Swedish program, which did not target a specific company, this German-produced program planned to take a confrontational and aggressive approach targeted directly at IKEA and one of its suppliers. Germany currently brings in the most sales for IKEA with $10.4 and 29.7%. Since Marianne Barner’s goal was to stop the issue, accepting this invitation would only bring fuel to the fire. The producers of the German documentary invited IKEA to send a representative to take part in a live discussion during the airing of the program. The benefit of accepting this invitation is the opportunity for IKEA to educate the producers and the public on their current efforts to fight child labor. However, the fact that the producers won’t allow the company to preview the video and that the program clearly planned to take a confrontational and aggressive approach aimed directly at IKEA raise the possibility that the representative would be blindsided and IKEA’s message not accurately portrayed. Thus, declining the invitation and respond to the allegations in the video would be advantageous only when they’ve had...
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...Answer: 1. The specials and the standards need to separate for the following reasons: a. They are not the exactly same process. The process for special carpets adds more steps than the standards carpets. So it is not convenient to use the same line. b. The setup time is too long. It costs as much as hours to changeover from the standard products to the special products. It costs money and requires storage space, and some of it will probably go to waste. c. The hurry order. There is third order called hurry order. When it happens, the process need to stop for rush special due, and the standard and special products will be delay to get to customers. If there are two lines, the special order’s influence will be down. The standard products and the special products can run in one line. 2. The JIT philosophy is that getting the right quantity of goods at the right place at the right time. It’s based on the simplicity and emphasis on quality. But in the Katz Carpeting company, the inventories of the carpets were high. They produced a lot what they already had , yet not enough of what was needed. They can’t get the right quantity of goods. 3. The following is the steps to implement the JIT system. First, they should make quality improvements. Their quality was becoming a problem, with customers frequently returning carpets for rips or incorrect dyed colors. They need to solve these problems, because the quality is pervasive and all the JIT objectives are dependent on quality...
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...An Analysis of 'Peter Green’s First Day' The business ethics case “Peter Green’s First Day” presents the dilemma of recent college graduate Peter Green, who has just completed a training program for Scott Carpets and is out on his first sales call with his District Manager, John Murphy. Peter is taking over Murphy’s original sales territory (before Murphy was promoted), and he wants to make a good impression as the two of them call on an important client, Peabody Rug. To Peter’s delight, the owner of Peabody Rug agrees to a large sale but then makes a request for some “help on the freight costs.(运费成本)” Later, Peter asks his manager what such “help” means and is told that Peabody will claim that some of the carpet was damaged in transit to the store. Peter would then be expected to falsify a damaged freight report for Scott Carpets’ front office, and Peabody would be given a discount equal to the cost of shipping the rolls of carpet back to the warehouse for replacement. Peter is told that this is standard practice in doing business with Peabody Rug, both for Scott Carpets and its competitors. Peter does not understand: “Basically, what you’re asking me to do,” he tells his manager, “is to lie to the front office.” The manager is furious with this characterization. Upset and uncertain, Peter returns home to his wife and newborn. He was raised to tell the truth; now, on the first day of his new, job he believes he is being asked to lie. Robert Solomon, Professor of Philosophy...
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... Carpeting is an important part of my home? Strongly Disagree Neutral 1 2 3 4 5 Q4. Carpeting is a fashion item for the home. Strongly Disagree Neutral 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree 6 7 Strongly Agree 6 7 Q5. Carpeting is a central item in my interior design for my home. Strongly Disagree Neutral Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q6. It is more important for a carpet to last long than look pretty. Strongly Disagree Neutral Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q7. Suppose your household were to purchase new carpeting, please rate the relative importance of the factors you would consider in selecting carpeting on a 1 to 7 scale where 1 means "Not so Important" and 7 means "Very Important". Not so Important Very Important a. Stain resistance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 b. Long life 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 c. Fashionable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 d. Matches my furniture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 e. Price 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 f. Made by a well known company 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 g. Warranty 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q8. How likely is your household to buy carpeting in the next three months? Not so Likely Maybe/Maybe Not Very Likely 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Part B (Show the respondent the samples of designer carpets). Q9. Please rate the attractiveness of the designer styles you have seen on a 1 to 7 scale where 1 means "Definitely Not My Style" and 7 means "Definitely My Style". a. b....
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...Ispahan Carpet Ispahan Carpet explores the writer’s emotions and feelings about the children sitting in the hut all day, weaving with ‘unsupported bird-bones’. This would be somewhere in the middle east, as carpets are very well done there and done by hand which makes it very much more authentic and valuable. People who make these carpets are usually in poverty as they slave away in their huts for at least 6-8 months making one decent sized carpet. The poem describes what goes on in the hut and how sympathetic one would get as the poem then broadens views of the world and how this has an impact on the writer. The poem creates a view of inside the hut, and how a Persian family sits on ‘rough timber gallows’ to weave the carpets. The word ‘gallows’ has a connection to something more darker, it is incorporated in another phrase ‘a gallows tree’ which is where people are executed the connection to this is that the people who weave the carpets will only ever stay indoors all the time and do nothing else but weave a it is their only source of income. The hut where the ‘dark eyed Persian family’ lives is not very filled with anything but ‘blackened pots and jars’. This also supports the idea of this family being in poverty more or less, as their hut is nothing but ‘cavernous hearth’ and a flickering fire to keep warm. The poem then goes into the lifestyle of children weaving the carpet. The poem describes these children against birds. ‘’Eight-year-old girls sit sparrowed on a plank...
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...Explore other low cost geography: India is the number one suppliers of IKEA’s rug business. Conclusion are made that some of the reasons why IKEA decided to procure from India are due to cheap labor and high quality. Before entering India, IKEA felt that strategically, India would put them at an advantage compared to its competitors. The question Barner faces in this case is weather it is strategic for IKEA to stay in India. Leaving India If IKEA were to leave India it would need to find a supplier that is comparable to the suppliers in India. The new location must be statically located, where IKEA could capture transportation value. Suppliers in this new geographic location must be able to produce at the level of production, quality, and reliability as the ones in India. There was no mentioned of the performances in India, but it would be safe to assume that rug making was a specialized handicraft that India encompassed. IKEA would need to find suppliers that has or would be able to meet that skill level. Leaving India would mean that IKEA in away is “giving up” on India. Large companies like IKEA, find India attractive to source from because of its cheap labor and skilled labor. If IKEA were to leave India that would demonstrate that they do not support India’s child labor laws. If IKEA were to do so, consumers would look at other companies currently sourcing from India to do the same. That would in turn affect the economy of India; cause the labor force to loose jobs and...
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...Tremont Fire Door Clinch Black Oxide Nails Tremont Nail Company is very progressive in providing seamless solutions to meet a broad array of needs of customers from various woodworking industries. The broad array of steel cut nails offered by Tremont has many seamless solutions designed to reinvent the flexibility and amazing control of innumerable applications. Tremont Fire Door Clinch Black Oxide Nails are a preferred choice of thousands of woodworking industry professionals who believe strongly in delivering their best hot every time they perform. However, selecting a nail with care is essentials and rest assured, each Tremont nails meets the highest standards of the quality and performance. Black Oxide – The Ultimate Protection Black oxide, the finest chemical conversion coating process indeed comes handy in providing a first class avenue to unleash the potential of maximum protection. Tremont Fire Door Clinch Black Oxide Nails come with excellence of the black oxide coating and are a perfect choice when quality and the aesthetics matter the most. Moreover, these nails are offered in various configurations of length and packing assuring you maximum savings and economical cost of operations. Enhanced corrosion resistance offered by these nails make them a perfect choice for various demanding operations. Face Nailing – Redefine The Realities In Real-Time Jargons and out-of-the-box theories often confuse many from understanding the realities of various woodworking applications...
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