...Dustin Davis Mrs. Herr English 102 12 April 2016 College Athletes Should Be Paid Many people in the United States say that college athletes should not get paid because they already receive a scholarship. Did you know that college athletes miss quality class time to play in tournaments and televised games? What happens when that scholarship is revoked, or for the athlete that only receives a partial scholarship or not one at all? The majority of college athletes put more time into playing their sport than an employee does working a full time job. Student athletes are also core members of the University’s marketing team. How are college athletes supposed to pay for tuition and everyday expenses if they are not paid for what they do for the school? Also, a sports injury could prevent a college athlete from ever playing again. College athletics have gained immense popularity over the past few years. The NCAA is a billion-dollar industry and has been for a long time. Due to the increased ratings of college athletics, the NCAA will continue to rise. Therefore, college athletes should be paid. To begin, college athletes miss classes to play in tournaments and televised games, reducing the quality of their education. According to Marc Edelman, Forbes contributor, “The men’s college basketball teams would miss up to a fourth of their classes due to the tournaments they participate in” (“NCAA”). College athletes should receive some type of pay for this because they are risking the...
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...Abstract This paper debates whether Division 1 athletes should be paid or not. I explain the situation to the readers that do not have much background knowledge of the topic. I go on to say that Division 1 players should be paid because they do not have much money to buy necessities. The NCAA does not allow players to get jobs due to the workload required for their particular sport. The athletes also cannot sell their items or autographed items for revenue. My next reason athletes should be paid is because they are the core of the collegiate sports. Without the players, there would be no revenue period. My next point is that the scholarships are not enough to compensate or the time the athletes put into their sport. Although the scholarship helps, it doesn’t help the players any further than paying for tuition, rooming, and books. Should Division 1 Athletes Be Paid? Imagine one having a career that takes up a majority of one’s time, requires one to do rigorous tasks, and causes one to travel to many different states. Their role in their career brings in billions of dollars to the company but one doesn’t get paid one cent. Seems like a lop-sided deal, right? Well this is the position for many Division 1 athletes all across the United States today. Today a hot topic in the collegiate world is whether Division 1 college athletes should be paid for what they do and if there are too many responsibilities put on these young adults’ backs. Some believe that the...
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...Online Shopping vs. Traditional Shopping Wezley Singleton COM/155 Lee A. Fenstermaker III. Due Date: 22JUL2012 Online Shopping vs. Traditional Shopping As the years pass, technology seems to leap forward exponentially. The capabilities of the home computer have increased so much over the past few decades. Shopping is a ritual that every household in America practices. With the rise of the Internet, companies know the potential consumer base that awaits them. How did they tap into this consumer gold mine? By providing convenient shopping, where consumers can buy products with the click of a button. Online shopping is becoming a much more popular thing these days. With relatively new faces such as Amazon and eBay, and even old players like Wal-Mart and The Home Depot, online shopping is definitely an alternative to traditional shopping. But the question is, which one is more effective, both cost-wise and time-wise? This article will go over the benefits of online shopping vs. traditional shopping, so that you can make an informed decision when trying to decide where to shop. Online shopping, in most situations, is a much more cost and time effective way to shop for many products. It saves you time, money, and spares you of some stress. By the end of this essay, you will see why online shopping is clearly the best option when it comes to where you shop. Saving time is the point and goal of every piece of technology...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In late 1998, Nick Swinmurn created an online footwear retail site shoesite.com, which was later rechristened as Zappos. Hsieh and Lin, the founders of Venture Frogs, funded Zappos; later the pair assumed leadership positions in the firm. Throughout the 2000s, Zappos grew tremendously, thanks to its undiluted focus on the three C's – clothing, customer service, and company culture. Some of the key issues facing Zappos are high return rates, strain on the supply chain (reverse logistics), and expansion strategies. ANALYSIS One of Zappos’ core strengths is its culture. The firm places great emphasis on recruiting not only the best and the brightest, but also those who fit the culture. Workforce is the most important asset of any firm; Zappos scores here. Zappos recruits only “happy” individuals, puts them through a series of paid training programs, weeding out uncommitted individuals, and empowers its employees by letting them be creative and imaginative. Furthermore, employees are authorized to go to any extent to satisfy the needs of the customer. The firm’s undiluted focus on the three C's- clothing, customer service, and culture – is probably the most important reason for its tremendous growth and success. Given the focus of Zappos, these competitive advantages are sustainable. Online retailing has traditionally been about cutting prices; this is a zero sum game, in which the value is captured by the consumers and not by the players. Zappos’ strategy...
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...of where its strategic focus areas are, but it does sound good for the average customer who has a limited budget. This mission statement leads directly into Walmart Global eCommerce goals which include combining online, social innovations with physical stores to give consumers “anywhere, anytime shopping experience” in addition to its organizational sustainability goal of creating zero waste, using only sustainable energy and selling products that sustain the environment which is important to all of Walmart’s segments including eCommerce. Walmart’s overall objective is to deliver shareholder value by increasing earnings per share, returns and maintaining strong stable returns on investment. According to Walmart CEO, Mike Duke, Walmart’s strategic focus areas are: •Making sure the company has the best retail talent at every level of the organization by recruiting, developing and retaining the best associates; •Delivering on the productivity loop that enables Walmart to operate for less so the company can drive prices even lower for its customers •Being even more disciplined about operating expenses and capital spending; •Investing to serve more customers globally and accelerating the vision of anytime, anywhere access by bringing together best-in-class online, mobile and social capabilities and our more than 10,700 stores; and •Benefiting our communities and having a world class compliance organization. Walmart has been a giant of...
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...comprising approximately 37%, 27% and 36%, respectively, of the Company's sales. Converse generally targets young adults between the ages of 18-24 years of age. Converse is a brand of shoes that become part of a life style and apart of some cultures. It is very useful for the teenager because they can express ther self to the others. Converse uses unconventional recruiting, such as passing out flyers on the street, to find artists, musicians, and other creative types who’d make great retail staff. Employees are given nontraditional job titles (shopkeeper, product programmer, maestro, etc.) and wear their names on a piece of duct tape instead of a formal nametag. if you want customized shoes that no one else in the world will have, you can do it on your own your unique style of converse. The Future of Retail New customer journey had new engagement touch points across marketing, sales and service, and traditional retailers struggled to keep up. Every action and inaction the customers clicked on how much time they spent looking at certain products to their social activity and response to the email programs that helped online retailers pop-up or recommended product to drive sales and provide a superior experience. Retailers will focus on transforming mobile apps into a personal concierge of sorts when shoppers enter a store. Shoppers will be welcomed upon entering a store or department. The “personal shopper” app features will point out where they can find favorite products, alert...
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...‘Yahoo Consumer Direct Marries Purchase Metrics To Banner Ads’ CASE ANALYSIS GROUP 6 What is Consumer Direct ? 1. Describe the research design for Consumer Direct. 2. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the research design. VASUNDHARA KEDIA MANDEEP PRADHAN SUDESHNA CHOWDHURY SOURABH SONI SHAURYADIPTA BASU NILOY BISWAS Consumer Direct, is a sequence of online advertising procedures done in conjunction with ACNielsen’s Homescan panel. In this process, Yahoo sets ads to target consumers, and the Homescan network is households that have elected to partake in such studies. From here households reflect back to the advertising agents after viewing a product on-line at Yahoo, and after a cool-down period of six weeks are then placed in the stores to see the purchasing power that the advertisement had on consumers that are part of the Homescan panel. The metrics of this advertising is to view the effectiveness of the ad targets, and the persuasiveness of the advertising to make consumers to want to go out and get the product. Consumer Direct used the descriptive research design. This design aims to observe and describe the usage of Yahoo without influencing the public in any way, in order to determine the effectiveness of the advertising on Yahoo. This design includes describing any behaviours, performing a case study, observing the amount of advertises being bought or look at through Yahoo, and lastly a questionnaire or presentation. The goal is to be more effective and efficient...
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...E-commerce Taxation: Towards its Legalization Have you ever wanted to buy something with just one click without having to pay much as the usual? With the easy access and affordable prices, online purchasing has become the most convenient way of shopping for most teenagers. The popularity of the Internet particularly Facebook, Instagram and other social networking sites attracted many retailers to invest their businesses online without having to pay taxes like any other retailers do. By this, e-commerce continues to grow with the advancement in technology as it overshadows the traditional way of running a business by the insignificant purpose of the physical interaction between the buyer and the seller. E-commerce in itself is classified into three types: business-to-consumer in which online stores sell products to final consumers; consumer-to-consumer just in the case of eBay and Amazon and; business-to-business which involves job recruiting, online advertising, credit, sales, and the like (U, 2002, p.6). With the emergence of e-commerce, brick and mortar stores are slowly starting to degrade, thus alarming the government on the collection of lesser tax since the law regarding electronic commerce taxation is still being debated. This income generating phenomenon has been an attractive target to the government to cope with its huge loss on tax collection. So why pay tax? Richard Carlson (2002) once said, “At tax time, it helps to remember that if your tax obligation has increased...
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...the information-rich experience of online shopping. Retailers face challenges in reaching this goal. Many traditional retailers arenʼt technology-savvy. Few are adept at test-and-learn methodologies. They will need to recruit new kinds of talent. And theyʼll need to move away from analog metrics like same-store sales and focus on measures such as return on invested capital. Traditional retailers must also transform the one big feature internet retailers lack—stores—from a liability into an asset. They must turn shopping into an entertaining, exciting, and emotionally engaging experience. Companies like Disney, Apple, and Jordanʼs Furniture are leading the way. Artwork: Rachel Perry Welty, Lost in My Life (wrapped books), 2010, pigment print Photography: Rachel Perry Welty and Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY Itʼs a snowy Saturday in Chicago, but Amy, age 28, needs resort wear for a Caribbean vacation. Five years ago, in 2011, she would have headed straight for the mall. Today she starts shopping from her couch by launching a videoconference with her personal concierge at Danella, the retailer where she bought two outfits the previous month. The concierge recommends several items, superimposing photos of them onto Amyʼs avatar. Amy rejects a couple of items immediately, toggles to another browser tab to research customer reviews and prices, finds better deals on several items at another retailer, and orders them. She buys one item from Danella online...
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...Global e-Business Assignment One The Assessment of the Amazon.com Ji Li Student ID: 13087096 7BSP1172 Global e-Business Module Tutor: Hajrë Hyseni 2nd April 2014 [Word Count 2123] 1 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2: Findings ............................................................................................................ 4 2.1 The e-Commerce Industry ................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Evaluation of the Website .................................................................................................... 4 2.2.1 Entry ................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2.2 Browsing ........................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2.3 Basket & Checkout ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.1.3 Engage ............................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Fulfillment .........
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...Executive Summary Infibeam is an online retailer in India founded by former Amazon employees. India is only recently embracing internet retail shopping and Infibeam intends to increase market share and profitability by converting offline and current online shoppers to Infibeam users. Also, by expanding as first-mover in the western Indian state of Gujarat where Infibeam has just entered into an agreement with the government that will make it a first-mover there. Success is dependent on a marketing campaign that will meet all of these goals. Infibeam grew rapidly during its first three years in business, but it did so only by word-of-mouth advertising. Infibeam has never undertaken a marketing campaign of the magnitude needed to attain its current goals. Several models were used to analyze the environmental and competitive challenges facing Infibeam and multiple alternatives were identified. These alternatives vary in complexity and anticipated effectiveness. The recommendation that is most likely to allow Infibeam to meet all of its stated goals is a combination of fundraising, marketing and corporate restructuring. Implementation of the recommendations in this analysis will propel Infibeam into the top 5 e-retailers in India. Background Infibeam entered the online retail market in India during 2007 when 5 former Amazon employees joined together to create an Indian version of the giant retailer. It was initially conceived as an online marketplace for consumer goods...
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...by technology which increases the speed and breadth of knowledge turnover within the economy and Society. The economic impact of the digital revolution has been tremendous and it has radically changed the way individuals and institutions interact in Business, Education and other Sectors. In Current generation, people are born as digital natives and they are exposed to networked digital technologies and the skills to use those technologies. There is greater interconnectedness, easier and faster communication and unlimited exposure to Information and Knowledge. Universities are urged to act by making strategic investments in technical infrastructure and professional development in order to gain considerable competitive advantage in both recruiting top students and teaching them effectively [19]. The digital revolution has prompted the Higher Educational Institutions to introduce e-learning in their course delivery. The benefit that e-learning provides for the learners are the flexibility of learning at anytime , anywhere and at any pace with shorter learning time. However e-learning is not a panacea [20]. There are inherent problems that need to be addressed like lack of face-to-face interaction of faculty and students and the responsibility of learning now shifted to the learners. Also the faculty’s role changed to content providers and facilitator of learning. The students, faculties and educators should equip themselves to adapt to new roles to harness the benefits of using...
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...anGo Market Analysis The goal of this market analysis is to determine the attractiveness of an online gaming market and to understand its evolving opportunities and threats as they relate to the strengths and weaknesses of CanGo. CanGo is a business that has developed in the last few years. Currently CanGo is facing two major challenges: 1) Getting a stable online gaming system up and running as soon as possible 2) Preparing for an anticipated record holiday season. Strengths: The base of CanGo is the difference between being successful, or failing with the new on-line gaming; some of their strengths are: 1) On-line gaming System project is likely to be quickest and easiest to implement. 2) An established online multimedia deliverable system. Opportunities: Globally online gaming is on the upswing and is seeing growth in many geographic regions throughout the world. In social, Where risk is low we must ignore these issues, and not be distracted by them because the return on the investment is consider high in this type of projects (on-line gaming system). One of the opportunities is that the Geographical market can cover many countries, therefore more users, for the on-line gaming project. Weaknesses: Lack of time to organize the project CanGo is trying to be ready for the near holiday season, and money/resources are in short supply. The management team appears to be unprepared and not very good leading their teams to success. To handle all of these...
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...OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGY is an e-learning center. They basically deal with i) Online prospectors ii) Online registrations iii) Online training iv) E-Certificate v) Online tutorials They have requested you to create a web site that will enable them to achieve their goal. Market the College to attract more students. Allow new entries to first years through on-line application and admission forms. Allow existing students in the college to register for the courses provided online Should be graphically inviting and easily navigable. Requirements : - Your website should: - ← Have a logo for the College. ← Create an on-line prospectus ← Create an on-line application form for new students. ← Create an on-line registration form and or admission form. ← Have tables for the courses offered and their fees ← Include relevant background colors or images. ← Make use of frames where applicable. ← Should have well organized links. Expectations: - i. Use all the elements you know to help you achieve your goals ii. Use any relevant graphics and animations which may be applicable to any particular solution you are providing to make your website attracting. iii. Be original and creative; remember the path least followed always leads to greater gains. iv. The student should be able to apply, register online. v. It should be easily navigable. Presentations will be held ONLY on 1st...
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