Consumers Article Reviews Samples For Students

SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT # 2: CONTEXTUALIZED SUMMARY

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Food safety issues pose important questions concerning risk management, as those constitute a major public concern on health and safety in food consumption. Understanding how risk management experts confront food safety issues requires a deeper understanding of the underlying literature, given the controversy arising from mismatching perceptions between consumers and experts. Such a discrepancy serves as an important point for clarifying the conduct of risk management on food safety issues, hence my choice of the article by Krystallis et al. (2007) entitled: A Perceptual Divide? Consumer and Expert Attitudes to Food Risk Management in ...

The social media provides a powerful means of linking a business establishment with numerous potential consumers. Many companies have successfully created their customer base by using social media methods. Through social media marketing, companies can affect the views of new consumers while also increasing the loyalty of the existing consumers. In any sales practice, the sales person first has to reach the person or persons he or she wishes to suggest the new product or service to. The second phase consists of the sales person discovering the likes and dislikes of its potential customers, as well as why they have the ...

Abstract

This Wikipedia project explores MARS, Inc. In particular, the project provides a critical discussion on the importance of community based contribution and the ways by which, individuals can make a unique difference in the way a company, brand, or service is viewed by the general public. The project highlights a marketing campaign that was implemented by MARS, Inc. in 2013, known as "Better With M." The project explains the reasons behind the campaign and why it was so impactful to the company, and to the world. The project also explores the recent changes that occurred with MARS, Inc. deciding ...

Frequency

In the context of advertising, frequency mainly connotes to the number of timers in which target consumers are exposed to advertising messages. Many at times, frequency tends to be confused with coverage. As such, there is the need to comprehend with the fact that these two concepts differ in that coverage mainly entails the proportion of target consumers that are exposed to an advertising message. According to Heflin & Haygood, 1985, advertisers should often focus on frequency because it determines the manner in which target consumers retain the messages contained in advertising media (s). Heflin & Haygood, 1985 further notes that ...

Online marketing is also known as internet advertising. It involves using the internet to promote products and services. It also uses the internet to deliver information and promotional messages to consumers. This form of marketing involves email, social media and search engine marketing. It displays marketing information to both potential and current consumers.
The internet has a very huge effect on marketing. Many organizations nowadays use it to make their products visible to consumers. Since the brand name is very unimportant to consumers, most businesses have known this and have therefore, used the internet as a marketing tool. Following are ...

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- The urban population in Africa is growing in line with the global process of urbanization. These processes stimulate the growth of demand for cheap food. Therefore, the street food sector in African cities has been growing rapidly. Constantly growing demand for food accessible to people with low income becomes a reason of creation of new jobs for urban residents. Thus, the problem of the food quality has become increasingly important.
The study about safety of street food in Kumasi, Ghana, was held in order to explore local preferences and understanding of food safety and hygiene, how ...

Dan Koeppel, in the essay ‘Can This Fruit be saved?’ Explains two contrasting visions of how well to address the impending (banana) crisis. One of the visions is based on the traditional methods of production, aimed at the manufacture of a banana plant with the same taste and appearance as the Cavendish to the extent that consumers cannot tell it is not the one. Aguilar is one of its proponents. Aguilar serves as a head banana breeder at Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Investigation (FHIA).The other vision is shared by bioengineers and is aimed at altering the chromosomes of ...

Business

The consumer behavior and the placement of goods at the stores are the key elements which increase the sales and the revenue of any business. The current article explains different tactics to develop or enhance the attitude of the buyers or consumers towards purchasing of goods. Customers or the consumers react in different ways at the shopping malls or stores. Most of the consumers are the price sensitive consumers. Similarly, there are a large number of customers who prefer the quality of the product. Therefore, according to the article, it is very important to understand the trend of the customers ...

What is the Story about?

The new marketing story is about that marketing strategy employed by a single firm, Apple Inc. The new in the article does not center on the wider implications of the telecommunications market even though there are mentions of other market players within the industry. The company is launching a new product into the market; the iPhone 6 ready to be sold to any willing buyers in the market. As part of the marketing campaign adopted by the company, the company is lowering prices for the consumers who buy the old iPhone 5S device online to help finish current stock that the ...

Summary of the WSJ article

The article by the Wall Street Journal illustrates the drop in oil prices over the years in the United States and the global market. According to the article, the oil market is not attractive to investors all over the world due to the dropping prices of fuel over the years. Oil prices have dropped significantly to settle at very low prices per barrel. The US economy currently regards oil as one of the worst performing commodities in the country which is unlike the previous years where oil was one of the most profitable investments. According to the article, the ...

Japan and Tariff-Free U.S. Rice
In 2015, Japan proposed a set of 70,000-ton import quota for tariff-free U.S. rice. This quota is substantially lower than what the United States had demanded. The United States quota was 175,000 tons. Rice is one of the key issues remaining between Tokyo and Washington. Currently, Japan imports 770,000 tons of tariff-free rice on year. This is approximately 7 percent of the total amount of rice consumed. Of that volume, only 100,000 tons of rice is bought for actual consumption. The rest of the rice is designated for its use ...

Section A: Monetary policy

For instance, according to the article, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the monetary authority that is responsible for regulating the monetary provision in Japan. The article presents the economic inertia in the Japanese economy. Due to this economic inertia, the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has come up with an economic plan that has three parts in order to rescue the country from the stagnant economic situation. This move to trigger a growth in the Japanese has also been initiated by the Bank of Japan. The Bank of Japan has adopted expanding its plan of “quantitative easing” in increasing ...

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iPhone vs Android
The use of mobile technology provides numerous advantages and benefits to the mobile consumers in general. The two of the most popular mobile technology there is in the market today are iPhone by Apple Technology and Android Smartphones by Google. This paper aims to evaluate these two products in terms of their features and marketability based on reputable consumer reports.
The operating system is one of the defining features that set the iPhone and Android Smartphones apart. For many years, Apple has dominated the mobile technology arena by providing what the ...

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Introduction

The study relates to the consumer purchases in the market where some items are disorganized and has a limited quantity. The aim of the study is to identify the effect of such condition on the purchasing decision of the consumer. A consumer can have positive, negative, or neutral perception regarding the product that is messed and it varies from case to case. The research is conducted to collect information from literature and determine the factors that relate to the purchase of familiar branded products or others. The study provides a clear view of the effects of these situations ...

Customers make purchases daily with no clue about the pricing. Several studies show that when a customer picks an item and immediately is approached and asked for the price, almost half of them cannot give an accurate answer. Some of the customers underestimated the price and others had no clue of the price. The reality game shows the price is right on Columbia Broadcasting System depicts customers not being able to predict the accurate prices of an item presenting the consumers have vague information about the market.
Consumers rely on the retailers for pricing and often do not check ...

Summary

The international marketing journal (Essoussi & Merunka) is a research that aims to enlighten the concept that images of a brand, the brand’s country of origin (COO), and brand’s country of manufacture (COM) influence consumers’ perceptions and evaluations in an emerging market. The major results of the study indicated that an economy can shape the perception of the quality of a product through its two sub constructs, defined as: ability of a country to manufacture or design a product; and overall image of the country. Specifically, it is noted that consumers in an emerging economy consider the country of origin (COO) in ...

PepsiCo remains a leading global brand, specializing in the making of packaged drinks and foods. Commonly recognizable PepsiCo products include Fritos, Cheetos, Lay’s, and Pepsi, all similar due to either their high fat content, high salt content or sugar, all unhealthy options in flavoring food. However, consumers are on an increasingly health conscious diet, where high fat, sodium, and sugary foods are shunned for healthier alternatives. It is the consideration that PepsiCo Chief Executive Indra Nooyi seeks the transformation of the company into a healthy foods juggernaut. Commitment to the healthy foods cause has witnessed the company’s ...

Could there be a way for consumers to gain information on their predisposition to diseases or to tailor fit health care according to their genetic predisposition? Due to the onset of high technology, it is now possible for people to acquire their genetic information through direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing of personal genetic (PG) and personal genomic (PGM) testing. This is especially useful when they want to be knowledgeable about their inherited susceptibility to disease or to have disease treatment tailored fit. Direct to consumer genetic testing has both risks and potential benefits. I believe that consumers should have direct access ...

Psychology

In the advertisement of Cadbury Bournville, the main product is a dark chocolate. Thus, this advertisement is a perfect advertisement that is based on a creation of needs. This dark chocolate is made by Cadbury and is quite popular in the UK. This advertisement is intended to market a chocolate among the consumers. The advertisement appeal the viewers at a physiological level and this can be concluded by the act of the main protagonist of the advertisement who choose to throw a cocoa bean in spite of showing that he/she is crying for not been chosen to be a part of the dark chocolate. Here comparison ...

The two articles given both look at individual’s consumption in general but put emphasis on consumption patterns of individuals i.e. how people act towards the consumption of some commodities. The article roof 2007 looks at the consumption of GMO foods and provides the rational given by consumers in relations to them . GMO food is considered to be alternative food and there have been a lot of politics surrounding their production, supply, and consumption. Three major aspects are looked at in the article;
Neoliberalization of activism-this has been seen to shift responsibility in regards to reforms from manufacturers and ...

Abstract

Alcoholism is one of the major problems in many communities around the world. Regardless of ethnicity and economic status, alcoholism can be problem that can affect the person’s finances in the event that alcoholism already requires rehabilitation or hospitalization if there is already a negative health effect. It was presented in the articles that ethnicity and religious belief can be the reason of either alcoholism or declining alcohol consumption. In the UK, it shows that Blacks and Asians are occasional drinkers, while Whites and Sikhs are the ones who frequently consume higher amounts of alcohol. In effect, alcoholism ...

Companies in the world are tirelessly working day and night to see that people can get better and improved batteries that are convenient to use and carry around as they carry out their daily tasks. When this breakthrough is eventually achieved, people will find themselves using devices which are not using the ordinary batteries, but instead they (the devices) will power themselves with either energy from the air, cellular, TV or Wi-Fi signals.
The major drive to the development of the battery has been for the companies to meet customer needs by making sure that the customers get ...

Introduction

In the competitive business environment, business must employ strategies that will ensure its survival and relevance in the market. The business must make sure its products reach all its consumers both rich and poor in the society. Additionally, it must assess the market to evaluate how its previous strategies have position the business in the market and check whether to employ a new strategy or not. Thus, if the previous strategies have not brought any significant improvement of the business in the market, then it would be wise to change tactics of doing business. One of the strategies a business can ...

Parker et al. (2014) identifies dimensions a public policy on science and technology to enable development. Complex issues in the policy identify emerging issues to prepare and make plans. The scanning exercise uses modified Delphi technique to necessitate public engagement as the policies are developed. Some of the interest group in the policy includes academics, private sector, policy advisers, practitioners, and policy makers. The stakeholders in the policy prioritize issues in the areas of government, healthcare, national security, infrastructure, population, public safety, and technology. Parker et al. (2014) argue that an effective public policy on development will not only require ...

BUS 221-1 p.m.

HW 3: IT and Ethics
How Ethics can Enhance Organizational Privacy
Data Breaches: A ChoicePoint and TJX Case Study
Issues around safety and protection of personal information are still topical in the U.S. Moreover, they are of significance because information privacy in IT has not only individuals, but also organizations at stake. Consumers feel vulnerable when dealing with businesses daily. The reason is that a number of organizations, unfortunately, handle consumer data recklessly and harm users in using the data. According to fair information practices, guidelines for individuals and organizations determine responsible handling of ...

Article Review

Abstract
This paper presents reviews of three articles, “Disentangling the Web” written by David Dunne and “Storytelling to Sales” and “The Right Content at the Right Time” published by King Fish Media. The first review focused on the significance Web 2.0 as it embodies the very foundations of marketing namely understanding customers and developing long term relationship with them. The second article review talks about the need to consider where the customers are in the buying decision making process in establishing the right content to accomplish the marketing objectives of the company. And the third review deals with ...

Ignoring trends, Elie Ofek and Luc Wathieu

A reflection by Tamim Alruqayb

The authors of ignoring trends are sending a very crucial message to the reader. They begin by saying that the ignored trends could shake up a business. This very strong statement leaves everybody wanting to discover what the mentioned trends are. The authors go ahead and give the surprising new things that can affect the product strategy. The authors concentrate more on the digital products and services and say that the products play a big role in every day life of the consumer. The authors do not forget to mention that the great recession has made consumers more ...

I agree with the assertions that Air Canada’s innovation team played a significant role in improving air travel experiences for customers. The “data –driven” team led the innovation efforts at Air Canada. Their focus has been on improving the customers’ experience. Data serves as a critical element that allows the innovation team to acquit themselves and comprehend the way customers are using the various Air Canada’s self-service channels. The innovation processes are involved in identifying the programs that work, the ones that do not, and the processes that can be improved. The innovative technology strategy has led ...

Tesla Motors is one of the most promising companies in automotive industry regardless of its business struggles in the past. In fact, despite the costly prices of its unique cars, the company has gained strong based of consumers and followers of the brand. With this impressive performance in the market, a study concerning its business strategy through SWOT analysis and Value Chain analysis is worth setting. It is interesting to note the fact that the company has reportedly reconfigured its system and has taken full charge and ownership of its value chain concerning strategy. This is with a determined ...

Article: Popularity of Brand Posts on Brand Fan Pages: An Investigation of the Effects of Social Media Marketing

Authors L. de Vries, S. Gensler and Peter S.H. Leeflang in their article emphasize on effectiveness and use of social media in developing relationship with the consumers (Vries et al., 2012). Companies use social media to measure popularity of their brands. Companies create several pages that publicize their brands and inform people about good quality as well as reasonable price of their products. Companies also can encourage people to like its products, posts, comments and videos that companies keep posting on their pages. Huge number of likes, followers, fans and comments show the popularity of the company.

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The postmodern understanding of advertisement goes beyond the need to select what means of the platform to use. It encourages the use of all manner of methods through which consumers may be reached. Not that firm should be extravagant and use all methods at the same time economically, but that advertisers consider every outlet through which they can reach the consumer. This kind of advertising puts the consumer on the frontline so much so, advertisers will reach out through whatever method is most convenient for a specific market group. This means adverts will be put in print, on television, social ...

Article summary

The article title is “Microeconomics: Factors of Consumer Decision-Making” by Marc Davis. The article focuses on the choices consumer make before deciding on buying a product or service. Most economists agree that price is the major factor that affects consumer’s decision-making process, but Davis argues that price might not be the only deciding factor. In addition, economics argue that all factors remaining constant, the price of a product is inversely proportional to its demand. Davis focused on the opportunity cost and elasticity as other factors that influence consumer choice and demand for goods or services. Price changes, and demand for a ...

Article Review: Elasticity

Elasticity refers to the degree in which supply or demand curves reacts to fluctuations in prices. Elasticity displays differences in commodities as some are more essential to consumers than others. Necessities are more unresponsive to alterations in prices owing to the fact that people will continue to purchase them no matter the changes in prices. Contrariwise, a price increase in a less necessary good or service deters more consumers hence lesser demand since the opportunity cost of buying that product becomes high. Slight changes in prices of highly elastic products cause a sharp change in the demand and supply of the commodity. ...

Abstract

The topic of this paper is regarding the effects of the nursing shortage on patient safety and adverse events. Due to the nursing shortage, there is an increase inare registered more patient adverse events and there is increasedthe risk to the patient’s safety increased. If the nursing shortage problem is not correctedsolved, then there will be a continuance ofcontinue increase in the risk to patient safety risk , andas well as harm to the patient. In the paper there is provided Aan explanation of the nursing shortage, the its cause of the shortage, how the shortageit affects patient safety, and ...

Publication Date: January 13, 2014

Source: Ticketing Trends (http://ticketingtoday.com/2014-ticketing-industry-trends-where-is-the-event-marketing-vertical-headed/)

Summary of Article.

The article deals with the changes that can be expected in the event marketing industry during the year 2014 and beyond. The author discusses the advancements in the ticketing process during the events. According to the author, event marketing industry is getting complex, especially for people who are on the cutting edge of the vertical. A new and promising trend in event marketing is the use of augmented reality during the ticketing process which was hitherto unheard of in the industry. Augmented reality tickets improved the fan experience during the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament ...

Innovation management

The term innovation has attained the status of a “mantra” in many developed nations. The aspects of innovation and creativity are commonly interlinked, yet confused with each other. Creativity is the ability to rethink an issue in a completely new way, backed by the profusion of relevant and diverse knowledge. Creativity calls for the ability to analyze the situation at hand with rationale. Innovation, on the contrary, can be termed as transformation of knowledge into material benefit. Innovation, therefore, creates new growth strategies, new products range, services or business models that can make the difference, thereby generating significant worth for all ...

Article Reviews: Law

Article 1: Question: Please review this article and respond with your thoughts on how this type of law may or may not go too far with respect to regulation of the individual.
In light of the serious obesity problem in the U.S., there is certainly a case for legislating to help those who lack the knowledge or the willpower to reduce their calories intake. Human nature being what it is, many people either find it difficult to resist those extra snacks or calories in drinks, so curbing the sale of the larger-sized sugary drinks could be seen as a positive ...

Black & Decker Incorporated is a company in the general consumers market, and located in Connecticut. It was founded in 1910, and it has over 21,000 employees with sales of over $ 750 million worldwide. This company offers products such as coffee makers, toasters and firefighting equipment. The success of this company illustrates how a company can adjust its product line to reach the high end market. Black & Decker was successful with the Dust buster vacuum cleaner that led it to the acquisition of the General Electrics’ appliances division in 1984. After this milestone, the company faced challenges of redesigning some of ...

Sue'Ann Easterling PE 551 Race in sports or athletics June 19, 2013 1 of 6

Shakib, S., Veliz, P., Dunbar, M. D., & Sabo, D. (2011). Athletics as a source for Social Status among the youth: Examining Variation by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status. Sociology of Sports Journal, 28(3), 303-328
The journal article highlights problems experienced in sports and athletics with a closer focus on the universities. The author has provided a broader sampling and research synthesis from different parts of the world thereby representing a wider and a better scope on the world of sports especially in addressing the race factor in different parts of the world. The author is an established researcher and a writer from the ...

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The concern arising from generative technology is the threat posed by bad codes. When an individual using a PC clicks on a bad code, strangers can have control over that computer. The threat of bad codes has been increasing over the years with several viruses spreading to many PCs. For instance, the MYdoom worm that spread rapidly in 2004, consequently affected millions of PCs all over the world. The threat affected connectivity leading to losses amounting to billions of dollars. Business models have been developed for bad codes to help PC from being affected by worms and viruses.
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Up until a decade ago, the concept of energy drinks wasn’t present in consumers’ minds. However, the idea of people flying via wings after consuming a drink certainly caught everyone’s attention and that first mover advantage has been priceless for Red Bull. With the energy drinks market now more developed than ever, Red Bull can stretch its wings far by developing its own markets further.

Brand positioning and competitive advantage

When Red Bull first came out in the market such a product was very new for consumers and at that time it could have been called as breakthrough innovation since most of the world was ...

Dernbach (2002) defines corporate environmental responsibility as the commitments of individual firms to efficiently manage and control the damage inflicted upon the natural environment by its processes, products and business molds. Consequently, the foundation of corporate environmentalism is sometimes associated to autonomous environmental groups. Over the years, this concept has become applicable in most companies and organizations. It follows that companies have come out to openly declare their commitment to manage the environment in a sustainable manner. Notably, such intents are usually posted in the company’s website. It is however disturbing that some of these companies are still rated ...

Summary of Belk Case

The article illustrates that thoughtful recognition of variables for a given situation facilitates the process of understanding different behaviors shown by customers. The article addresses the importance of situation in buying decisions and it describes how same individual behave in entirely different ways towards same object under different conditions. The individual personality and the conditional variables modulate the choice and pattern of buying behavior. This article demonstrates that the concept of variable influence on buying patterns has never been addressed before and therefore the wide variation has been identified in the customers’ preferences. Specific time and space constitute a situation and ...

Ban on Super-Sized Sugary Drinks

Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a 16-ounce maximum limit, for fountain and sweetened beverages that are available from street carts, movie theaters, delis, restaurants and sports venues. The prevalence of obesity in the American population prompted Bloomberg to advocate for the ban, which aims at reducing obesity, and encourage the population to consume with these drinks with moderation (Petrecca, 2012).

Advantages of the ban

Sugary drinks are one of the contributors to obesity since they are not as satiating as solid foods therefore an individual can consume lots of sugary drink in a day because they do not provide a feeling of fullness. At the end of ...

The news article provides information on New York City’s mayor proposal on banning supersized sugary drinks in the city (Laura, 2012). The board of health in the city went on to approve the ban on sale of high calorie drinks served in containers larger than 16 ounces. The ban targets the city’s restaurants, movie theatres, street carts, sports venues and delis. The ban takes effect from the 12th of March 2013 (Laura, 2012). The ban aims at drinks which contain higher than 25 calories per 8 ounces. 100% juice drinks and beverages with milk content of more ...

1. What is the role of private brands in a product portfolio dominated by national brands? Should a retailer like Migros attempts to change customer preferences in the direction of private brands, or simply stock what customers prefer to purchase?

Private brands in a product portfolio play several roles. Firstly, they help retailers to maximize profits, since private brands usually yield higher margins than national brands. Secondly, since they are offered only in specific stores, private brands help to differentiate product offering, to build customer loyalty and to attract more clients, thus increasing both the sales of private and national brands. The ...

Abstract

Weight loss is a major concern for most people, especially women who are so keen on their physical outlook and attractiveness. With the kind of diet and lifestyle that people adopt, it is no wonder that many people have issues with their weight. Product developers tend to produce some items claimed to help in weight loss. An analysis of one such claims is given below.

No Weighting Critique

It is common for human beings to go for cheap, easy and instant things. Developments in all aspects of life have made it easy to get instant results in almost everything. This has dealt a serious ...

An introductory code of target marketing is market segmentation. In application of this code, the exploit of demographic profiles has become a admired form of segmenting markets and discovering markets. Age, sex, and household income are specific cases of demographic variables that have been shown to be forecasters of attitudes and behaviour. Furthermore, generational cohort, described as a group of people united by a span of birth years characteristically 17-23 years in period, has been exploited as a widespread approach for sectioning markets based upon age. The generational cohort segments have been revealed to be exceptional with their form, character, views, and core values.

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Businesses often turn to service marketing as a means of differentiating themselves from competitors or substitutes. The companies target the intangible aspects of the transaction process such as product delivery, superior customer services, rapid feedback programs, B2B services, rental services, amongst others. Martha White (2017) in “Traveling Is Stressful, but Do It With Us, Companies Say” examines how corporations use service marketing to boost their sales and expand the consumer base. The article is useful since it brings out various forms of service marketing which are utilized by hospitality and travel organizations to make journeys and vacations less stressful.
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The articles elaborate Johnson and Johnson's novel marketing strategy in Africa to gain a greater market share in the region. The company has recently turned to Africa to improve its future sales in the medical diagnostics and pharmaceuticals segments. Its primary marketing strategy has been investing in research and development in the continent. It is building relationships with the consumers by first providing the residents of South Africa with the desperately needed services such as mobilizing health facilities and drug distribution. (Johnson & Johnson 1). The company is investing in building these relationships because it presents them with a market ...

Article Summary

Coca-Cola focuses on producing designer milk. This is achieved through partnership with dairy cooperatives to create Fairlife. The brand is expected to be lactose-free, low-sugar and high-protein designer milk. Coca-Cola is attempting to offset the decrease in the consumption of soda. The consumers want workers and animals treated well without compromising quality, convenience or taste. The premium pricing strategy is expected to be a challenge to Coca-Cola. The company focuses on developing a structure that meets the demands of all customers (Singh and Jennifer 22). Firelife can use Coke Company for skills, marketing, as well as research guidance. In ...

The article taken into consideration is how advertisers are trying new tactics to target consumers which has been published in Wall Street Journal on 19th of June 2016. The article has described how marketers are moving away from the conventional forms of exposing consumer to the advertisements to a more subliminal approach of content marketing where the brand subtly fits into the content which is preferred by the consumer.

Moreover, another ethical dilemma for the advertisers is the subliminal exposure of the brand during the content which tries to persuade the consumer of its benefits. By subtly integrating the ...

Based on the OPEC website (n. p.) the countries with the lowest industry margins, which indicates the profitability for companies involved in retail oil sales are countries of the G7, which have on average lower industry margins as the countries in the OECD. In comparison the average industry margins are lower in the countries of the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and United State of America, but also among those there are differences. In Italy, Germany and France the net margins are the highest and in the United Kingdom, France and Canada the lowest.

The high and low prices for a liter of oil have an impact on the consumer behavior

and investment in ...

Transport geography refers to the investigation of the movement of people, goods, and information, and the connection between these factors Rodrigue, Comtois & Slack (2013). As a special branch or specialty in geography, transport geography deals with specification of space on the surface of the earth, particularly the location, substance, form, and effects that transportation ha on processes, land cover, and land use. The aim of transport geography is to detect and describe the transportation of people, goods, and information across the earth (Rodrigue, Comtois & Slack, 2013). Transport geography also seeks to identify and explain the effects of transportation on ...

1. Which company is the focus of this article?
a. Specific US company: the article focuses on the Abt Electronics Company, founded by Jewel Abt and her husband, David
b. In which particular country/region of the world is this company’s business the topic of the article? The United States of America, with its headquarters based in Chicago, Illinois
c. Provide some basic BACKGROUND INFORMATION about the company and its focus based on your research. (2 paragraph summary):
Abt Electronics started a small business in the local area of Logan Square, in Chicago. The company began in the ...

Petrecca, L. (2012). 'Supersized' drinks on the way out in NYC. Accessed From http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012/09/13/supersized-drinks-on-the-way-out-in-nyc/57775970/1

This form of law is almost impossible to regulate on individuals considering that even if the supersized drinks are reduced to the 16-ounce cap, consumers still have the choice to consume more than one cup. A person may also opt to buy sugary drinks from the grocery and convenience stores which would not be affected by such law. To drink or not to drink is solely a personal choice. As such, a law seeking to reduce the quantity of supersized drinks as a way to improve health is myopic. Instead the government should endeavor to change the mentality of the consumers through ...

In Bettig and Hall’s article “Ad Creep: The Commercialization of Culture,” the authors discuss the phenomenon of “ad creep,” which is described as “the gradual expansion of advertising into nontraditional spaces such as public playgrounds, school buses, sidewalks, and beaches” (193). In essence, as advertisements become more and more recognizable and rejected by the public, marketers and advertisers must find new ways to incorporate their advertisements into everyday life. As a result, instead of having separate avenues for delivering advertisements (like a commercial in between programmed television), they use strategies like ‘product placement,’ ...

Economics is the study of how human beings use the scarce resources in the environment to satisfy their unlimited wants. Various economies in the world have been analyzed by financial and economic analysts who have the knowledge in economics. Some of the analysis has been put into writing in articles as well as journals. This has been important in evaluating the causes and impacts of the changes in economic activities in the world. “American Trends in Oil: Less of a Menace from Oil” is one of the articles analyzing the economic activities in the United States of America.

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Introduction

The topic on genetically modified foods has evolved into one of the most equivocal topics that have generated a contentious debate across various settings all over the globe. This can be accredited to the much hypothesized repercussions of genetically modified foods. Worth noting is the fact that researches carried out in the recent past such as the much hypothesized studies on the effects of genetically modified corn pollen on butterflies have radicalized the public to respond differently regarding the issues on global warming. In fact, it is as a result of such researches that the federal government has established regulatory procedures ...

Introduction

Supply chain management is a term that is very common in many businesses enterprises. It is a term that has been subjected to a variety of definition but in its simplest form, supply chain management is a management philosophy whereby manufacturers or service providers utilize various integration and partnership efforts with suppliers to reduce the cost and improve quality and delivery timing. Terms such as integrated logistics, supplier integration, integrated purchasing strategy, supply chain management, value chain management, Just-In –Time (JIT) logistics, supply chain synchronization and lean production are some terms that are often mentioned alongside supply chain management. These terms usually represent ...