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A. Explain how retail balance is obtained in an unplanned business district versus a planned ...
a. Explain how retail balance is obtained in an unplanned business district versus a planned shopping center. b. Relate the concept of retail balance to store saturation.
A. Distinguish among functional, purchase motivation, market segment, and storability product ...
a. Distinguish among functional, purchase motivation, market segment, and storability product groupings. b. Explain how a department store could use all of the product groupings in classifying its store offerings.
What are the disadvantages of a retailer's determining space needs using a strict interpretation of ...
What are the disadvantages of a retailer's determining space needs using a strict interpretation of the model stock approach? The sales-productivity ratio?
A. Describe the advantages of Web-based retailers in comparison with traditional store retailers.b. ...
a. Describe the advantages of Web-based retailers in comparison with traditional store retailers. b. Describe the disadvantages of Web-based retailers in comparison with traditional store retailers.
A. Differentiate among the main store control organization, the separate store organization, and the ...
a. Differentiate among the main store control organization, the separate store organization, and the equal store organization as applied to department stores. b. Under what conditions should each arrangement be used?
A. Examine the special human resource environment experienced by a fast-food franchise restaurant.b. ...
a. Examine the special human resource environment experienced by a fast-food franchise restaurant. b. How can the franchise effectively manage its personnel in this environment?
A. Differentiate between pre-training and training programs.b. Do all employees need pre-training? ...
a. Differentiate between pre-training and training programs. b. Do all employees need pre-training? Explain your answer. c. Is training a continuous activity? Explain your answer.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of advertising, public relations, personal selling, and ...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of advertising, public relations, personal selling, and sales promotion from the perspective of a large retail chain?
A. What is the role of reach versus frequency in terms of promotion mix timing?b. Describe the ...
a. What is the role of reach versus frequency in terms of promotion mix timing? b. Describe the importance of reach and frequency in media choice to a retailer.
A. Describe the relationship among profit margin, asset turnover, and financial leverage.b. Explain ...
a. Describe the relationship among profit margin, asset turnover, and financial leverage. b. Explain how each of these ratios can be improved. Be specific in your answers.
A. Differentiate between top-down budgeting and bottom-up budgeting.b. Describe the relative ...
a. Differentiate between top-down budgeting and bottom-up budgeting. b. Describe the relative advantages and disadvantages of each approach to budgeting.
A. Differentiate between natural account expenses and functional account expenses.b. Explain how ...
a. Differentiate between natural account expenses and functional account expenses. b. Explain how natural account expenses have to be converted into functional account expenses to conduct meaningful cost analysis.
A. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the use of zero-based budgeting.b. Describe the ...
a. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the use of zero-based budgeting. b. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the use of incremental budgeting.
A. Develop a workload forecast for a fast-food franchise with highly variable demand.b. How should ...
a. Develop a workload forecast for a fast-food franchise with highly variable demand. b. How should the fast-food franchise plan to staff its operation during weekend night hours when workloads peak and personnel availability is limited?
A. Under what circumstances should a retailer maintain its own credit card operation?b. Under what ...
a. Under what circumstances should a retailer maintain its own credit card operation? b. Under what circumstances should a retailer outsource credit management to a third party?
A. Develop a crisis management plan for a Florida home improvement retailer that is in a storm-prone ...
a. Develop a crisis management plan for a Florida home improvement retailer that is in a storm-prone area. b. What is the role of insurance in this plan? Explain your answer.
Develop an organization chart for a department store with three branch locations and a main store. ...
Develop an organization chart for a department store with three branch locations and a main store. The branch outlets require some autonomy for merchandising and operations decisions; however, common promotional events and merchandise are required. The firm also believes in flat retail organizations.
A. Differentiate among minimum expectations ("dissatisfiers") and desired goals ...
a. Differentiate among minimum expectations ("dissatisfiers") and desired goals ("satisfiers"). b. Which approach to employee supervision would be most prone to use a flat organization? A decentralized organization? Profit sharing? Explain your answers.
What is the minimum bactericidal concentration of each antibiotic?
The broth dilution test can be used to determine the effectiveness of an antibiotic. In this test, serial dilutions of the antibiotic were set up in the wells of a microtiter plate. Equal amounts of broth culture of Staph aureus were added to each well. After incubation, the wells were examined for bacterial growth. Wells with no growth were subcultured in nutrient broth without the
The average adult needs about 2000 calories per day. There are a little less than 4 dietary calories (kCal) in a gram of sucrose (table sugar). One mole of sucrose weighs 342.3 grams. A mole of anything is 6.02x10^23 molecules. Dietary fats (usually 18 to 20 carbons) contain approximately 8 dietary calories per gram. Assuming all of the food that people eat goes to making ATP,
