...Success Is in the Bag Timbuk2 began like many entrepreneurial businesses—it was started by someone whose need wasn’t being met by the marketplace. A San Francisco bike messenger designed a rugged and stylish shoulder bag to carry during his workday. It was so popular with friends and acquaintances that he soon quit his job to start making the custom bags. The new company attracted devoted customers among young professionals both male and female—and fellow bike messengers—but within a few years it was nearly bankrupt. Backed by private investors and a venture capital firm, Mark Dwight bought Timbuk2 a few years ago and swiftly turned the company around. It now produces more than 30 different products, and its San Francisco factory turns out a bag every 15 minutes. Business has been so good that Timbuk2 recently distributed a total of $1 million in bonuses to its 40 non-management workers to celebrate a banner year with sales of more than $10 million. Production has doubled; more than 1000 specialty retailers in the outdoor, bicycle, and personal computer markets carry Timbuk2 bags nationwide. The company’s e-business arm has tripled in size. Most important, the firm now operates with a positive cash flow and is solidly profitable. When he bought the ailing form, Dwight knew he would have to bring in experienced managers and impose a carefully thought out vision for the future. He put together a team of industry veterans and with their help mapped out a detailed...
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...Personalizing models 5 D. Magazine 5 E. On invitation only 5 F. Collaborations and special offers 5 a) The many faces of Delvaux 5 b) Studio Delvaux 6 IV. Market 8 A. Situation 8 a) Turnover 8 b) Prices 8 B. Target 9 C. Competitors 9 V. Assortment and Packaging 9 A. Most famous bags 9 B. Packaging 9 VI. Materials 9 A. Different sorts of leather 9 B. Different animals 10 C. Cleaning my bag 10 VII. Most latest news about Delvaux 10 A. Topman Salez quits at Delvaux 10 B. Illustrator Valentine De Cort creates a beautiful little picture book for the Madam Delvaux bag. 10 VIII. SWOT-Analysis 11 IX. References 12 Foreword I chose Delvaux for many reasons. First of all because, it is original a Belgian Brand. But most of all I love the brand because of it’s high level of craftsmanship. They have a lot of know how and intelligence. The designs the House makes are timeless with a very high quality of leathers. They are not humping on the trends they keep designing functional new creations. They have a certain hautain-look and that makes their Brand very strong. There is no room for unprofessionalism. Introduction History Charles Delvaux opened his first workshop in the centre of Brussels 1829. In 1883 the family were appointed official suppliers to the Royal Court, but less than 40 years later, after the end of the Great War, Delvaux no longer had the wherewithal to design or make its own bags, and the business was reduced to...
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...Pleasure Palace, a gambling establishment on Devotion Avenue in Midtown, Minnesota, just after 12:00 A.M. the early morning of the alleged burglary. 2. Between 12:05 and 12:10 A.M. the defendant stopped at Rusty Fender's Body Shop at which time he stole a hammer. 3. Between 12:10 and 12:20 A.M. the defendant used the hammer to gain entry to Marquette's Market located on the corner of Main Street and First Street. Entry was gained by smashing the lock on the alley entrance of the store. The defendant obtained $910.00 (in a cloth money bag) from the cash register in the store. 4. At about 12:20 A.M. the defendant left the store by the rear exit at which time he discarded the stolen hammer in the side alley between Marquette's Market and Art Own's Hardware. 5. The defendant then began to run to his home and was seen by Soapy Waters (who saw the defendant drop $2.00 of the money) and Betty Biddy (who saw the defendant throw away the money bag). 6. The day after the alleged burglary the defendant used the stolen money to purchase a guitar at C. Sharp's Music City store. Included in the money he used for this purpose was a Canadian five dollar bill. (A bill identified by store owner Speedy Marquette as being in the store cash register the night before.) 7. Ronald Riff, the defendant, was arrested by Officer Schield at 3:30 P.M. the day after the alleged burglary. 8. The defendant, Ronald Riff, is being charged with the crime of breaking and entering and burglarizing Marquette's...
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...An image can say a lot about a person. It influences how we feel about ourselves as well as how others see us. There are different factors that go into creating a professional image and a significant one is the way we dress. By dressing appropriately, we can create a professional image that others admire. One essential item that every man and woman should have is a carrying case, such as a briefcase or handbag. By having a bag to hold important documents and supplies, the person is perceived as more organized and professional than someone who does not have one (Doche, 2013). Different bags have become more popular and trends have changed for both men and women. Men are no longer using classic box briefcases (Smith, 1997). Instead they are moving towards a sleeker briefcase with compartments for mobile devices (Doche, 2013). Women, on the other hand, are starting to use more gender-neutral handbags ("Working Guide,” 2013). For both genders, the use of an appropriate carrying case is essential to maintaining a professional image. Therefore we must discover what type of carrying case is appropriate. To begin our analysis, we will first analyze the type of carrying case that is appropriate for men. Traditionally, most men carried a fairly large, hard, hinged box briefcase (Smith, 1997). This served the purpose of safely transporting papers and office supplies (Smith, 1997). However, times have changed. As early as the 1990s, the introduction of electronic portable devices has greatly...
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...women, owning at least one nice handbag is a must. Even though many feel that they are just way too expensive for the average middle class person to own, coach handbags are a profound accessory to have in your wardrobe because they are more cost efficient than the other major brands and they produce highly quality bags and have a much larger variety of styles. Every day, Coach Handbags are constantly being intrigued and sought after by more and women. This is due to the primary fact that they are in general, less expensive than those made by the other designer brands. Known designers such as: Gucci, Prada, and Louis Vuitton tend to be outrageously overpriced and yet they are offering the same elegant, beautifully-made unique top-quality handbags that Coach does. This is what makes Coach the overall preferred choice because people are actually able to afford purchasing one or more of these handbags, in a variety of different styles. Coach bags can cost as much as $400 in an actual Coach Store or website. But, Coach has done something that no other company has done to make them more appealing. Coach has created Outlet stores- that in fact sell the same high quality bags at...
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...A. PADILLA Plastic or paper bag The never ending debate There’s a never ending debate on whether or not everyone ought to really stop utilizing plastic bags and instead, only make use of the numerous paper bags types that are produced these days by all the paper bags manufacturers. These reusable paper bags, as we all understand, are friendly to the environment. Unlike plastic bags that takes so many of years for plastic bags to obtain decomposed, it will only take a couple of days for these environment-friendly paper bags to obtain decayed. And simply because it takes so many years for plastic bags to decompose itself, it will trigger a lot of environmental issues like clogging the drainage system methods and polluting bodies of water like lakes and oceans. Plastic bags may also harm all of the living things that reside on the various bodies of water. Which makes these environment-friendly paper bags a much better choice because, because it decomposes effortlessly, it does not trigger as a lot issues towards the environment as much as plastic bags do. When looking at paper vs. plastic and the impact on the environment, it is important to take all aspects into account. This does not simply mean looking at how the bags are disposed of or how long they take to decompose. Instead, the entire lifecycle of the bag needs to be considered and this includes looking at how the bags are made, the raw materials and the energy used to make the bags as well as how they are later...
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...would be “Say bye bye to Micro-buses”. This business has good potential in Nepal as the people who don’t have private transportation have to compromise and travel in microbuses. It is very difficult to travel in microbuses as they are fully loaded and also very time consuming. The company’s main goal would be to facilitate people at a reasonable price with safety. 5. Fashion Paper bag fashion Paper Bag Company offers fashionable paper bags to the people who adore nature at the same time believe in following current fashion trends. Our clients are the ones who visit malls, multiplexes, Departmental stores, gift shops, hyper markets, super markets, specialty stores, etc. our company be buying the raw materials from the Paper Industry, the Paper park, Watabaran, Jamarko Nepal, and even from the Indian company like Rama paper and pulp, Mumbai, kay pulp,pune, premium, Mumbai etc. These company offers variety of paper bags of proven quality to satisfy different requirements of customer. Changing lifestyle & fashion has been a major factor of growth of this industry. Ban on plastic bags in many states of different countries and few places in Nepal are like a ray of hope for this industry. Market penetration strategy has been used to gain & expand market share. Trusted employees and skilled employees secure future growth of the...
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...National Cranberry Cooperative Case Study 1. How might transport vehicles be utilized more effectively? Should crews be scheduled differently on peak days? More crews should be scheduled in the bagging station during peak days The fourth bagging station should be utilized during peak hours (instead of just three of the four being used at a given time) An additional 2,667 bbls per 12-hour period could be processed with these changes At receiving plant no. 1 (RP1), trucks would arrive randomly throughout the day, with a random amount of berries, anywhere from 20 to 400 bbls. In order to utilize transport vehicles more effectively, there should be crews scheduled differently on peak days. It only takes 5 to 10 minutes to unload a truck into a Kiwanne dumper, but the backup would occur when the holding bins were full, causing drivers to have waits up to 3 hours. The backup is not occurring in receiving, so now additional crews are necessary at that station. All feed conveyors are in use during peak times so no new crews need to be added there. However, there seems to be a backup occurring in the bagging station. Instead of keeping the fourth bagging machine as a spare, they should add another five-member team to operate the fourth bagging machine during peak hours. This would result in an additional 2,667 bbls per 12-hour period, or a total of 10,667 bbls per 12-hour period. The additional crews and adding of a bagging station would reduce the number of berries that...
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...that students have to put their backpacks at the front desk while they are shopping. Cashiers could easily grab into the students backpack. The cashier could easily steal something when the students not looking, it’s also not right that adults don’t have to put their bags at the front desk as we do, and my last important thought is that students are blamed more for stealing when they haven’t done anything. My first reason to why students should be able to have their backpacks while they are shopping is because, when a student leaves their backpacks at the front desk of the a store. There could possibly be a cashier who could steal something out of the students backpack while their not looking. The student wouldn’t know until he or she got home and looked in their backpack to find out that something was missing. It would be too late for the students to get it back and the person would already be gone. My second reason to why students should be able to have their backpacks with them while they are shopping is because, adults don’t have to obey the same rules that students have to in life. Adults can have their bags inside of any store and not have to worry about having to give their bags to the cashier at the front desk of the store when they walk in. Adults should have to follow the same rules that students do. Some adults are just as bad when it comes to...
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...Bus * Taxi * MRT/LRT 5. Rate the activities you usually do on your free time* Often Seldom Watch TV _____ _____ Internet Surfing _____ _____ Shopping _____ _____ Listen to Radio _____ _____ Read _____ _____ (Brochures, Magazines, Newspapers) 6. What kinds of bags do you always wear?* * Backpack * Shoulder bag * Body-strap bag 7. If you buy your own bags, where?* * Direct Selling * Internet (Online) * Malls, Company Outlets 8. How much are you willing to spend in buying new bags? * Php 300.00 below * Php 301.00 – Php 600.00 * Php 601.00 above 9. What is the main reason why you buy new bags?* * Trend * Boost confidence * Fulfil happiness 10. Put a check for the attributes of bags that you mostly look for* * Brand * Design * Quality * Price * Features (Color, Texture, Shape, Size) * Materials * Uniqueness 11. Are you aware of the brand “MSE or Marikina Shoe Exchange”?* * Yes * No 12. Are you aware about MSE selling bags?* * Yes * No 13. 14. How did you know this brand?* * Brochure * Magazine * Posters * Billboards * TV commercial/Radio * People 15. Do you find MSE trustworthy?* * Yes * No 16. Have you seen any advertisements of...
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...sells bags. Its products include custom messenger bags, laptop messenger bags, and backpacks, as well as travel bags, totes, duffel bags, camera cases, shoulder bags, laptop sleeves and wallets. The company also offers accessories and clothing. It sells its products through specialty retailers, its own retail store, and online through its website. 2. SWOT ASSESSMENT Strengths At the time Mark Dwight purchased the company, Timbuk2 was a popular bag company that produced a trendy bag at a reasonable price. Timbuk2’s bag was very light but very durable and weather resistant. It had established itself amongst young male and female professionals as a stylish yet practical bag. Timbuk2 had just perfected its production method for creating the custom bags. This system adapted from Toyota greatly reduced the turnaround time for producing the bags, positioning...
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...Plastic Bag Externalities Audrey Lee ECO305 January 2, 2014 Positive Externalities The positive externalities of plastic bags include the ability to be recycled into other plastic products, lower transportation costs, helping to prevent contamination of hazards. Plastic bags have affected the economy by making the bags cheaper than other bags so they are more readily available. Plastic bags produces 70% less air pollution and 50 times less water pollution than in production than paper bags, and plastic bags require less energy to produce from start to finish; therefore less money is spent on cleaning up the pollution. Plastic bags have greatly helped to reduce the contamination in the health field by allowing healthcare workers to keep contaminated agents from spreading, thus lower the cost of healthcare this is especially helpful in third world countries. Negative Externalities The negative externalities of plastic bags include the following: most plastic bags end up in the landfills, oceans or as litter, all chemicals used to create plastic bags are toxic, plastic bags take 20 to 1000 years to decompose, and kill animals. One of the biggest plastic bag externalities is that plastic bags have a short use life, they are generally used for the short time from the store to home and then discarded. The discarded bags take 20 to 1000 years to decompose but most landfills today are not designed to decompose the products being put into them, so these bags...
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...The Rio participants consisted of women who were either single or divorced, ages 32-42, with or without children, and had a high school education. The Rio participants were active in exercise programs while the Sao Paulo participants were not involved in exercise programs. I believe that it is important to note that these focus groups were made entirely of women. In appendix four, under consumer data, it shows that 25% of all garbage bag purchases are made by males (as determined by the individual interviews). The focus groups are cutting out a quarter of Ad-Lider’s potential customers. It is also important to note that the focus groups were entirely type A and B social classes. This demographic is only 19% of Brazilian households, and only 52% of the national consumption. Also, the ages of women involved in the focus groups were 28-42. I believe there are consumers of garbage bags who are both younger and older than the age demographics which were questioned. The purpose of the research was to evaluate the acceptance of the easy close bag, learn about packaging preferences, and how the draw string feature is perceived by customers. Since the...
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...term “it bag”. Outrageously priced, (ranging from $6000 to over $200,000) (Fashion Bank) these bags have grown into a staple in the wardrobes of wealthy women, who use these bags as a symbol of their money. Many people may wonder, what makes Hermes any more special or valuable than any other designer? Why would women willingly spend that much money on something that simply sits on their arms, carrying their cell phones and wallets? In the Hermes Fall 2012 campaign, the brand answers these questions and proves their purses worthy of every penny. The ad features the toolbox bag, (Bag Snob) which rests on the grassy ground next to a model lying down with her arm covering her eyes. Unlike other ads found on the glossy pages of fashion magazines, the model does not present the purse; the purse presents itself. With her eyes out of view of readers who see the ad, nothing draws attention to the model, or more importantly nothing draws attention away from the bag. Leaves cascade down from the tree that the unidentifiable model lies under, falling down near the purse. Because of this, readers’ eyes zoom in on the beautiful bag rather than the lackluster model. By showcasing the bag in this way, Hermes suggests (without explicitly stating it), that the bag can stand out on its own. Just like it captures attention in this picture, it will capture attention in the everyday lives of the women lucky enough to own it. According to the ad, not only will the toolbox bag capture...
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... a paper lunch bag (white would be good for this project, but brown is ok too) if using a brown lunch bag: two sheets of white construction paper a printer, some crayons, scissors, glue, paper for the printer paper bag dog puppet Optional: big wiggly eyes PRINT THE TEMPLATE: You can either print just template one or both templates. The more children you have per adult and the younger the children are, the simpler (less templates) you want the craft to be. If you aren't sure how many templates you should use, print both, but hide #2. If the kids make it through #1 and are eager for more, bring out the other. If they are tired of crafting, save them for another day or just discard them. Colour (as required) and cut out the template pieces. GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PAPER BAG: I'm going to walk through this slowly. Look at your paper bag. It should be closed and flat like a piece of paper. Just like when they are brand new. On one side, it's all smooth. This will be the BACK of your puppet It's important that all the kids get the back and front straight at the beginning! On the other side there's a flippy tab (which is typically the bottom of the bag when you're carrying your lunch around...) This flippy tab will be the HEAD Lift the flippy tab up a bit. Underneath of the tab will be the mouth, When the child puts her hand in the bag, she'll be able to make the puppet talk. Look at the rest of the front of the bag. (The 3/4 or so...
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