...Introduction Established in 1998, Foxy Originals is a Canadian jewelry company founded by 2 partners, Jen Kluger and Suzie Orol. These 2 designers were passionate about jewelry design focusing on customers in the age group between 18 and 30. Starting their business by selling jewelry on the roads during various outdoor festival and summer concerts, they have always remained two steps ahead of their competitors and their jewelry could be found in 250 boutiques in Canada. Kluger and Orol personally sold their product and managed all the operations. Major issues With the growing popularity of the design, many stores have Foxy line of jewelries, which means that the market is coming to a cease. Given this scenario they want to expand their territory and would want to expand their business in US. While choosing to expand their business they are in dilemma on whether to obtain trade shows or hiring sales representative or both as best method of distributions. Profitable distribution channel From the calculation of different distribution methods we can conclude that with the worst effect on sales, distribution by representative will be more profitable as compared to distribution method by trade show. But when we compare the highest sales volume, trade show is more profitable channel of distribution as compared to sales representative channel of distribution. Choose a distribution strategy Considering both the option, distribution by trade show is more preferred. In this way...
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...Problem Statement Retailers are upset that Foxy is selling their products at festivals for a lower price. Retailers believe this is tarnishing their image and cannibalizing their sales during the summer. The decision that needs to be addressed is the partners need to decide whether to continue selling at festivals and to retailers at different prices or to focus on a single distribution method. Situation Analysis Background: Opportunities: * To distribute product at higher end festivals * Develop a third line for festivals * Expand the target market as trends grow Strengths: * Background experience in the business and in design/production of jewellery * Unique product in the industry * Cost effective products * Small production costs * Direct relationship to customers through festivals and retail clients * They represent their own company/products * Low cost allows high mark up for retailers (industry avg 150%) Weaknesses: * Young, minimal life experience * Low end festivals can damage the brands image * A Tarnished retail product, occurring from cheaper sold products at Foxy’s festivals * Conflicting methods of distribution Current Financial Situation Alternative #1 Sara and Julie have the option to attend only three festivals during the summer months instead of the seven that they currently attend. From this they can focus more on increasing sales with their retailers. Qualitative: Pros | Cons | ...
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...By GIL-SCOTT HERON A rat done bit my sister Nell with Whitey on the moon. Her face and arms began to swell and Whitey's on the moon. I can't pay no doctor bills but Whitey's on the moon. Ten years from now I'll be payin' still while Whitey's on the moon. The man just upped my rent last night cuz Whitey's on the moon. No hot water, no toilets, no lights but Whitey's on the moon. I wonder why he's uppin me. Cuz Whitey's on the moon? I was already givin' him fifty a week but now Whitey's on the moon. Taxes takin' my whole damn check, The junkies makin' me a nervous wreck, The price of food is goin' up, And as if all that shit wasn't enough: A rat done bit my sister Nell with Whitey on the moon. Her face and arms began to swell but Whitey's on the moon. Was all that money I made last year for Whitey on the moon? How come there ain't no money here? Hmm! Whitey's on the moon. Ya know, I just about had my fill of Whitey on the moon. I think I'll send these doctor bills airmail special.... to Whitey on the moon. By GIL-SCOTT HERON A rat done bit my sister Nell with Whitey on the moon. Her face and arms began to swell and Whitey's on the moon. I can't pay no doctor bills but Whitey's on the moon. Ten years from now I'll be payin' still while Whitey's on the moon. The man just upped my rent last night cuz Whitey's on the moon. No hot water, no toilets, no lights but Whitey's on the moon. I wonder why he's uppin me. Cuz Whitey's on the moon? I was...
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...THE BLUE FILM ' Y o u ' v e spilt your coffee,' M r s Carter said. 'I'm sorry.' H e got up abruptly and said, ' A l l right. I'll THE BLUE FILM not be shocked.' he said. 'You've asked for it.' 'I don't think I'm usually the one who is shocked,' M r s Carter ' O T H E R people enjoy themselves,' M r s Carter said. 'Well,' her husband replied, 'we've seen . . . ' •The reclining Buddha, the emerald Buddha, the to bed.' 'Last night we went to Chez Eve . . . ' •If you weren't with m e , ' M r s Carter said, 'you'd find . . . you know what I mean, Spots.' It was true. Carter thought, eyeing his wife over the cofifeecups: her slave bangles chinked in time with her cofifee-spoon: she had reached an age when the satisfied woman is at her most beautiful, but the lines of discontent had formed. When he looked at her neck he was reminded of how difficult it was to unstring a turkey. Is it my fault, he wondered, or hers - or was it the fault of her birth, some glandular deficiency, some inherited characteristic? It was sad how when one was young, one so often mistook the signs of frigidity for a kind of distinction. ' Y o u promised we'd smoke opium,' M r s Carter said. •Not here, darling. In Saigon. Here it's "not done" to smoke.' ' H o w conventional you are.' 'There'd be only the dirtiest of coolie places. Y o u ' d be conspicuous. They'd stare at you.' H e played his winning card. 'There'd be cockroaches.' 'I should be taken to plenty of Spots if I wasn't with a husband.' H e tried...
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...USHER, baby I hear you, yeah Rock with me Hey girl, I'm debating if I should take you home Should I take you home? I don't mean to keep you waiting But I just gotta know If you're ready She says she wanna take her skirt off Be my guest! I decided to take my shirt off And show my chest! And we been sipping on that Merlot So you know what's next Perfect intermissions, switching positions We so explicit oh! You can say it all night long That you couldn't wait to get me home alone What you gon' do to me Don't talk about it, be about it Let me see, let me see, let me see Girl I can't wait to get you home Talk a good game mate, come on Holler 'bout what you gon' do to me Don't talk about it, be about it Let me see, let me see, let me see I'll be anticipating What you would do to me What you gon' do to me Sex babe, it's the ocassion Hands on when you're with me Give your heart to me, yeah She says she wanna take her skirt off Be my guest! I decided to take my shirt off And show my chest! And we been sipping on that... So you know what's next Working intermissions, switching positions We so expensive oh! You can say it all night long That you couldn't wait to get me home alone What you gon' do to me Don't talk about it, be about it Let me see, let me see, let me see Girl I can't wait to get you home Talk a good game mate, come on Holler 'bout what you gon' do to me Don't talk about it, be about it Let me see, let me see, let...
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...Verse 1 - Harry Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain, I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days. [Liam] She told me in the morning she don't feel the same about us in her bones, It seems to me that when I die these words will be written on my stone. Pre-chorus - Zayn And I'll be gone gone tonight The ground beneath my feet is open wide The way that I been holdin' on too tight With nothing in between Chorus - Harry The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep her warm and time… Is frozen (the story of, the story of) [All] The story of my life I give her hope I spend her love until she's broke inside The story of my life (the story of, the story of) Verse 2 - Niall Written on these walls are the colours that I can't change Leave my heart open but it stays right here in its cage [Liam] I know that in the morning now, I'll see us in the light upon a hill Although I am broken my heart is untamed stillx Pre-chorus - Louis And I'll be gone gone tonight The fire beneath my feet is burning bright The way that I been holdin' on so tight With nothing in between Chorus - Harry The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep her warm and time… Is frozen (the story of, the story of) [All] The story of my life I give her hope I spend her love until she's broke inside The story of my life (the story of, the story of) Bridge - Zayn And I been waiting for this time...
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...TO: Jen Kluger, Suzie Orol FROM: DATE: September 12, 2011 SUBJECT: Foxy Originals Expansion into U.S. Market Introduction This memorandum compares two approaches Foxy Originals can take to expand their Canada-based operations into U.S. markets. Specifically, CVP analyses will be conducted to figure out the financial implications of each method. Finally, recommendations will be made about how Foxy Originals should proceed in its expansion. Mission of Foxy Originals Jen Kluger and Suzie Orol built Foxy Originals on the principles of having fun, gaining exposure for new product lines, and staying ahead of fashion trends. Foxy offers high style and high-quality jewelry at an affordable price, targeted toward women between 18 and 30 years of age. Kluger and Orol have established a strong Foxy presence in the Canadian market and are now ready to expand into the much larger United States markets with the hope of growing profit by at least $100,000. Kluger and Orol first have to decide whether the best method of distribution going forward is to attend trade shows or hiring sales representatives in the key U.S. fashion hubs. Option 1: Personal Attendance Trade shows are a good place to expand a business because they are very large, often with over 75,000 buyers. Jewelry companies set up booths to showcase their products to these potential buyers, who then place orders for select merchandise they would like to sell in their stores. Trade shows are a good place to learn...
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...Foxy cases study. 1) Discuss the pros and cons to launching the Foxy brand in the United States. Pros | Cons | U.S. market is 10 times larger than Canada. The brand seeks great opportunity to further develop the business, enhance product design as well company’s brand image | U.S market is quite different in terms of tastes for jewelry; it might take foxy some time to adapt to different customers. | Having the ability to infiltrate fashion hubs; cities like New York and Los Angeles are not only fashion epicenters in the U.S but they have world-wide influence and a significant presence in the international fashion industry. | The product will lose some distinctiveness since it will be available to consumers on a larger scale. | The United States features very large trade shows with over 75,000 buyers in attendance. | Launching the Foxy brand within the United States they will lose the personal contact as well as the assurance that their brand is being appropriately represented | Launching the Foxy brand in the United States would be beneficial to the company because of the sheer size of the market. | Foxy’s original Canadian customers could potentially be alienated and refuse to continue buying the product | 2) Assess each distribution strategy from a qualitative point of view. First is to decide the best appropriate method of distribution * Attending trade shows * Sales representatives Trade shows- this strategy will give an opportunity to learn...
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...Foxy Originals Introduction Foxy Originals, a Canadian company was founded in 1998 by Kluger and Orol. The company was focusing on designing and initially selling jewelries and acquaintances on campus while the partners were attending college. Later on, Foxy targeted her customers to retail stores. Due to the partners’ hard work, Foxy nearly doubled her revenue every year in the first three-year operation. Now Foxy has successfully sold her product lines to every retailer in Canada and handled all operations. With the success in Canada, Foxy is now considering an expansion into the US market due to its much larger size than the Canadian Jewelry market. But the problem is American consumers might not be as brand loyal as Canadian consumers, and they tend to go after the latest fashion trends. To promote the products in US, Foxy partners came up with two alternative approaches to spread their jewelries--- trade show and sales representatives. Our mission is to evaluate these two approaches, seeing which one may bring more profits to the company. Pros and Cons The good side of the expansion plan is that the US jewelry market is 10 times larger than Canadian market. The trade shows are large and there are sufficient labor forces, such a market would offer a much greater opportunity for product exposure. But the risk is also remarkable. American consumers have quite different appetite from Canadians. Jewelry of classic style is not as popular in US as it is in Canada, Americans...
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...gain more control over their sexuality, lives and destinies, at least in the movies. The ‘strong Black woman’ representation was noticeable throughout Blaxploitation films and featured heroines taking control over their lives, as well as the things and people that mattered to them. Black women in Blaxploitation films have specifically been attacked for being seemingly objectified and overt sexuality and nudity. In these films, Black women are in control of their sexuality as well as not in control simultaneously. When the protagonist is male, the women in the films are usually shown as prostitutes, drug abusers and/or innocent bystanders with no tangible control over what is happening to them in general, especially sexually. In films like Foxy Brown and Coffy, the protagonist is “an agent of change rather than a passive recipient of action” (Demers, J....
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...create their fantasy world online – corresponding with the notion of avoiding reality. Using this idea of IMVU in facilitating a scene, I was able to carry out research on the website to begin forming a role. My character being a middle-aged woman was brought about through my findings that, with core members on the site being between the ages of 18-24, only 7% of active individuals are 35 plus. I thought this would be interesting to explore as with core members for the site being between the ages of 18-24, only 7% of individuals active are 35 plus – which I thought would be interesting to explore. I thought this was interesting as what a woman being doing? Also foxy bingo – how they target your average working class woman - I made a profile of the things she would go on to get to IMVU, such as dating forums, foxy bingo on TV. which I thought would be interesting to explore. After brainstorming different scenarios which could suggest why my character avoided the real world via an online...
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...Assignment #1 Capt. 1 exercises 14, 17, 20, 22, 23 Assignment #1 Capt. 1 exercises 14, 17, 20, 22, 23 1-14 Gina Fox has started her own company, Foxy Shirts, which manufactures imprinted shirts for special occasions. Since she has just begun this operation, she rents the equipment from a local printing shop when necessary. The cost of using the equipment is $350. The materials used in one shirt cost $8, and Gina can sell these for $15 each. (a) If Gina sells 20 shirts, what will her total revenue be? What will her total variable cost be? (b) How many shirts must Gina sell to break even? What is the total revenue for this? The various costs which Gina Fox incurs are; Fixed Cost (cost of using the equipment), FC = $350 Variable Cost (Material cost per short), VC = $8 per shirt and the Selling price of Foxy Shirts, P = $15 per unit f 350 s 15v 8 Total revenue 20(15) $300 Total variable cost 20(8) $160 BEP f/(s v) 350/ (15 8) 50 units Total revenue 50(15) $750 1-17 Katherine D’Ann is planning to finance her college education by selling programs at the football games for State University. There is a fixed cost of $400 for printing these programs, and the variable cost is $3. There is also a $1,000 fee that is paid to the University for the Right to sell these programs. If Katherine was able to sell programs for $5 each, how many would she have to sell in order to break even? f 400 1,000 1,400 s 5 v 3 BEP f/(s...
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...My husband, Greg, is a wonderful man, great father and loving husband. We have three boys that are young men now, with my youngest a senior in high school. My husband made sure my boys had a dog to grow up with, Foxy, who was never allowed in the house. According to Greg, dogs were meant to be outdoors. Greg thought having a dog would teach our boys responsibility. That being said, he was the one that would have to get out and clean up after her, take her out to the dog park to run and was constantly making sure she was feed and watered properly. When Foxy died, he said”no more dogs!” Well, one day a friend of mine, who had a cute little Chihuahua, was given another. They decided that their little dog Ruby did not want a companion, and asked me if I would like the most adorable short haired doe eyed, caramel colored, two pound female Chihuahua. I was absolutely thrilled! Just the thought of this precious sweet little girl coming to live with us gave me such joy! Think about this now, I live in a house full of men. You bet I jumped at the chance to have a charming little dog to dress up and be able to buy cute little dog dresses for. Yes, I could be one of those fancy little ladies that carry their dog around in a purse! When Greg came home and found me with my new found love, he said, “You need to march back over there and give that dog back. We don’t need anything that we have to take care of; you got enough to do now without having to worry about a dog!” He was...
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...the influence of marijuana; STONED. Perhaps derived from baked. * Bucks – To resist stubbornly and obstinately; balk, or a dollar. An amount of money * Can - be made possible or probable by circumstances to... * Cheesy - lacking in taste; "lame"; "corny". * Con - An argument or opinion against something. One who holds an opposing opinion or view. * Couch Potato - a lazy person, especially someone who spends a extended period of time sitting * Croak - to kill, to stop functioning. * Ditched - To get away from (a person, especially a companion). * Drag - a person's story: what they would have you believe. Usually a lie or fabrication, but not always. * Flick – a light sharp jerky stroke or movement * Foxy - attractive. Usually used only to describe females. * Glitch - a minor problem that causes a temporary setback : snag * Go bananas - to react with extreme or irrational distress or composure; "freak out". * Grand - a thousand pounds or dollars * Gross - Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large. * Knocked up - To make pregnant. * Lame - boring, dull, uninspired. Bad, generally displeasing. * Hit the sack - to go to bed. * Puke - general insult or to vomit. * Scam - a fraudulent business scheme; "swindle". * Shmuck - an obnoxious or contemptible person. * Old rag...
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...design a website named after the brand to give information about skincare, beauty, mainly for feminine website, which have a portal where customers can buy products directly to their door step with cash on delivery option, or gift packing. Excessive visual ads containing a clear picture of the perfume dripping concentrated extract into the soap with the Chic Soap logo large at the side. Also posters at independent chemists would be of equal importance. This process is important to link Chic Soap to already successful brands found in the market, while introducing the Chic Soap Brand to their minds from the top. Why spray your armpit or neck while you can spoil your whole body by making each inch of your skin to spring graceful, charming, foxy aroma of “Perfume Name” in Chic Soap. 96% of women reported they like neck kisses, then why make it taste alcoholic. Just use Chic Soap with your favourite perfume, and enjoy every inch of your skin...
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