“likes” measures the about of new likers of a brand. b. Carmex: engagements are more important than likes because you can have people “like” pages with promotions without any knowledge of the product or true interest to ever purchase the products. A lot of ‘likes can provide inaccurate information due to the amount of individuals that simply click it without reading. 3 a. Engagement: Connecting to the Facebook audience by posting quality content daily that might attract consumers and gives them an opportunity to engage.
Many of the positions are part-time, therefore, they are positions without benefits. By shopping at Walmart, Americans are supporting China. When Walmart opens new stores, they often cause the closing of other stores, and upset the balance of prices in the neighborhood. "Critics believe that Wal-Mart opens stores to saturate the marketplace and clear out the competition, then closes the stores and leaves them sitting empty." ("Store Wars," n.d., Big store, business practices section, para.
E-tailer & Persuasive Messages By, Dale Kowalczyk 9/2/2012 Week Two COMM470 Ms. Kachmor E-tailer & Persuasive Messages Introduction When consumers look into the true meaning of E-tailer it is derived from electronic retailer. E-tailer has shaken the world as we once known it. The need for retail shops is growing lesser and lesser as stores move to the online networks. Consumers look at stores like BestBuy and see then struggling to stay afloat. Since the birth of online networking the growing E-tailer store are at front of all consumer purchases.
Memo To: Laura M. Smith From: Lakia M. Hairston CC: Date: November 2, 2009 Re: Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Differences Today, the popularity of the internet has been the foundation of new business, e-business. Just about anything can be done online now. Many people are reverting from shopping in stores of malls because of the convenience of the internet. You can do anything from balancing your check book, to ordering pizza online today, which is making the internet a big part of most peoples lives around the world. Businesses are making transactions with other businesses online eliminating extra time and wasted money.
Wal-Mart has also caused the property value of buildings in these small towns they invade to plummet. When one of their Superstores sets up shop in town they can begin to count down the days until the small businesses are ran out; their properties become vacant, and depreciate in value because so many become unoccupied. They receive millions of dollars in subsidies to build in cities because the political leaders believe it will stimulate the economy. When in realty the money they invest in bringing in Wal-Mart is never returned into the community. They are often left with no choice but to give them the money to build within the city limits because nothing keeps this corporation from buying a plot of land just outside the city limits and acquiring the same profits with 0% of the sales tax going back into the town itself.
They feared that the blackouts may be the beginning of a trend of poor service. RIM has many successful competitors that are not experiencing this issue. To stay relevant in its field, RIM needed to act swiftly to resolve this issue. The pathway malfunction also caused the internet service to become interrupted, which could have even more devastating consequences. It was found that people were using devices such as smart phones to conduct business when they were out of the office.
If a company’s internal controls are not working properly customers and investors will be more doubtful and have second thoughts on their investments and money being safe which will lead to having less investor and the stocks will drop. It is very important for companies to have their internal controls up to date and making sure they are working properly because this can cause major setbacks financially. But there are some instances were internal controls cannot even stop unethical behavior from happening such as shoplifting in a shopping mall or even a bank
The report goes on to say that damage to the company’s IT system can lead to financial reporting delays, resulting in revenue and profit loss. In order for Nike to properly plan for their future needs, it is imperative that their IT systems are fully functional. A large portion of Nike’s sales are done online. If their online sales reporting system failed for example, then the lack of reporting would show a lower number of sales than expected. This shortfall may in turn have tax filing implications if Nike is not properly reporting their sales
onsumers by increasing the price of products sold to make up for the products lost. Increased prices may now cause consumers to travel and go elsewhere to purchase comparable items at a cheaper rate. Honest shoppers now fall into the same mistrust category as shoplifters because they cannot be distinguished easily from one another by the retailer. If a store has to close down because they can’t make any money then that cuts jobs. One store may not seem like a big difference, but when stores are closing every day because they can't maintain a stable business because of shoplifters it changes a lot for families everywhere.
What happened if your car broke down? You wouldn’t be able to have anyone look at it until the next day. Overall, the Buy Nothing day would cause many complications for transportation. The idea may come up that if we put the Buy Nothing day to use in the United States, stores would not close down and it would help the society economically recover; however, stores may lose money and may not be able to recover. Some stores may depend on a daily consumers to buy from their stores.