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examinated in case they should have contagious deseases. c) Hispanic immigrants are said to bring new vitality. B/ COMPREHENSION DE TEXTE 2. a) The immigrants built New-York. > « They brought their native foods and religions, customs and clothing, which New-York graciously absorbed » > « They couldn't have done it without immigrants » They came in New-York because it was a land of hope and they could get rid of their bad situation. > »Millions of people have sought the shelter of

établit aussi un autre record (comme les Beatles) avec 4 singles dans le top 10 des ventes. L'album s'est finalement écoulé à plus de 8 millions d'exemplaires. 50 Cent créera ensuite sa propre ligne de vêtements dénommée comme son groupe : « G-Unit Clothing », enchaîne des contrats avec Reebok et autres marques et ouvre son propre label de production, G-Unit Records. En 2006 sort le film tiré de sa vie et du même nom que son premier album sous Shady/Aftermath, « Get Rich Or Die Tryin' » (traduit en

India in Tata, they have created the Tata Nano, they produce cars, agricultural chemicals, they possess hotel chains, and they deal with telecommunications and a large part of their business is due to consulting. Reliance Industries started as a clothing company but they are in food and retailing. There are big conglomerates but not only: in China, there is also small and intermediate companies that are very diversified as well. There are also in these emerging economies, state-owned companies

products satisfy the personal preferences and taste of each consumer group. Cultural branding applies particularly to categories in which people tend to represent products as a definition of the reflection of themselves such as entertainment, food or clothing. However cultural branding also employs to other marketed entities that people rely on to express their identity (cultural industry products as film or television stars, musicians, heroes on screens, and even cartoon characters.) The cultural

................................15 Down Economy Means Thriftier Consumer .......................................... 15 Fashion and Footwear Industries Feeling the Pinch ......................................... 15 Figure 1–12: Quarterly Clothing and Clothing Accessory Store Sales, 1992–Q1, 2009 (in billions $)........................................................................ 16 Consumer Footwear Expenditures ........................................................ 16 Kids Footwear Has

exist in any country. Sweatshops have existed in several different countries and cultures, including in the United States and Europe. Sweatshops usually employ low levels of technology, but may produce many different goods, for example, toys, shoes, clothing, and furniture. Meanwhile, defenders of sweatshops, such as Paul Krugman, Nicholas Kristof, and Johan Norberg, claim that people choose to work in sweatshops because the sweatshops offer higher wages and better working conditions compared to their

Le groupe fait aujourd’hui près de 7 milliards d’Euros de chiffres d’affaires, en progression annuelle de +22%, et avec une marge net enviable de 17%. Comment la marque nippone parvient-elle à se démarquer de ses concurrents? La marque « Unique Clothing Warehouse » - alias UNIQLO – puise ses racines dans la province japonaise de Yamaguchi, à l’extrémité Ouest de l’archipel nippon. Au départ, il y a un petit magasin familial du nom de Ogoori Shouji : il ouvre ses portes en 1949 et distribue des costumes

Players (1969), and Vietnam Scene (1969). These sculptures, cast from actual people, were made of fiberglass, and painted to make the revealed skin look realistic, with veins and blemishes. Hanson then clothed the figures with garments from second-hand clothing stores and theatrically arranged the action. Clearly these works contained strong social comment, and can be seen as modern parallels to the concerns of 19th-century French Realists such as Honore Daumier and Jean Francois Millet, artists Hanson

o Sears is seen as a medium end retail store, while Kmart is seen as a store for blue collar workers; therefore, there may be an erosion of Sear’s brand image and specific brands previously being sold exclusively at Sears such as Land’s End clothing and accessory product line being sold in Kmart. • Incompatible Goods o Sears Holdings may use its purchasing power to leverage the purchasing of goods, but the goods for Sears may not be compatible for Kmart due to lack of expertise

monopsony buyer faces a monopoly seller (Sloman & Wride, 2009). Therefore eBay is classified as a bilateral monopoly. It is often compared to the sales section in newspapers or the american yards sale, where miscellaneous household goods such as art, clothing, furnishings, electronics and other collectibles are offered from 'ordinary traders' (monopolist) to buyers (monopsonist), who aim to make a "bargain". The reach of the World Wide Web is global and easily accessible, which makes ebay an ideal auction