... analysing our findings, here are our recommendations. Sales and Profit Growth Compared to our competitors, we hold the lowest sales growth rate – for the financial year between 1997 and 1998, our rate stood at 5.9% against Tesco’s 18.47%. This suggests that Tesco are “running away” with the competition – having analysed them, there are measures we can take to reduce this deficit. A wider range of products and services will provide Safeway with a more powerful “pulling” ability, thus increasing sales and profits: Clothing is an area of growth within supermarkets – due to their size, large supermarkets are able to purchase garments in large qu ...

... "5.1 percent, down three tenths of a piont since the prior month" (Griffin 1). Some researchers have found links between unemployment, poor mental health and poor general health possession. Other studies have shown that the informal support systems, like friends and relatives, can help absorb shock against the negative effects of unemployment (Unemployed 1). The latest unemployment rate for August '96 shows that 4.3 percent of Vermont's citizens are unemployed. That is about fourteen thousand people in just this one small state (Griffin 1). Think of how many people are unemployed in the entire United States. That would be over five million people. If p ...

... he dispatched Buick engineer Walter Marr to the little town of Flint, Michigan, to see if he could persuade the partners of a prosperous carriage and wagon maker there to take a stake in the company. While one of the carriage-makers went for a ride with Marr in his car and immediately learned to drive it himself, the other partner, Billy Durant, wouldn't so much as look at it. Undaunted, Marr drove the car back and forth in front of Durant's house that evening, and the next morning he returned. Impressed by Marr's persistence, Durant this time agreed to go for a ride. Only then did Durant realize that Marr wasn't trying to sell him the car--he was trying to sell hi ...

... the whole enterprise. They argue that, far from enhancing Europe's economic performance by reducing transactions costs and eliminating exchange rate uncertainty, a single currency will lead to higher levels of unemployment in some parts of Europe because countries will no longer be free to devalue their currencies in order to maintain their international competitiveness. Are these fears justified? The force of the skeptics argument depends crucially on the time frame under consideration. First by removing the possibility of devaluation can a single currency condemn a region or nation to permanently higher unemployment than it would otherwise have? The answer is No. ...

... in offering real-time financial information around the world. We believe, however, that Dow Jones is a unique company in a number of important respects. Our businesses are balanced roughly 50-50 between print and electronic information. More than 40% of our operating profit is now earned outside the U.S. We are a focused company. We are not a media conglomerate, nor an entertainment company. We stick to our business of business, providing information essential to an ever expanding and increasingly interconnected worldwide business community. Q. What is the strategy behind your television operations? A. Dow Jones aims to provide business news in an ...

... and 1940's, approximately 60 percent of all medications dispensed were compounded. Then in the 1950s and 1960s, with the creation of commercial drug manufacturers, compounding declined. It was during this time that a pharmacist, known as a compounder or apothecary, became known as a dispenser of manufactured drugs. In the 1980's and now in the 1990's, patients and doctors are realizing the need for specific doses and customized medications. Today, almost 43,000 compounded dosage forms are dispensed each day. In the 1990's, even with the popularity of compounding growing again only a few pharmacists can be known as a compounder or apothecary, because this techn ...

... a state board licensing exam, new funeral directors are qualified to join the staff of a funeral home. In many states successful completion of a national examination given by the National Conference of Examining boards will qualify you for licensure"(IRN 10). In different states the undergraduate college credit varies considerably, one-third of the states require one year; another third wants two years; and the other third requires three years of credit(IRN 9). A concentration of courses is also required in some of the states. You may need to take 15 credits in natural science, 13 in social sciences, 13 in business, 14 in chemistry(IRN 10). In additi ...

... to be a surgeon, because cutting people open and taking things out does not seem very appealing. To become a doctor, one must endure a lot of training and education. In college, one must study courses to prepare for medicine, such as biology, chemistry, and some advanced mathematics. It generally takes seven to eight years to finish his education. The first four years, one would take pre-med. classes. Then it's on to medical school, where for four years one learns about the area of medicine one chooses. After medical school, about one year of internship is needed. Then he becomes a resident and practice medicine under supervision of a senior doctor. A ...

... lower cost but at the expense of less informative and directed services. These discount firms utilized new computer technologies to process trades and opened up investment opportunities for many that would not have previously considered purchasing securities. With improved IT capabilities and the introduction of the Internet the discount brokers were able to open the door even further by reducing trading costs and developing user friendly platforms for investors. The Brokerage industry is one driven by quality customer service and high profits. Investors want to maximize there investments at a reduced cost but still receive the highest level of servi ...

... into providing precious metals and raw materials to the mother country. These colonies existed only to enrich Spain, even if the economic policies adversely effected the well being of the colonies. This grip caused the central economy of Spain to grow at the expense of the colonies. During the duration of this period, the 1500's through the 1700's, mercantilism had a major effect on the economies in the New World. England’s policies and acts effected English speaking colonies. These policies and acts were means of controlling the economy of the colonies in America and strengthen the central government of England. In 1651 the European parliament enacted the f ...