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Victoria?s Secrets, 2006.
This paper examines the company Victoria Secrets, its goals and its strategic advantages in terms of the competition.
1,136 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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In this paper the author thoroughly examines the profile and properties of the lingerie company Victoria Secrets. The author starts with a summary of the beginnings of Victoria Secrets. He tells us that its founder Roy Raymond could not find a present for his wife and saw an opening in the market. The author proceeds to expand on how the company grew and constantly changed its perspectives on the market, based on the acceptable fashions of each time period. The paper also looks at the marketing ploys of the company, from advertising through to store design, which has made it the most successful lingerie business there is today. Finally the author confirms Victoria Secrets success by stating it has given the customer a lifestyle which incorporates the product.
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"With the transformation of the business, its goals also changed. Working on the thought that while bought and wore underwear, they aspired to buy and wear lingerie, the first move was do away with Raymond's goal of having the stores' as some sort of shopping haven for male shoppers. Wexner, along with Senior Vice President, Dan Finkleman realized that while men gave lingerie as gifts, it was women who bought 90% of their own intimate apparel and therefore the company made female customers the sole focus of all its efforts. The main goal of the company in this respect was and is image. Dan McGinn aptly summarizes this and other goals in his case study of the company. He says, "It started with the name Victoria, which conjures up 19th-century England. To further emphasize the veneer of European luxury, catalogs listed the company's headquarters in London, even though it was really in Ohio. And the products themselves stood apart from traditional department store offerings." Another one of the company's major goals was to avoid mistakes made by other lingerie producers, particularly stories such as Frederick's of Hollywood."
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"Victoria's Secret"--An Analysis, 2007.
An analysis of Charles Martin's poem "Victoria's Secret."
4,588 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This paper analyzes Charles Martin's poem about sexual liberation entitled "Victoria's Secret." Both the content and structure of the poem are examined. The reviewer first describes Martin's life and career. Then, the poem's metric system is evaluated, including the words and phrases used to accent certain messages and themes. Additionally, the reviewer considers the literary stylization that Martin uses to juxtapose his contemporary message within his education on Victorian era sex. Martin's use of the narrative voice is also analyzed. The author concludes that "Victoria's Secret" is deftly used to look at the deeper social problems of our day, which shows Martin's ability to provide entertaining social commentary hidden within a layer of mockery and wit.
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"The first step to understanding "Victoria's Secrets" is to begin to learn of Charles Martin himself, an idiosyncratic poet who has transformed his poetic style to fit within the nuances of both traditional and modern poetry. Martin is not only a noted poet but also a critic and a translator he grew up in New York City and went to Fordham University and received his doctorate from the University of Buffalo . Although within "Victoria's Secret" his focus is on the witty and friendly imitation of traditional Victorian poetry, his specialty is in Latin poetry in which he has published twice. Considered one of the most prominent New Formalists , he has helped shape a transformation in modern form and narrative in poetry. This particular work was included within his book "Starting from Sleep: New and Selected Poems" in which he won the Bess Hokin Award. "
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Victoria?s Secret in Thailand, 2004.
An assessment of the feasibility of opening Victoria's Secret stores in Thailand today.
947 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper discusses the option for Victoria's Secret to open a branch in Thailand. The paper analyzes the company's recent performance, comparing it to the recent performance statistics of their competitor, Thai Wacoal Public Co. The paper also examines the current business climate in Thailand.
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"With a strong foundation of more than 1,000 bricks-and-mortar stores located nationwide and a successful catalog business, Victoria's Secret (a division of Columbus, Ohio-based Limited Brands) became a complete multi-channel retailer with the 1998 launch of its website. The company's profitability to date has been helped in no small part by its intelligent application of enterprise data concerning consumer purchases and patterns. The company is currently working on using data to improve its financial reporting, including profit and loss reports, stock ledgers and returns forecasts; in addition, the brand also plans to use their data repository to analyze website click-stream data, as well as merchandise forecasting and replenishment processes in the future (Amato-McCoy 2003)."
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Victoria's Secret, 2002.
A study behind the successful marketing campaigns of the lingerie company, Victoria's Secret.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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The secret behind the success of Victoria's Secret seems to be its brand recognition, its excellent quality and its ability to identify a correct market. This paper studies the company's past and future promotion campaigns and illustrates its target markets and budgets.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Target Market
Product
Price
Place
Promotion
Budget
Summary
Works Cited
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"The key strength of Victoria?s Secret is brand recognition and brand loyalty. It?s massive advertising campaigns have been largely successful due to the brand equity of the product. Victoria?s Secret products make their customers feel sexy and good about themselves.
The upcoming launch of the new swimsuit line will mark the entrance of Victoria?s Secret into a new area. It has had great success with the launch of its bra lines and was a leader in the introduction of thong underwear. Thong underwear was a risky product line, especially considering more conservative customers. However, sales have increased every year since its introduction. The key to this success was due to the already established customer loyalty. "
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Personal Images in Society, 2002.
Comparing three articles - ?I Want to Be Miss America? by Julie Alvarez; ?My Inner Shrimp? by Garry Trudeau and ?Victoria?s Not-So-Secret Strategy? by Marisa Kula - which deal with how sociey has physical expectations of a person and beauty image.
2,610 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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Current society is one where body image or looks is central to self image. Movies, television, beauty products, diet programs and exercise programs are all reminders of this. Every person in society is haunted by the image of what they should look like. This paper focuses on three essays, each which argue something different about the impact of our need to look a certain way. Alverez?s shows what happens when a person cannot obtain the ideal look society dictates. Trudeau?s shows that even if the ideal is attained, the impact on the person lingers while also showing that it is not only an issue for women. Finally, Kula shows how companies like Victoria?s Secret project these images and make profit by fooling women into believing they can be the ideal. This paper considers these essays and the impact of body image and shows how living up to an ideal set by society impacts on everyone?s life, whether or not that ideal can be attained. The writer concludes that the end result of this is low self-esteem for all individuals, even if some of those ideals can be attained.
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"1. The Alvarez family?s ritual of watching the Miss America pageant is so important to Alvarez and her sisters because it represents what they could be. The Alverez?s come from a culture where women can only be wives and mothers. The Miss America pageant represents that in America, they can aspire to more than that. The Miss America pageant also represents what it means to be American, something the Alverez sisters are trying to find out so they can fit into their new environment."
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?Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities?, 2005.
A look at how Alexandra Robbins spills secrets in her book "Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper reviews the book "Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities" and examines how Robbins takes the information she had acquired in a year about sororities, ties it up in a pretty package and allows the reader to make judgments on sorority life while keeping her opinion and thoughts extremely non-biased. It shows how Robbins is able to divulge in what she learns, reenact real situations through detailed dialogue and still leave the reader stimulated with enough curiosity by the end that they want to follow up on the characters.
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"Robbins' book is comprised of about 75 percent vignettes and 25 percent authorial voice. The vignettes Robbins uses are essential in understanding what the opinions of the main characters are and also gives a general idea of how the other sisters feel and are affected by situations. By using so much dialogue, Robbins put the reader in the room with the characters and gives them a chance to feel as though they are flies on the wall. The only time Robbins interjects into the scene is to explain something that a "normal" or non-Greek affiliated person would know or to explain to you exactly what is happening in the scene between the sisters."
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Secret Settlements, 2002.
A discussion of secret settlements in court, what they involve and their pros and cons.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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The paper examines how knowledge about public hazard is kept secret from the public through the use of secrecy agreements in the courts and how companies often know about deadly defects in their products, yet, they keep the information out of the public eye through secret settlements. This essay analyzes the concept of the secret settlement policy, where companies calculate what is called a cost-benefit-ratio. If the company believes it will be less expensive to settle a claim against it than to recall a product or clean up a hazardous area then the company decides to settle. It discusses the legal aspects of these settlements as well as there pros and cons though literature review and outlines the current laws.
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"There have been many pros and cons suggested as to why the legislature should or should not adopt these new secrecy bills (caoc.com). Opponents of this legislation state that there is no evidence that the current practice creates any significant problems in concealing information about dangerous products or conditions (caoc.com). Many feel that the new legislation is a threat to high tech firms because the new legislature forces companies to divulge trade secrets (caoc.com). They fear companies will no longer be able to protect trade secrets (caoc.com). However proponents for the new legislature argue that it is designed to restrict secret settlements, not to divulge trade secrets (caoc.com)."
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Legal Case: Trade Secrets, 2008.
Looks at a legal case regarding trade secrets, conflicts of interest,
and covenants not to compete.
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that, as employees have access to trade secrets, they pose the threat of stealing the secrets when they leave the business. Thus, American law allows the employer to protect his interests through the somewhat limited enforceability of covenants not to compete. The paper then points out that, while these covenants have been used for many years, new issues have emerged as the economy has become more flexible with employees frequently changing jobs and with businesses being sold to successor companies. The paper goes on to analyze the test case of "Riamonde v. Van Vlerah" (1975) whereby the Ohio courts uphold covenants to not compete thus protecting trade secrets. The paper includes references to several other cases as well.
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"In trying to balance the reasonable rights of the employer to protect trade secrets and the right of the employee to work, Ohio courts seem most inclined toward what might be called the "Express Consent" approach. A successor employer can enforce a non-compete agreement only if it meets three requirements. First, the employer must show that employees expressly consented not to compete against the successor employer. This could be shown by either of two means: (1) the non-compete provision must state that the covenant is an asset of the predecessor employer, and must state that it can be transferred to the employer's successors and assigns."
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Victoria Hospital - Mission, Vision, Strategies, 2008.
A case study of the future plans and success of the Victoria Hospital.
774 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that Victoria Hospital is currently undergoing the process of organizational change and that they must highlight their future plans and courses of action. The paper then proceeds to describe how the hospital's vision and mission statement should be developed as well as some of the strategies of operation it should adopt.
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Victoria Hospital Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Victoria Hospital Strategies
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"The mission statement takes on step further and communicates the audience the core competencies and the features on which the organization will base its actions in order to retrieve success. Furthermore, it also points out the main focuses of the organization in reaching their goals. For instance, a basic mission statement for a for-profit organization would be to offer their clients the best products and services and integrate the employees into the corporate culture, while in the same time registering profits. The mission statement is an important tool for communicating corporate objectives and commitment and it is addressed to all stakeholders, such as employees, clients, or patients in the case of Victoria Hospital, business partners or the general audience. The mission statement has to be developed by keeping in mind the corporate values and goals. For the Victoria Hospital, these are: dedicated personnel, the usage of advanced technologies and commitment to preserving and improving patient's health. However due to financial cuts, the management at Victoria Hospital desires to increase their profits, this will not be stated in the mission."
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The Reign of Queen Victoria, 2004.
This paper discusses Queen Victoria (1819-1910), one of the most dynamic and highly focused monarchs to ever ascend the British throne.
1,835 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper explains that Queen Victoria became Queen of England at the time when the monarchy was weak and unpopular; but, under her leadership, England underwent massive transformation culturally, socially, and politically. The author states that her death in 1910 marked the end of a very successful, challenging, and dynamic period in the history of England. The paper stresses that Queen Victoria?s reign became synonymous with revolution and change because she defied traditions and conventions to infuse a new spirit in the empire and the monarchy.
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"The country Queen Victoria lovingly called jewel in her crown had turned into a battlefield where Indian mutineers were being killed everyday and British forces had resorted to harsher tactics to control the situation. The Queen on the other hand wanted peace in the Indian region and wanted Lord Cannings, the then Viceroy of India to listen to the grievances of Indian mutineers. She rejected the idea of harsher punishment for captured rebels for Queen Victoria believed this could lead to endless bloodshed and even greater resentment. It was a very tough time for British Crown as a little mistake on the part of the monarch could lead to numerous problems."
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"The Terrible Secret", 2002.
A critical analysis of the facts in "The Terrible Secret: Suppression of the Truth About Hitler's Final Solution" by Walter Laqueur.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper on "The Terrible Secret", gives an account of the book, "The Terrible Secret: Suppression of the Truth About Hitler's Final Solution" written by Walter Laqueur. This paper analyzes on how Laqueur stated some fact regarding the orders given by Hitler in exterminating the European Jews, but failed to provide any substantial cited source supporting his statements. This paper also focuses on how Laqueur is criticized by many readers for publishing a book in which he has given his own proclamations.
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"The Secret Life of Bees" and the Black Madonna, 2007.
An analysis of the use of the Black Madonna as an important symbol of women leadership within the "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd.
1,167 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses the symbolism of the Black Madonna as it is used in Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Secret Life of Bees." The paper examines the history behind the Black Madonna and then discusses the plot of the book, showing how Kidd uses the Black Madonna as an important symbol of women leadership within the "The Secret Life of Bees."
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"The Secret Life of Bees uses the Black Madonna as an important symbol of women leadership. As August tells Lily, "Our Lady is not some magical being out there somewhere, like a fairy godmother. She's not in the statue in the parlor. She's something inside you" (Kidd, 288). This statement is the most important words of wisdom Lily receives throughout the entire novel. The statue in the parlor of the Boatwright home is just that: a statue. Lily learns that it isn't the statue that she needs to give her strength, but the idea it represents. It tells the story of a woman who broke chains, who escaped fate and inspired generations to come. These are the exact things that Lily does to find her new family and break away from T. Ray. "I leaned into them, felt them close around me. One thing is beautiful beyond my words to say it; August holding you" (Kidd, 238). Lily spends the whole novel on a search for her mother's story, as well as her own. She wanted to know the reasons why her mother left, and realized how unprepared she was for the truth when August told her. Lily is too wrapped up in the idea of her biological mother, she forgets about what a mother really is. The Virgin Mary, the Black Madonna's other form, is history's example of a mother. She is sensitive and firm, relatable and Divine. The Black Madonna is who teaches Lily that she has mothers all around her. Rosaleen's protection, May's caring, and August's love, Lily finds a mother in everyone around her, including herself. As stated at the end of the novel, "She is a muscle of love, this Mary" (Kidd, 302)."
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Irony in "The Secret Lion", 2008.
An examination of the use of irony within Alberto Rios' short story, "The Secret Lion."
833 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper examines and analyzes the short story by Alberto Rios entitled, "The Secret Lion." The paper focuses on the incorporation of irony into the story and explains how irony serves to develop the theme and emphasize the important points Rios wishes to make. Specifically, the paper explores how the symbolism of the secret lion, the grinding ball, the arroyo and the golf course reveal the ironic discoveries adolescents make when they leave their youthful perspectives behind and look at the world with new understanding.
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"In conclusion, Alberto Rios incorporates irony into "The Secret Lion" in a number of ways as this coming of age story unfolds, primarily through the repeated use of symbolism. Irony serves the purpose of emphasizing and dramatizing the journey adolescents make into adulthood and reveals how this maturing process changes their perspectives forever. The boys learn to their disappointment that nothing is perfect,
and that nothing is permanent. But this lesson brings wisdom, and ultimately, acceptance. Ironically, the only thing they can really count on to be permanent is the process of change, for people and things always change, and always will."
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"Victoria's Daughters", 2007.
A brief review of Jerrold Packard's "Victoria's Daughters".
755 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper looks at how Jerrold Packard's "Victoria's Daughters", examines the lives of the five daughters of Victoria, Queen of England: Vicky, Alice, Louise, Lenchen, and Beatrice. It examines how the book tells about each daughter and their families and concludes that it is a good book to read for learning more about the royal family in the 1800s, and the tragedies that can befall anyone, even the royal family.
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"Packard focused on how even a royal family cannot escape tragedy. Tragedy will strike even the Queen of England, the most powerful woman in the world in the late 1800's. Her husband was taken from her on December 14, 1861, and then her third child, and second daughter was taken from her on December 14, 1878. Once Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria lived the rest of her life in a state of mourning, and allowed her days to be consumed with self-pity. Her sometimes aloof ways in raising her children would lead to her eldest daughter raising her children in the same aloof manner. This action would lead to Vicky's eldest son, Willy, to become quite harsh with his parents. "
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University of Victoria Library, 2002.
A case study analysis of the challenges facing the University of Victoria library.
3,505 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 98.95
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In this paper, the writer presents an analysis of the University of Victoria library and identifies a key challenge facing the organization, namely, how to effectively manage business processes and services that fall under the responsibility of multiple departments within the organization. It begins with a brief description of the organizational environment and an analysis of the attributes of successful teams with respect to academic theory and research. It then presents a definition of team diversity and identifies some of the issues and challenges associated with cross-functional teams. The conclusion to this case study contains recommendations for change, which include the creation of advisory groups with functionally diverse membership and the establishment of a strategic planning process that leverages the enhanced capacity for creativity and innovation of teams that are more organizationally and functionally diverse.
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"Located primarily in the metropolitan area of a major city, the University of Victoria is a research-intensive, comprehensive institution with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The Library?s clients include over 29,000 students, approximately 20% of whom are post-graduates, 4,500 academic and general staff, clients from groups such as cooperative research centres, staff from major teaching hospitals as well as the wider community. The University also has regional campuses in two other nearby city centres."
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