Commodities A commodity is simply a term that describes any marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs (Marx, 1857). Marx described "commodity fetishism" as the transformation of goods into living things that are believed to have intrinsic m Continue Reading...
Hipster Consumer Behavior Following the publication of Norman Mailer's essay, "The White Negro" in 1957, the term "hipster" has become part of the American lexicon. The image of hipsters has changed in fundamental ways since that time, though, and Continue Reading...
A large body of literature has treated many different aspects of these influences on Asia, Europe and the United States (Busser & Sadoi, 2003). The importance of the study relates to the current trends taking place in Libya where aggressive step Continue Reading...
Since the 1970s, the global retail clothing industry has experienced intense international competition and major shifts in the pattern of consumer demand. These pressures have had far-reaching implications for the clothing industry in the areas of Continue Reading...
.0. Introduction1.1. Background and Academic ContextPrehistorically, Globalisation is defined as an emerging network that belongs to economical and social systems (Online etimologi etymology dictionary, non non-paginated) . Roland Robertson (1992) wa Continue Reading...
The luxury brands in this age of fierce and intense competition perceive and believe that the conventional methods of advertising and promotion are only an itinerary that creates the knowledge and awareness amongst the consumers. Nevertheless, targ Continue Reading...
Teen Drug Abuse - Prescription or Not Differences between nonalcoholic offspring of alcoholics (family history positive, FHP) and matched offspring of nonalcoholics (family history negative, FHN) have been identified on a variety of behavioral, cogn Continue Reading...
Meanwhile, it is the high-earning but consumption-oriented under accumulators of wealth (UAWs) who patronize luxury car dealerships, high-end country clubs, and so- called "high fashion" clothing manufacturers. In this regard, one of the most powerf Continue Reading...
The main focus of the 1980s regarding brands focused on a trend in takeovers, enabling successful brands to become extremely valuable on the open market. Even very early on, a value associated with a brand large was viewed in part as more important Continue Reading...
She has seen it lurking in the eyes of all white people. So. The distaste must be for her, her blackness.... Phlegm and impatience mingle in his voice. (Morrison 49) but Pecola endures this discomfort and rejection, not so she can establish her empo Continue Reading...
Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Income Disparities in South Africa Today and In the FutureDespite the end of apartheid in the early 1990s, South Africa remains racially and economically segregated. The country is beset by persistent social inequa Continue Reading...
Multicultural Marketing Marketing to a multicultural audience -- Starbucks and McDonald's All businesses today must be multicultural to some extent (Makgosa 2012). The Internet has opened up new portals to multicultural, multinational consumer audi Continue Reading...
General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) is a service used in the provision of packet radio access for the GSM (for Global System for Mobile Communications) users [1].In regard to the wireless component, the GPRS technology makes a reservation of the ra Continue Reading...
The entire research constitutes three different studies, each of them dedicated to a distinct stage in problematic usage of mobile phones. Study 1 A multi-dimensional psychometric measure was developed for the behaviour, described as problematic u Continue Reading...
Figure 2: Comedy and Tragedy (iStock photo) Works Cited www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=108245926 Beal, Becky, and Charlene Wilson. "2 'Chicks Dig Scars'." Understanding Lifestyle Sport: Consumption, Identity, and Difference. London: Routledge, Continue Reading...
" (Dietz, 1998). Obese children are often taller than their non-overweight peers, and are apt to be viewed as more mature. This is an inappropriate expectation that may result in adverse effects on their socialization. (Dietz, 1998). Overweight child Continue Reading...
.0. Introduction1.1. Background and Academic ContextPrehistorically, Globalisation is defined as an emerging network that belongs to economical and social systems (Online etimologi dictionary, non paginated) . Roland Robertson (1992) was the first pe Continue Reading...
Introduction As Stuart Hall shows, media representations are powerful. The problem is that the often present stereotypical images and characters that perpetuate and propagate biased beliefs. Because so much media is directed at and consumed by young Continue Reading...
Fashion Culture and Social Media Given its role in defining people’s self-image and culture, fashion is regarded as one of the most important facets of today’s society. Throughout history, fashion has been utilized as a tool for shaping c Continue Reading...
Western Imperialisim and Orientalsim in Saudi Arabia Is Western Imperialism more prevailing than Orientalism in Saudi Arabia? From ancient times in Saudi Arabia and other regions of the globe, civilization has seen the rise and fall of Empires. Thi Continue Reading...
Emotional Drivers Swarovski The motives behind consumer decisions to purchase luxury brands like Swarovski have been studied in a number of researches. The general findings of these studies have been that these motives are largely emotional, and tha Continue Reading...
Economics is the study of normal, or in more appropriate words, rational human behavior. It discusses human undertakings and attempts to fulfill and satisfy both needs and wants. People have to make certain choices regarding their money as they face Continue Reading...
Social Media your purchase. With the advent of social media websites, many business administrators struggle to implement a workable and feasible approach of implementing social networking sites into their business models. Managers and consultants mu Continue Reading...
156). Not surprisingly, wine is far and away the most popular alcoholic beverage in Italy: "Italy is a country where people do not drink pure alcohol. Rather, Italians consume wine and, to a minor extent, other alcoholic beverages. Among alcoholic b Continue Reading...
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a way to assess the strength of an economy. Basically, it is the end value of all the things produced in our country. For example, the end value of a bushel of wheat (i.e. The amount of money, in USD, that a bushel of Continue Reading...
AFS Cape Seafood Lund's Fisheries Marr Pelagis Northern Pelagic Core Strength Trusted Advisor Low cost Price Performance Premium Quality Premium Quality Secondary Strength Packaging Known in local market Variety Known in local marke Continue Reading...
Clarence-Smith 6) In so doing the commodity market and global trade developed a new history for chocolate, one that makes it a very fitting liberator in the small French village depicted in the film. This new history is a story of sweetness and p Continue Reading...
Italy is a cultural hub of gender identity where issues of feminism and masculinism have been deeply entrenched for many years. For centuries Italy has been considered a more masculine country, though the majority of work documented related to mascul Continue Reading...
Gender, Consumption and Ideology: A Look at Three Ads Introduction When the nephew of Sigmund Freud, Edward Bernays became the father of advertising, he used a simple trick that he learned from his uncle: sex sells. Bernays understand, as Freud did, Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics, and Global Health The public policy issue selected is childhood obesity. I selected this issue because childhood obesity has a considerable longstanding impact on the health of the public as well as the cost of health care. This is Continue Reading...
Ethnic, racial and class minorities in the city of New York, as well as middle class and organized crime people enjoyed their fight against Prohibition in an amazing number of locals and nightclubs that summed up to more than thirty thousand. While Continue Reading...
The social definitions of citizenship here, Park argues, play the major role since legally children of immigrants are not required to overcome the barriers imposed by the existing social hierarchy. The idea of social citizenship helps us to understa Continue Reading...
Proposed Research Methodology: The literature discussion here above helps to lay out the two major phases of the intended research methodology. First, it is appropriate here to identify the research hypothesis that higher than normal underage alco Continue Reading...
Cultural Connections Between Asian and Western Media Akif, Osman, and Subhani state that media portrays the current age, recognizing and communicating negative and positive occurrences transpiring around us. Besides functioning as a means for exposi Continue Reading...
.....theoretical perspectives to understand human development is stage theories, which postulate that human development takes place in different stages and change throughout the life span (Lerner et al., 2013, p.466). Erikson's Psychosocial Theor Continue Reading...
SCIENCE FICTION & FEMINISM Sci-Fi & Feminism Origins & Evolution of Science Fiction As with most things including literature, science fiction has progressed and changed a lot over the years. Many works of science fiction were simply ro Continue Reading...
Successful sustainable development also requires an evaluation of major trends and problems in the tourism industry rather than focusing on minor new developments that may have localized impact only (Butler, 1998). Taken together, the foregoing ind Continue Reading...
