Essays on Style Page 40

Portrait of an Artist: The Works of Rembrandt van Rijn             The painting shows the female sitter wearing pearls, a lace collar and gold filigree chains. Her pale face—framed by her fiery curls—shows an expression of awareness and amusement, her pink lips forming a slight smile. She is wearing black, like her framed counterparts, but…

To resolve the issue of the window of vulnerability (WOVE), we would need to get the patch from Microsoft. According to Microsoft, it will take up to 3 days for the patch to be available. Then, we would need additional time to download and test the patch to make sure that this is what is…

Retail industry: The last decade has experienced a fundamental change in the Indian retailing industry structure, with a very perceptible shift from unorganized kirana and small independent shops to organized retailing such as retail chains and franchised outlets. This gradual shift is attributed to increased purchasing power along with aspirational demands of a segment driven…

Introduction Architecture and Fashion have been inter-related in many aspects. The involvement of fashion in architectural projects is an intriguing topic proved by many. Recently many architects have moved to creating their own fashion products or rather products of their own with fashion and architectural concepts. Interestingly they have all created a mark and showed…

Introduction The company was founded by Ingvar Kamprad from Sweden when he was just 17 years old. He initially sold matches and later added ballpoints to his product range. To transport his products, he ingeniously utilized a milk truck owned by the city. As the truck’s route changed, he had to buy an unused factory…

Ford bought a large piece of land in Ramapough, New Jersey in the late 1960s to build a car factory. This resulted in a significant amount of waste being produced. Since Ford owned a substantial portion of the land, they decided to use wooded areas as places to dispose of the waste. Their reasoning was…

Pepsi (PEP) Symbol: PEP Exchange: NYSE Industry: Processed & Packaged Goods Sector: Consumer Goods Purchase Price: $43. 12 Purchase Date: December 2002 52week High $78. 09 52week Low $61. 89 Initial Floor 2 $74. 26 Trailing Floor 3 $77. 87 Beta N/A Market Cap $123. 11 billion Shares Outstanding 1. 61 billion Dividend Yield 1….

            In the attached article, two leading coffee and fast-food restaurants are described to introduce new products as well as innovative advertising concepts to allure more customers. Since the contemporary economic recession has cast its gloom over the sales turnover of Starbucks and McDonald’s companies, both of these competitors have been launching nationwide marketing campaigns…

Rural shop audit – A study on FMCG brands sold in rural shops in Tamil Nadu K Arul Rajan Gone were the days when a rural consumer went to a nearby city to buy “Branded” products and services. The impact of globalization has made significant change in the rural markets and is felt as much…

I am a second-generation Walt Disney World (WDW) fanatic. I was born in Florida, and went to WDW many times, and enjoyed the luxurious accommodations, and the exhilarating attractions and sumptuous food. The first time I went to WDW was with my parents and brother on October 9, 1971 at the age of six. I…