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Strengths and Opportunities: Research and development is an opportunity that Crunch can utilize that will directly affect their establishment and give them a new way to improve the classes to keep the customers happy. Due to the service presented organization, a strong customer base is vital, which includes marketing to the right crowd. Expanding will help the convenience for its customers and allow the current locations to be less crowded. Listening to the customers’ demands will maintain their…

concerned what their kids will do while they are working out. Perhaps they start out excited, but then they find the lack of variety at their gym keeps the unmotivated. For some of them, their schedule makes it hard to get to the gym. At Merritt Athletic Clubs, we can handle these issues and many more. Commitment While there is a yearly contract option, you can also do a month-to-month membership. This is great for those are not ready to commit to a full year just yet. The six-week Results…

As I was walking into the Career Center, I heard Mr. Railey tell Tyler, who was a few steps ahead of me in the hall, to take his hat off. Tyler removed his hat and acted as if he was going to throw it to the ground, but instead of throwing his hat he ended up putting it back on his head. Later in class, after Mrs. Linzey was done taking attendance, she asked Tyler to take off his sunglasses. Tyler did not immediately take off his glasses and even began to mumble things under his breath. I…

Since the beginning of his career, outrageous and courageous Tyler, the Creator has turned heads with his bold lyrics and surprising talent for writing and producing rap music. In 2011, the twenty-two year old rap artist released his debut studio album entitled Goblin (“Tyler, the Creator”, n.d.). It was the second album in his trilogy and it immediately had people talking. One of the standalone songs on the album, “She” is an R&B rap song written by Tyler and features Frank Ocean on the…

I believe that when you’re viewed in a certain perspective you start to only fit in that one perspective and the longer you’re in it, the harder it is to break free from it. I think that in the movie “The Breakfast Club” directed by John Hughes in 1992, portrays it very well. The group of kids that are in detention are John, the criminal, Brian, the brain, Claire, the princess, Andrew, the jock, and the basket case, Allison. (Hughes.1992) The plot of the movie is that a group of kids are in…

In the essay Sebastian Mallaby persuades readers that the retail giant, Wal-Mart isn’t the evil empire that people claim. Although he acknowledges the company isn’t saintly, they provide workers with basic healthcare coverage and income for its employees. I both agree and disagree with some of Mallaby’s assertions about Wal-Mart. is taking a pretty hard beating from its critics but on the other hand I question his claims and statistics. Mallaby claims “the average Wal-Mart customer earns thirty…

The Breakfast Club is a film detailing a Saturday detention involving five very different students who are forced into each other’s company and share their stories. All the students are deviant in their own way and eventually are able to look past their differences and become friends. The film also offers detailed observations of social status, the different aspects of identity formation, social sanctions, and the three different sociological perspectives. The first concept seen in the film is…

Billion with a net income of 1.46 billion. They currently service 25 million households and 6.4 million businesses. Their membership fees total 1.9 billion. Costco’s annual sales per store is 146 million which is 85% higher than the $78 mill that Sam’s club (their chief competitor) makes per store. Strategic case analysis: Costco recognizes 5 critical strategies to keep their company continually growing: • Strategy 1: Pricing- Being able to keep their customers by offering low prices. •…

Wal-Mart has promised the lowest prices compared to their competitors since Sam Walton founded it in 1962. Since then, Wal-Mart has become a multi-billion dollar international corporation with over 2 million employees. Wal-Mart has made over $16 billion dollars this year alone, adding to a total of over $450 billion dollars in revenue with over 11,000 locations worldwide. Due to the company’s huge success, the Walton family is now part of the wealthiest one percent of the Earth’s population.…

I took this photograph on the 4th of October 2015, at Aura Leisure Centre in my home town of Dundalk. It’s a sign up in the weight room of the gym. It’s there to encourage those who lift weights to return them to where they got them in the first place. This particular sign always bothered me, so this is what prompted me to take this picture. In an area of the gym mainly used by men, it is appears that it is directed towards them as the term ‘girls’ is used. The stereotype of the man being the…