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Today, Apple’s retail store can be found in almost all developed countries including America, Australia, Germany, Japan, China and many more. More than 30 stores are present in California itself. With the revolutionary Apple, it is unlikely that one that is connected to the modern world have never visited an Apple store before. I have visited Apple store numerous of times in San Francisco Union Square, in Palo Alto Stanford Mall, and in San Diego, UTC. I have chosen Apple simply because I love…

As the protectors of the citizen’s of the United States, the FBI felt they were obligated to access the data on Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino terrorists through any means necessary, even by force. They believed that information such as motives or possible accomplices may be hidden on the iPhone 5C and access to that will potentially allow them to capture other perpetrators or perhaps even prevent future terror attacks. After two months of failing to gain access to the iPhone in…

Take a look at the, ordinary, prosthetic. Prosthetics are used to assist people with the disability of missing limbs and such. The purpose of prosthetics, are to substitute for what is no longer there. And the options from metal to skin-tone, make them even better. Now, look at the iPhone. What is it used for? Yes, the iPhone is a phone, but is that all? With all that the iPhone is capable of, some might even describe it as an prosthetic. IPhones and prosthetics and similar in different ways.…

According to the words of Teece (1997) it is the duty of the managers to develop, create and integrate competencies for managing the changes in the market place. We know the fact that a lot of the global organizations are facing different internal and external issues. In order for managing these organization has to develop capabilities and skills for attaining the sustainable competitive advantage (Pisano et al 2016, p.501). While analyzing the international company Apple we can understand that…

1945, before Walmart organization was assembled, Sam Walton purchased a brand of the Ben Franklin Stores from the Butler Brothers. His main purpose was to sell merchandises at low costs to get higher volume sales at a lower profit margin. It was troublesome at first because the lease cost and branch buy were strangely high, but he could discover lower-cost suppliers than the ones used by different stores. The sales expanded 45 percent in his first year of ownership to $105,000 in yearly income,…

INTRODUCTION Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American multinational retail giant that was founded in 1962 by Samuel Walton. Walmart’s vision statement: “To be the best retailer in the hearts and minds of consumers and employees.” Walmart is headquartered at Bentonville, Arkansas, USA and is the largest private employer and biggest grocery retailer in the USA. It does business in almost 11,530 locations all over the world dealing in various variety of products and services. Walmart operates…

In 2011, the way Americans listen to music was changed forever when the music-streaming service, Spotify was released. The name Spotify was created from the combination of the words “Spot” and “Identify”. Created in Sweden, the service has a free option. As defined by Techopedia, “Spotify is a new digital music service that enables users to remotely source millions of different songs on various record labels from a laptop, smartphone or other device”. In general, Spotify allows the user to…

A year later, the iPhone 3G was released with a few improvements such as a longer lasting battery and the ability to use 3G networks. There was no change in the CPU speed or cores, GPU, Bluetooth or WiFi capability, or storage except for the discontinuation of the four gigabyte iPhone model (“List of iPhones”, n.d.). More significant changes came with the iPhone 3GS in June 2009. It supported GSM and HSPA or 3G networks and had an upgraded 600 MhZ Cortex-A8 processor with a PowerVR SGX535 GPU…

Props or People: A Women’s Place in Music Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. –Plato Music shapes who we are as an individual as well as a society, however, within the last several decades there has been an astonishing increase in the objectification of women in the music industry. From country, to pop, to rock, to hip-hop and rap there has been a dramatic rise in the use women’s…

Wendy walks to the grocery store and ties Lucy outside so she can go retrieve food for Lucy. Then, Lucy starts barking, While Wendy is walking into the store, she turns around and says, “Hey what did I say don’t be nuisance.” This is an example of Wendy disciplining Lucy; Wendy does this because she does not want Lucy to draw attention. They already are outcasts in a small town. While Wendy is in the store, she walks out to check on her dog. Andy the clerk at the store grabs her and accuses her…