Variety

Lane College Writing 1 4/17/15 Vaudeville (Where theatre all began) Many people love watching musicals, and plays but they were uncertain on where it all started. The answer to that is Vaudeville. Vaudeville is defined as a theatrical genre of variety entertainment. It was very popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880’s until the early 1930’s. When you think of a typical vaudeville performance it is usually known as a series of separate unrelated acts grouped together. Some…

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 internationally under 63 different names in 28 countries, including Walmex in Mexico, Asda in the UK, Seiyu in Japan, and Best Price in India. It also operates e-commerce websites in 11 countries.…

Also, evidenced by the changes that they quickly made to their marketing plan such as their quick shift away from carrying closeout merchandise to become more of a traditional variety store with a wide variety of basic goods. Another strategy that placed them in the prospector category was their shift away placing stores in traditional mall settings to opening stores in strip malls to draw the attention of customers that would normally shop…

Some of the driving forces of change in the discount/variety store industry are gaining new customers and retaining frequent customers. Dollar General accomplishes this by offering low prices and convenient locations and easy to shop store formats. Frequent customers are retained because they save money. Another driving force of change is the digital revolution. Dollar General offers customers DG Digital Coupon program to more than 11,300 stores across 40 states (Dollar General News Center,…

America is a nation of immigrants, no one doubts that. However, as a child of first generation immigrants, I did not live in a tight-knit immigrant community, and my parents did not bring many elements of their home culture into the house. I grew up listening to American music, learning American history, and my friends were predominantly non-Asian. As a result, I never understood much about my parents’ background, and Taiwanese culture. Sensing my curiosity about my background (perhaps from the…

Dollar Tree is a single price variety store that now operates more than 14,000 stores across 48 states and five Canadian provinces (Thomas, 2015). Most all of the products offered by Dollar Tree are priced at $1.00 or less and the company offers products that meet a wide variety of consumers every day needs. According to Parnell (2014), Dollar Tree customers are typically price-conscious consumers who are looking to get the best price available and feel that prices at other chain stores are…

Poor Customer Service in Retail Stores Introduction Customer service is about services to customers. Customer satisfaction becomes one of the most important factors that the companies are valued upon, especially in retailing. Bad customer service will have negative influences on businesses and even affect companies’ reputations. Therefore, customer satisfaction is highly valued by companies. This paper will focus on poor customer service in retail: the causes, examples of retailers with failed…

served in America. As of 2015 the dollar store has a number of 13,600 locations only in the United States and Canada. This low discounted store sells cheap items but for a very affordable price for almost anybody. The products sold there range from a variety of items such as party supplies, food and snacks, health and beauty care products, seasonal housewares, toys, craft supplies, candy, gift bags and wraps, teaching supplies, etc. Even with its low discount, ever since 2012, The Dollar Tree…

One of the honoured accomplishments of my life was earning my undergraduate degree, in spite of the struggles I faced during my early adulthood. My future seemed to point in the opposite direction of success due to the financial problems that my parents faced in sending me and my four siblings to school. I managed to get part-time jobs at local retail stores during the vacations so as to help my parents with my tuition fee. I saw a changed world opening up to me, seeing a motivating environment,…

Business Description ABC1 Retail is a small family-owned retail store in Los Angeles, California. It is a stand-alone store without any other branches. Its key products include grocery items (fresh meat, frozen foods, dry grocery), consumables (baby products, toiletries, health and beauty products), pet supplies (pet food, cages, mats, dog house, etc.), school and office supplies, over-the-counter medicine products, and hardware and paint. It is open seven days a week from 8 am to 9pm. During…