Examining Rue 21’s Location Strategy Amy E. Green Basic Retailing Summer 2015 Dr. Gannage Introduction For tween and teenage girls and boys who are interested in trendy clothes, affordable prices, and the sense of looking older, Rue 21 is the place to shop. The positive image that Rue 21 conveys to its buyers is that being 21 years old is a great time in life. Their target market for this concept is ranged from 11 to 17 year olds (Schwed) and is spot on, benefiting Rue 21 greatly. Rue 21 is a fashion retail chain throughout the United States that sells apparel and accessories for this age group. Their main competitors include Forever 21, Aeropostale and Wal-Mart (Top Competitors for Rue 21). Rue21 distinguishes themselves from their competitors through the many Rue21 brands they offer, which includes: rue21 etc!, tarea, rue plus size, ruebeaute!, CARBON elements, ruebleu Swim and rueGuy (About Rue 21). Pros and cons of Rue 21’s location types Rue 21 stores are located in three different location types: strip centers, regional malls and outlet centers. At the beginning of 2012, 52 percent of Rue 21’s stores were located in strip centers, 31 percent in regional malls, and 17 percent in outlet centers (Berman). A strip center can be described as a shopping center with many small stores and one or two larger anchor stores. These anchor stores could include Wal-Mart or Target. The benefit of Rue 21 having a store location here is that is convenient to
Hypothesis 2: It might be that Boston Pine Street Inn housing the chronically homeless for a longer period of time than need be, which caused Pine Street Inn to use more services helping them to sustain a functioning life.
The 33 is a film based on a true story/event about 33 men in Chile, who were trapped 2,300 feet underground for 69 days. The 33 miners were working in a copper and gold mine when it collapses. The film is about never giving up, and also It was about finding faith and hope in the toughest time when it all seems impossible. The miners only had a couple of tuna cans, cookies, and milk to last them three days' tops, but they made it last longer. The rescue team at last found them and provided them with food, clothes, and other things to makes the feel as comfortable as possible while still being stuck underground. The film is about finding a way to get to the miners before its too late while the whole world is watching the government's rescue team every move. The rescue team had nine dripping pipes from different countries to try to get to the minors without disrupting the heart of the mountain. Because if the they did, the big rock could fall straight into the refuge room where they were and killed them if they were already dead.
Daniel Solove writes in his article that the “nothing to hide” argument is a terrible argument, because privacy is important to everyone and everyone has something to hide. Solove writes that if you break the argument down to its core the argument means nothing. Solove addresses the argument for the “nothing to hide” belief by stating why some agree with the argument because the argument can be protection against acts of terror, then describing how the government knowing everything on someone can cause plenty of problems as he describes. Solove takes the explanation of privacy to a place that most people ,if not all ,can relate to just to define privacy more than the general consensus. Solove gave a few
Forever 21 stores tend to be the larger than Charlotte Russe stores according to their website. The average store is 38,000 square
According, the United State Census Bureau, the U.S. population is increasing, every eight seconds a child is born. With the population increasing sort of rapidly the construction of new neighborhoods it is going to be necessary to house these prospering families. Also, the establishment of stores are going to be needed. Therefore, neighborhood stores are going to become available and malls too, but they both are going to vary in certain aspects. Neighborhood stores are stores that provides accommodations to the locals. Malls, on the other hand, are large buildings made of multiple competitive retails stores. Nevertheless, neighborhood stores and malls seem very similar, but when looking at their square footages, remoteness from home, and marketability, they are quite different.
The Hudson’s Bay Company is higher end department store that offers high quality items. In Winnipeg, there are 3 locations; one in St. Vital which is known for their middle class shoppers. The second location is the Downtown location which is popular among the downtown workers who shop during their lunch break or after their work day is over. The downtown location was the largest location in Winnipeg, over the past few years, they have begun to diminution the size on their store, slowing decreasing the amount of floors they occupied. The third location is the Polo Park location which is located in an upper class shopping center. All of the three locations serve to a slightly different target market. The location that this paper will focus on is the Polo Park Hudson’s Bay. Polo Park Hudson’s Bay is located in an upper scale shopping mall. The shopping mall includes many upscale shopping stores. Polo Park Hudson’s Bay target is female shoppers with higher incomes. “The majority of our shoppers are females in who live in the River Heights area.”
The Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBzone) is a program created under the Small Business Reauthorization act of 1997. The goal of HUBzone is to “help small businesses in urban and rural communities gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities.” The program was designed so an increase in federal contract opportunities could in turn promote employment opportunities, investment, and economic development in designated HUBzones. HUBzones are defined as nonmetropolitan counties, qualified census tracts, and lands within an Indian reservation. In order to achieve this goal, almost all federal agencies are required to award 3% of prime contracts to businesses with HUBzone certification. Currently the federal government spends approximately $600 Billion on prime contracts that results in $18 billion in federal contracts awarded to HUBzone contractors. (SBA)
To gain a better understanding of the retail and commercial activity in the Toronto area, two different types of retail will be evaluated in the following report. The character, market orientation and location of a retail space all play crucial role in contributing to the success of the business. All three aspects of the retail spheres will be carefully assessed in order to make direct comparisons between the two types of retail businesses. The two retail systems that will be contrasted includes the ancillary retail system in downtown Toronto and the Retail Strip on Spadina, south of Baldwin.
Established in 1978, the Downtown Women’s Center (“DWC”) provides services to homeless and low income women in the heart of Los Angeles’s skid row. Its mission is to advocate ending homelessness for women. In 2012, DWC was named California’s Nonprofit of the year receiving the Governor’s Volunteering and Service Award. The Office of the Governor and California Volunteers recognize DWC’s extraordinary ability to engage community volunteers in ending homelessness for women.
For this assignment, I decided to visit Target while I was in New Braunfels to examine how they use adjacencies within both their women’s and men’s clothing section. As well as, seeing the career wear section for both sexes and how it is merchandised for the shopper. The retail industry is the kind of business that has a very high level of competition. Knowing this, retailers realize the importance of these attributes and why they are needed in order to create an ambience that will attract the market they are targeting. Merchandisers have strategically placed items together in hopes that shoppers will choose to grab that cardigan because it would go perfectly with the lace top that is placed next to it or that pair of leggings because it
The condition of Australian fashion retailers have been under-serviced and underwhelmed when it comes to fashion choice, especially in affordable variety (Wells 2013). There are only numerous fashion labels are available to dress 23 million people. In addition, the price cannot be compared to international brands’; the volumes produced by big international retailers like Zara and H&M are to service global market, unlike Sportsgirl or Country Road who produce much smaller volumes.
The most famous segment of “The Vinyl Café” are the “Dave and Morey Stories” written and read by Stuart McLean. These stories are about the fictional family of Dave, Morey, Stephanie, and Sam whose last names are never said. They can also feature some neighbors and pets. The family loves in contemporary Toronto, and they keep a jukebox in the living room.
The retail chains offer footwear, sporting goods, clothing, sportswear, home ware and accessories. The group operates in three segments namely Apparel, Home and Central Services.
“Thanks for your time and we appreciate you for bringing your concern to our attention. We understand your concern expressed in your post and we truly apologize for any inconvenience caused. However, you need to understand that ours is a family business and we strive to serve our community better and so we encourage our customers to bring their children, grandchildren to our children’s story hour. Regarding the concern, you have raised, we are currently evaluating various options and we may consider introducing a separate lounge area with pleasant ambience while keeping it away from the children play area while children can play and enjoy their story telling hour. We hope you as our valuable customer will understand. Thank you for your cooperation and patience for allowing us to serve our customers better.”
The hotels that we are writing about are The Ritz Carlton Singapore, the Intercontinental Singapore Hotel and the Marriott Singapore. Our main hotel will be the Ritz Carlton Singapore. We chose the hotels as they pose as prominent hotels in Singapore and they are also known overseas as well. Although they are quite similar, there are also several differences that can be seen as well. They are also very distinct in branding, and value their brands very highly. All three hotels boast amenities and services that will cater to a majority of their customers. As well as an experience that they believe we will value as customers.