New Carryout Bag Law Case Study

The key issue faced by general manager Shelby Givens of Westlake Lanes is whether or not to maintain the current practices of the business or seek new alternatives. She must convince the board that within her allotted one year, progress has been made in improving the business and ultimately convince them that profitability is in the foreseeable future and that their personal debt will be repaid.

When attending a major sporting event or amusement park, the prices of food & drinks are always significantly more expensive than at an average convenience store or restaurant. There is no possibility that the food being purchased should cost that much, but these people are hungry & thirsty with no other choices, so they buy it anyway. Unfortunately, Grand Canyon University students deal with this on an everyday basis within the Lope Shops on campus. The approximate 15,500 students living on campus are forced to pay highly inflated prices for simple groceries at every available store on campus (Abraham, 2016, para. 2). GCU should lower the prices of groceries in on-campus shops or provide

The stores are tying to crack down on shoplifters by making the punishments as strict as possible. Shoplifting effects the community in a big way. The stores

Shoplifting is a prevalent crime within the United States that must be controlled by risk managers. During December of 2009, a Foot Locker in Atlanta, Georgia was robbed when “police arrested two adults and four juveniles in a smash and grab job.” (CBS Atlanta 1) Unlike employee theft, customer theft is limited to the $1,120,000,000 in merchandise inventory (“Balance Sheet”). Although the inventory and cash could potentially be recovered from the employee(s) or customer(s) through a lawsuit, as a risk manager I would need to take preventative action.

This case involves a male and female Hispanic, entering TJ Maxx during business hours, and concealing various items in their bags. The suspects attempted to leave the store without paying for the items. Loss Prevention Agent Sergio Castro made contact with the suspects at the front entrance and retrieved all of the loss except for a black Michael Kors purse, valued at $159.99.

Can you explain why the store did not take pictures of the incident scene and the plaintiffs’ shopping cart? This question would cast doubt on if the store was trying

However there are negative impacts that the 5p charge carries. Many people do not want to get charged for the 5p bag therefore they, would rather just carry their shopping, in either the shopping basket or

Estrela advised me that Walmart did not want to press charges against the defendant the second time he exited the store and concealed several items in his clothing. Estrela stated "We detained him before he actually exited all poins of sale the second time." Estrela advised me that Walmart did want to pursue criminal charges for the fraudulent return.

However the State of Louisiana will not have to pay out all that money. Apparently because the stores did not honor the $50

Case Analysis: Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co. Inc. (HBS Case 9 - 673 - 033)

Boots implemented a new method for customers to buy medicine. As opposed to earlier practices where medicines were stored behind a counter and an assistant would get what the customer wanted, the company allowed customers to pick drugs off the shelves and pay for them at the till. The Pharmaceutical Society objected to this practice and contended that Boots was in breach of s 18(1) of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933. The Act required pharmacist to supervise the sale of some products listed on the Acts schedule of poisons.

The objective of this report is to illustrate the effect of the implementation of a plastic bag tax in Australia. By providing a brief overview of issues, correlated with plastic bag consumption in conjunction with current and proposed changes to policies in Australia. Through the application of economic theory, it can determined whether a tax would decrease consumption and through supporting evidence indicating its efficiency when applied in practice.

I personally agree that the cause and effect of the decision is solely based on people bringing in their opioids. If they are not comfortable with doing this, then Walmarts decision will catch fire in their face. Disposing drugs in a retail store may not be suitable for the individual doing the disposing. They might not want to change their environment, for which they do their business. It could work in for reducing the overall wrong disposal of the opioids, but i do

Case Analysis: Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co. Inc. (HBS Case 9 - 673 - 033)

Plastic bags are not needed to carry items people buy from the stores. There are plenty of other ways to carry items that are bought from the store. For example, people can bring their own bags from home. They can also use tote bags instead that can be reused. Tote shopping bags are a more efficient way to carry items. Tote shopping bags made of canvas or jute which is a natural fiber. There are also times when people go to the store and only buy a couple of things. Therefore, they don't need a bag because they can carry their things with their hands.