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Phar-Mor laid off more than 16,000 employees, closed 200 stores, and filed for bankruptcy. • Phar-Mor emerged from Chapter 11 in 1995, its common stock traded on NASDAQ, and it in 2001 it operated 139 stores in 24 states under the names Phar-Mor Rx Place, and Pharmhouse. However, on September 24, 2001, Phar-Mor filed again for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure their operations in an effort to return to profitability. Phar-Mor’s securities have been delisted from the NASDAQ. • In late 1995,

organized retailing and growth in the consumption by the Indian population is going to take a higher growth trajectory. The Indian population is witnessing a significant change in its demographics. A large young working population with median age of 24 years, nuclear families in urban areas, along with increasing workingwomen population and emerging opportunities in the services sector are going to be the key growth drivers of the organized

Almost all banks have a wide variety of products to offer to the customers. There are regular transaction between the customer and the bank and therefore many notifications and records, that are required by both the bank and the customer for their satisfaction there are many requests that a customer makes that the bank has to oblige and thus keep records of the same in order to refer to them when ever required. It therefore goes with out saying that the banking sector any where in the world has

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Halmstad University School of Business and Engineering Business and Marketing Standardizing or Adapting the Marketing Mix across Culture A case study: Agatha Thesis in Marketing, 15 ECTS credits Final seminar: 25.05.2010 Authors : Elise MEYER (890511) Ingrid BERNIER (901218) Supervisor: Jean-Charles LANGUILAIRE Examiner: Roger STRÖM Summary of thesis Title: Standardizing or adapting the marketing mix across culture Authors: Ingrid Bernier and Elise Meyer Supervisor: Jean-Charles

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