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As Katie walked down the street to Bella's house, her only friend, she could barely walk without twitching from excitement. She had been accepted to Harvard. For all of her high school life she had worked her tail off with the hopes of getting in. For all her high school life she had skipped hang outs and parties to study. At that moment for Katie it felt like the world's weight had finally been lifted off her shoulders. After Katie rung the doorbell Bella opened the door Katie and saw that

the league, media, and fans. Then came January 18, 2015. The Patriots were hosting the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship game on a cool rainy Sunday evening. It was just a normal football game until halftime, were behind the scenes at Gillette Stadium, NFL officials were checking the air pressure of footballs. It was thought that the Patriots were deliberately deflating footballs. That moment spiraled into what many refer to as deflategate and becoming one of the leading stories not only in

From a young age, children are conditioned to always think about what they want to be when they grow up. Many of them dream to be a ballerina, firefighter, or an astronaut. With age comes maturity, and those aspirations pass, but simultaneously new, more realistic ones arise. To reach these new goals, these children work toward their dream through dedication, which can be seen in the studying or training they do. In today’s society females have more opportunity to do what they dream. There are young

t the M9-606-053 REV: APRIL 1, 2009 ZEYNEP TON VINCENT DESSAIN MONIKA STACHOWIAK-JOULAIN RFID at the METRO Group In early 2004, the METRO Group (Metro), Germany’s biggest retailer, announced its upcoming radio frequency identification (RFID) technology rollout at 250 stores and 10 warehouses, in collaboration with 100 suppliers. The news echoed throughout the retailing community. Previous similar announcements by Wal-Mart and Tesco had made it clear that some in the industry believed that

Product placement, or embedded marketing, is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of ads, such as movies, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the good or service is featured. Product placement became common in the 1980s. In April 2006, Broadcasting & Cable reported, "Two thirds of advertisers employ 'branded entertainment'—product placement—with the vast majority

Product placement, or embedded marketing, is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of ads, such as movies, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the good or service is featured. Product placement became common in the 1980s. In April 2006, Broadcasting & Cable reported, "Two thirds of advertisers employ 'branded entertainment'—product placement—with the vast majority

SMS12.4 paper 5 Does Sponsorship Pay Off pp352-364 KT2 20/7/11 21:23 Page 352 Does sponsorship pay off? An examination of the relationship between investment in sponsorship and business performance Keywords sponsorship spend investment business performance indicator Compound Annual Growth Rate Abstract CASE STUDY Jonathan A. Jensen Adjunct Professor Columbia College Chicago, 618 S. Michigan Avenue Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60605, USA Tel: + 312 933 2940 Email: jjensen@colum

The Value of Celebrity Endorsements: A Stock Market Perspective Haina Ding, Alexander Molchanov, Philip Stork1 Abstract Are celebrity endorsements worthwhile investments in advertising? To answer this question we analyze a unique sample of 101 announcements made between 1996 and 2008 by firms listed in the US. Internet is the main medium of communication for these announcements. We employ event study methodology and document statistically insignificant abnormal returns around the announcement

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is pleasure to acknowledge those who have contributed to this project directly or indirectly, though it will be still an inadequate appreciation of their contribution, we here by acknowledge the names of the people to whom we shall always remain grateful. We would sincerely like to express our gratitude to Mr. Ravjibhai Patel who gave us the grand opportunity to have Grand Project at Adani Supermarket. We would especially like to thank Mr. Manish Christian