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    Harold Gillies was a famous individual who was responsible for introducing many of these new surgical techniques into the medical world. Gillies was born in New Zealand in 1882. Gillies came from a wealthy family, and did not have a surgical background. He studied medicine at Cambridge University and became a Fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1910. Gillies joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as soon as WWI began. There he met a dentist named Valadier who specialized in repairing jaws.

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    After thirteen years of discomfort, Effy Redman can finally smile. Although there is no definitive cure for her facial paralysis condition, Moebius Syndrome, a plastic surgeon has fulfilled her long-awaited wish to express what “others in the world around [her conveyed] every day” (Effy Redman). Don’t actions like this undeniably capture the essence of true heroism? YES, this clearly denotes the virtuous qualities of heroes that plastic surgeons possess. Philip Zimbardo, the world renowned psychologist

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    world. However, in 1916, world war soldier and sailor Walter Yao suffered terrible facial injuries, including the loss of his upper and lower eyelids. By 1917, he received treatment from Sir Harold Gillies and became the first man to use the skin to replace damaged or remove extra skin. Later, Sir Harold Gillies became known as the father of plastic surgery, thus impacting the world for years to come. Although cosmetic surgery is used for restoration of self-esteem and to fix health issues; but it

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    whether to close down the lower-yielding domestic stores and concentrating on online and international expansion. Internal Assessment Abercrombie and Fitch is a “casual luxury” clothing band based in the United States. They have 3 distinct brands (Gilly Hicks, Hollister, abercrombie kids) that

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    Running head: STRATEGIES Diversification Strategies Pamela L. McGhee Dr. Kimberly Anthony The Business Enterprise – BUS 508 Strayer University, Savannah Campus 30 October 2011 Diversification IBM a Fortune 500 company celebrated its 100th birthday this past June. IBM employs over 400,000 employees and is considered to be a $100 billion dollar or more giant in e-business global marketing technology. With the inception of the computer, IBM’s core business was mainframe computers

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    “This is the story of Harold Crick, and his wrist watch”, (Voice over by Karen Eiffel, played by Emma Thompson). The sequence continues showing a typical mundane day for Harold Crick, (Played by Will Farrell), a Senior Agent for the Internal Revenue Service, and concludes showing Harold going to bed, then it cuts to show a man giving his son a bicycle as a gift, and a young woman searching the classified ads for a job. Throughout the sequence the voice over describes the way Harold approaches life.

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    Abercrombie and Fitch is widely known for placing their stores in high traffic shopping channels such as popular malls and plazas. A typical consumer would most likely find one of the brand’s main stores, Abercrombie & Fitch or Hollister Co., located in their local malls. Locating the store and products are not issues for the average consumer, but it is when they step foot into an establishment, just pass by it, would be where the problems arise. With the brand’s peak in the early 2000’s, stores

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    Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22. It has over 300 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally. The company also operates three offshoot brands: Abercrombie, Hollister Co., and Gilly Hicks. The company operated a post-collegiate brand, Ruehl No.925, that closed in early 2010. The company operates 1,073 stores across all four brands. The A&F brand has 316 locations in the United States, four in Canada, one in London, one in

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    Abercrombie & Fitch ANF Abercrombie & Fitch is an American company founded in 1892 and is known for its high quality merchandise. Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) has developed from a sporting goods store that sold guns, fishing rods, and other outdoor activity goods to a top performer in the retail industry. ANF continues to assess their financial situation and their marketing position as the firm continues to struggle to expand its brand with a high price margin. The company is a successful retail

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    This is a difficult question. Was changing their entire market strategy and including a new mission statement merely a rouse to increase profits after an embarrassing lawsuit or truly a desire to earnestly promote diversity? We can only speculate on this. However, the cold facts are that 50% of Abercrombie’s store associates are people of color, 75% of their Executive Vice Presidents are female, they have been listed for ten consecutive years as one of the best places to work for LGBT employees,

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