Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins

Author: Marcia Layton Turner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471481181
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
An insightful look at how Kmart's management destroyed the company Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins spins an intriguing tale of the missteps of a retail giant who once had the industry in the palm of its hand and foolishly let it all slip away. This engaging book weaves corporate history in with financial analysis and commentary that leaves the reader with a better sense of where Kmart has been and what its potential is for a turnaround. This first in-depth examination of Kmart clearly identifies and discusses the ten missteps and miscalculations Kmart's CEOs have repeatedly made, including resisting investments in technology, brand mismanagement, and haphazard expansion, to name a few. Author Marcia Layton Turner taps many of her vast contacts within the retail business community to get the inside scoop on what really brought this once mighty retail giant to its knees. Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins is written for readers who find themselves wondering how a company with such bright prospects could end up filing for bankruptcy. Marcia Layton Turner (Rochester, NY) is the bestselling author of The Unofficial Guide to Starting a Small Business and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting Your Own Business. With an MBA in corporate strategy and marketing from the University of Michigan, she spent several years with Eastman Kodak in marketing and marketing communications. She is currently a freelance writer/author and ghostwriter for college-level business textbooks. Turner has also written for several top magazines and Web sites.

The Seven Deadly Sins

Author: Nakaba Suzuki
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1612629288
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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The Seven Deadly Sins

Author: Nakaba Suzuki
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1682338606
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE In order to protect the rest of The Seven Deadly Sins, Meliodas faces off against Gloxinia and Drole of The Ten Commandments alone. But just when he appears to have the upper hand, the remaining Commandments join the fray! Meliodas’s demonic powers are strong, but will he be able to prevail when it’s 10-versus-1? And when a secret from Meliodas’s past is revealed, will The Seven Deadly Sins stay by his side?

The Seven Deadly Sins

Author: Nakaba Suzuki
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1632360055
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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GIANT STEPS The seal is broken, and Gowther, the Sin of Lust, is revealed! The ruthless, elite Holy Knights known as the Roars of Dawn have tracked down the mysterious Armor Giant. They seem to have it cornered, but it hides a hair-raising secret! When they learn the truth, the Sins are befuddled, and the princess doubles her resolve! What decision has Meliodas made about the memories entrusted to him? When the countdown to the destruction of their world begins, the Sins rush back to the kingdom. The fuse is lit on the decisive battle!

The Seven Deadly Sins

Author: Nakaba Suzuki
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1682330230
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth—the Sins were framed by the king's guard, the Holy Knights—too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne! Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn't even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins' strength been exaggerated … ? Prepare to get swept away by an epic fantasy story and colorful cast of characters that will rewrite the history of manga as we know it!

The Seven Deadly Sins

Author: Nakaba Suzuki
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1682333264
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Ten Deadly Marketing Sins

Author: Philip Kotler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471662062
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Marketing's undisputed doyen offers an unbeatable guide on what not to do As the cost of marketing rises, its effectiveness is in decline. CEOs want a return on their marketing investment, but can't be sure their marketing efforts are even working. Truly, marketers have to shape up or watch their business go south. In this clear and comprehensive guide, renowned marketing expert Philip Kotler identifies the ten most common-and most damaging-mistakes marketers make, and how to avoid them. But these ten mistakes are much more than simple mess-ups; they're glaring deficiencies that prevent companies from succeeding in the marketplace. In Ten Deadly Marketing Sins, Kotler covers each sin in-depth in its own chapter and offers practical, proven guidance for reversing them. Marketers will learn how to stay market-focused and customer-driven, fully understand their customers, keep track of the competition, manage relationships with stakeholders, find new opportunities, develop effective marketing plans, strengthen product and service policies, build brands, get organized, and use technology to the fullest. Covering crucial topics every marketer must understand, Ten Deadly Marketing Sins is a must-have for anyone who want to remain competitive in an increasingly challenging marketplace. Packed with the kind of marketing wisdom only Kotler can provide, this is an indispensable resource for every company-and every marketer-who wants to develop better products, better marketing plans, and better customer relationships. Ten Deadly Marketing Sins is an unbeatable resource from the most respected thinker in modern marketing. Philip Kotler (Chicago, IL) is the S. C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and the author of 15 books, including Marketing Insights from A to Z (0-471-26867-4) and Lateral Marketing (0-471-45516-4), both published by Wiley.

Envy

Author: Joseph Epstein
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195158120
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
Malice that cannot speak its name, cold-blooded but secret hostility, impotent desire, hidden rancor and spite--all cluster at the center of envy. Envy clouds thought, writes Joseph Epstein, clobbers generosity, precludes any hope of serenity, and ends in shriveling the heart. Of the seven deadly sins, he concludes, only envy is no fun at all.Writing in a conversational, erudite, self-deprecating style that wears its learning lightly, Epstein takes us on a stimulating tour of the many faces of envy. He considers what great thinkers--such as John Rawls, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche--have written about envy; distinguishes between envy, yearning, jealousy, resentment, and schadenfreude ("a hardy perennial in the weedy garden of sour emotions"); and catalogs the many things that are enviable, including wealth, beauty, power, talent, knowledge and wisdom, extraordinary good luck, and youth (or as the title of Epstein's chapter on youth has it, "The Young, God Damn Them"). He looks at resentment in academia, where envy is mixed with snobbery, stirred by impotence, and played out against a background of cosmic injustice; and he offers a brilliant reading of Othello as a play more driven by Iago's envy than Othello's jealousy. He reveals that envy has a strong touch of malice behind it--the envious want to destroy the happiness of others. He suggests that envy of the astonishing success of Jews in Germany and Austria may have lurked behind the virulent anti-Semitism of the Nazis.As he proved in his best-selling Snobbery, Joseph Epstein has an unmatched ability to highlight our failings in a way that is thoughtful, provocative, and entertaining. If envy is no fun, Epstein's Envy is truly a joy to read.

Seven Deadly Sins 10

Author: Nakaba Suzuki
Publisher: Norma
ISBN: 8467954442
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : es
Pages : 194

Book Description
MELIODAS INTENTA RESCATAR A ELIZABETH, PRESA POR SUS ENEMIGOS, CUANDO DE REPENTE CONSIGUE UN NUEVO ALIADO... ¡La pretensión de Hendriksen, capitán de los Caballeros Sagrados, era resucitar a la raza de los demonios! Elizabeth y los Seven Deadly Sins se levantan contra él para impedírselo. Sin embargo, los Deadly Sins van cayendo, uno tras otro, ante la fuerza aplastante de Dreyfus y Helbram.

The Seven Deadly Sins

Author: Nakaba Suzuki
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1682333868
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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