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I agree with many of your points and am curious what you think the better combination is. Another question may be why would McDonalds/Coinstar want to sell?
Here is one potential buyer: PayPal/Ebay. The purpose would be to showcase mobile payments.
You have this backwards.. Redbox should buy blockbuster.. convert all those Blockbuster retail outlets into Redbox lounges by installing like 10 networked Redbox kiosks inside each to keep offering the full blockbuster selection and just doing away with the staff.. put in a sofa and a widescreen so folks could watch trailers at their leisure….. then in phase 2.. Redbox sells off all that commerial real estate wtih one requirement.. Redbox can maintain at least one kiosk at that site forever..
Look at you’ll….Your wanting to take away more jobs from Americans and give more to the already rich corporations! you people make me sick!
Don’t make a deal with the devil, Redbox.
Well, I just started using Redbox a few weeks ago after seeing it in Wal-Mart and hearing friends sing its praises for over a month. I decided to give it a try – and I love it! Now I’ve got more friends started using it too!
See, I used to work for Blockbuster and it was during that transitional time when they got rid of “late fees” and started Blockbuster Online and all that. I remember the first day I had to sort out all the returned-by-mail movies and get new ones ready to be shipped out. Blockbuster has definitely TRIED to keep up with progress. I’ve even had their “Rewards” program for the last 2 years and got more than my share of free movies every month (without buying anything more than the $10 Rewards card – I learned a few tricks of the trade).
But with all that, I can just say that Blockbuster is going down. Their prices are sky high. Their selection is still the best (for non-online vendors), but you can buy an old movie off eBay for the same price you’d rent one there.
I agree with what someone else said, Blockbuster shouldn’t be able to afford Redbox. Redbox is just so much better. If Blockbuster DID manage to buy Redbox, they’d probably jack up the rental prices.
The idea of Redbox buying Blockbuster and converting all the Blockbuster stores into Redbox lounges really isn’t a bad idea. That’s the only thing Redbox lacks – a decent selection of older titles. For probably a small rental price (or more crowding of current locations), they can have specialized Redbox kiosks, like “Classics” (meaning all good older movies, not just movies from the 50s), “Sci-Fi”, “Action”, whatever. They still wouldn’t have to pay employees (beyond the basics), but they’d be able to further eat into Blockbuster’s customer base that way and gain more loyalty from their own customer base.
The lounge idea sounds great. You still could have the lounge managed by and employee or two (one during slow times, two at peak). They could be Movie Experts or something along the lines of the Genius from the Apple Store. Besides monitoring the kiosks, they could be there to suggest films. They also could sell the extras like sodas, candy, chips, etc.
The idea of having kiosks for new releases, comedies, classics, dramas, indies, foreign, documentaries, etc. is great. But, another great thing would be game kiosks (360, PS3, and Wii).
I also think that you could do a unlimited package with kiosks, where rather than pay $1/day, you simply pay the monthly fee.
One other possibilty (and McDonald’s wouldn’t like it) would be for Blockbuster to sell dinner to go (pizzas — perhaps just take n bake) inside their stores, with the kiosks in what normally would be the dining area.
Regardless, I think Blockbuster ultimately be forced to change the direction with its B&M stores. This would be one way to change their footprint.
Redbox doesn’t need blockbuster to grow their business. Their kiosks are better business model than any traditional video store. What Readbox needs is securing strategic locations where traffic is stopping, like airports, hospitals, gas stations, places outside all the hotels and motels, any places where there are people waiting for unrelated services and having time to kill.
NO, NO, NO…it would be a tragedy to sell, in my opinion. I agree with Mikey above…we like you just the way you are!
nooooooooooooooo REDBOX it’s just fine the way it is, i try blockbuster before and i didn’t like it at all, in the other hand i love redbox and would not change it for nothing!!! Redbox is just so much better.
Please listen up folks…………NO! No Way! No Way in Hell !!! Should Redbox sell………………..just keep improving what you already have to offer and forget Blockbuster, unless Redbox has a desire to purchase Blockbuster/Netflex to enlarge Redbox’s service/business. For now we love you Redbox just the way you are……..
I say keep the red box and keep teaming up with grocery stores, McDonalds, and wal-mart to house them….not block busters.
The only contract I would take out with blockbusters, if I were red box, would be one to house and possibly fill the machines…I wouldn’t let blockbuster buy them, but you could team up under contract for blockbuster staff to fill them and even have one at blockbusters for customer convenience, then give blockbusters a kickback on % of sales….
NO Blockbuster shouldn’t touch Red Box. Maybe Red Box could do online renting of older movies and keep the Red Box ease of use for the newer movies.
If a big company like them gets hold of this it may morph into something UGLY.
Blockbuster won’t buy redbox, they’re currently offering $1 billion for circuit city.
Leave Redbox alone; it works great. Why turn something good over to a company that is doing so poorly?
leave the redbox alone. blockbuster will raise the prices.
I don’t think it will be a reality because from what I underestand, Redbox pretty much breaks even on the video rental end. Their main income comes from leasing the kiosks to retail stores, who uses them as traffic generators. McDonald’s gets two visits for each rental transaction — one to rent the movie, another to return it. That’s TWO chances to sell you a Coke, Coffee, or even bring home dinner.
Someone suggested putting Redbox’s in airports, hotels, etc. That wouldn’t fit their busiess model, as you are already going to be at the airport anyway — having a Redbox there doesn’t lure you to the airport vs. the train station or driving your own vehicle.
Second, having a rental lounge staffed with employees would not work – employees could dispense videos from racks much more inexpensively than costly machines, so you’re back to a plain ol’ retail locaction.
McDonald’s would be very unlikely–at least while there are Redbox’s inside of McDonald’s stores–to allow them to sell drinks, chips, etc, as that would compete with their food business, and if you still had the ability to rent/return anywhere, McDs would be losing traffic generation benefits, while redbox would be competing with them in food sales. McDonald’s at one time saw retailers that sold microwave ovens as competitors, as it was a means for people to get hot food fast, vs. running down the street to the golden arches.
Don’t forget, that most of Redbox’s founders are former McDonald’s executives — While they owe no allegience to McDonald’s, there are undoubtedly many unwritten agreements that exist. Don’t forget that McDonald’s is MUCH larger a corporation than Redbox — they could crush Redbox if they wanted to. This is a company who has been known to buy real estate and open a location and sell dime hamburgers across the street from a licencee that had fallen from favor.
I think that Blockbuster is a dinosaur. As such, it should go the way of dinosaurs. Part of my feeling stems from Blockbuster’s unfriendly treatment of Director’s in the way it arbitrarily edited movies without consent. But also it charges way too much for rentals when there are so many better options such as Redbox and Netflix.
Now Blockbuster wants to buy Circuit City and Redbox? I think Redbox can do better and so can Circuit City. Perhaps they should get together and buy Blockbuster?
if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! i’m very pleased with red box. there are enough movies and the price is right. if blockbuster puts there fingers in the pie; forget about the price and convenience. no to blockbuster!
the idea of having 2 redbox at a location is great.
i would like to see more old clasics..gone with the wind,humphry bogart,jimmy cagney the 30 and 40 movies like tntetc.
I actually think combining an electronics retailer and Circuit City might not be a bad move. Circuit City is in serious need of restructuring, as it really can’t compete with Best Buy.
I really don’t think BBI will try and ruin the convenience of Redbox. Several years ago, BBI purchased an online DVD store based in Phoenix. They actually improved on that company’s offering and came up with a viable competitor to Netflix.
At this point, BBI could buy DVDPlay, The New Release, or any of the other kiosk businesses OR buy Redbox OR start their own.
By getting into home electronics, Blockbuster can cross market DVD/Blu-Ray players for DVD rentals, consoles for game rentals, its STB for Movielink, portable players for Movielink, and televisions to bring it all together. It could put Blockbuster video stores directly into existing Circuit City stores — which would put it a step ahead of Best Buy. Or, it could put Blockbuster-branded kiosks into Circuit City. The Blockbuster stores could tap Circuit City’s inventory for its own stores. The possibilities are limitless.
Oh, and a rental from BBI is cheaper than a rental from Comcast OnDemand … by about 50 cents. Plus, I get 9 (2+7) to 14 days (7+7) to return the movie. Simple as that. Plus, I like to use BBI to acquire hard to find films.
On the surface Redbox is cheaper. $1/night, but I have had my latest rentals since last Tuesday. Guess what? I could have rented the movies for less at Blockbuster.
Guess what? You could have taken them back a lot earlier too…..HELLO!!
NO. i had more trouble with blockbuster and none with you. don’t ruin a good thing. PLEASE!
Please!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All they would do is jack the price up. Don’t mess with this great thing!!!!!!!
It would be a shame to mess up a good thing. There are a lot of people on limited budgets and REDBOX has been a welcome breath of fresh air. To sell to blockbuster would mean the end of a very good thing, because they would raise prices. The old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” surely applies here.
Please do not sell out to Blockbuster! I’m barely able to make ends meet on a limited income and if it weren’t for Redbox, I wouldn’t be able to rent DVDs at all. With Redbox, I am able to rent a different movie each week for LESS than one single rental from Blockbuster. Four movies for less than the price of one…? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out!
As this country moves further into a recession, every penny counts. Redbox is and will be a godsend for those feeling the financial crunch. Blockbuster executives are well aware they may be out of a job once the recession in “full bloom” so trying to corner the market by having a monopoly is in “their” best interest, not the public’s.
Do not sell out to the “big guys”! Keep Redbox the way it was intended: friendly, affordable and fun!
I feel that they are both different places. Blockbuster has tons of copies of a movie while redbox has only one or two. Sometimes it is hard to get a new movie from redbox because they dont have it. I think it should remain the way it is but redbox should put more machines in even more places.
#1: User goes onto Redbox website (or maybe kiosk-based selection) to select a movie they want to watch which isn’t currently in stock.
#2: Redbox checks other semi-local Redbox locations to see if an existing hard copy could be shipped/brought in within a couple days.
Would not want Blockbuster to buy Redbox. Agree with comments they would just jack up prices and mess things up.
Think the ideas of a Redbox lounge with multiple kiosks or a burn on demand machine for non-stocked titles would be good ideas, but both would require big capital outlays for new equipment or buildings and staff. Living in a town with both video stores going bankrupt within a couple of weeks of each other, I really appreciate the RedBox machines to get just the movies I want when I want them for a minimal rental charge or sometimes for free with a discount code.
No buying of redbox by blockbusters. The media mass monopoly of buying and taking over is getting ridiculously out of hand. One of the viewers is correct in stating that Redbox is friendly affordable and fun. In times of recession this is the only affordable entertainment left.
Blockbuster is a waste. Redbox should never let them buy out. 1st if it’s online renting netflix is better the movies come in about the same time when shipping. however blockbuster is only ships mon-fri netflix is mon- sat. Netflix on the 8 plan i am getting about 16 a week, on blockbuster i was on the 3 unlimited in store plan and still only getting like 5 a week. that’s something else if you have the instore you return it and the next bussiness day they will ship out. That’s not true. On the week end i would have all in and monday 1 would be shipped and tuesday 1 and wednesday 1. sometimes it was friday before they even sent out the one from the weekend. When calling and complianing all they said was sometimes after the weekend we get busy. But a whole week? come on. And if your talking about the in-store deals. On blockbusters unlimited 2 at a time 29.99 there’s one better hollywood video has 3 at a time for 14.99 just not the hot new releases or everything in the store 3 at a time for the same price as blockbuster 29.99. So again blockbuster has been beaten again. with blockbuster i got more cracked dvd in the mail then with netflix and with the store i have gotten more really bad scratched dvd then hollywood video. So in every part of the dvd business blockbuster is a waste of time, there is better and cheaper where ever you look. Even with the instore rewards program which is none like anyone i have found yet, theres still problems. The one free every month you have to have a transaction to get the free one, so buy something. Rent 5 get one well max 2 a month, there’s no trick there. And once you mon, tues, and wed rent one get one, no trick here. each rental costs 4.65 or around that it’s 4.50 plus tax where I go. Ok so if you use your 10 rentals on mon-wed you get 12 after paying for 5 plus the free one which you get after getting something you will pay 46.25 for 23 dvd’s which is 2.01 per disc. Still not as good as renting from redbox. So it a nutshell STAY AWAY FROM BLOCKBUSTER. There’s someone better no mater what you want to do.

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i agree with many of your points and am curious what you think the better combination is. another question may be why would mcdonalds/coinstar want to sell?
here is one potential buyer: paypal/ebay. the purpose would be to showcase mobile payments.
you have this backwards.. redbox should buy blockbuster.. convert all those blockbuster retail outlets into redbox lounges by installing like 10 networked redbox kiosks inside each to keep offering the full blockbuster selection and just doing away with the staff.. put in a sofa and a widescreen so folks could watch trailers at their leisure….. then in phase 2.. redbox sells off all that commerial real estate wtih one requirement.. redbox can maintain at least one kiosk at that site forever..
look at you’ll….your wanting to take away more jobs from americans and give more to the already rich corporations! you people make me sick!
don’t make a deal with the devil, redbox.
well, i just started using redbox a few weeks ago after seeing it in wal-mart and hearing friends sing its praises for over a month. i decided to give it a try – and i love it! now i’ve got more friends started using it too!
see, i used to work for blockbuster and it was during that transitional time when they got rid of “late fees” and started blockbuster online and all that. i remember the first day i had to sort out all the returned-by-mail movies and get new ones ready to be shipped out. blockbuster has definitely tried to keep up with progress. i’ve even had their “rewards” program for the last 2 years and got more than my share of free movies every month (without buying anything more than the $10 rewards card – i learned a few tricks of the trade).
but with all that, i can just say that blockbuster is going down. their prices are sky high. their selection is still the best (for non-online vendors), but you can buy an old movie off ebay for the same price you’d rent one there.
i agree with what someone else said, blockbuster shouldn’t be able to afford redbox. redbox is just so much better. if blockbuster did manage to buy redbox, they’d probably jack up the rental prices.
the idea of redbox buying blockbuster and converting all the blockbuster stores into redbox lounges really isn’t a bad idea. that’s the only thing redbox lacks – a decent selection of older titles. for probably a small rental price (or more crowding of current locations), they can have specialized redbox kiosks, like “classics” (meaning all good older movies, not just movies from the 50s), “sci-fi”, “action”, whatever. they still wouldn’t have to pay employees (beyond the basics), but they’d be able to further eat into blockbuster’s customer base that way and gain more loyalty from their own customer base.
the lounge idea sounds great. you still could have the lounge managed by and employee or two (one during slow times, two at peak). they could be movie experts or something along the lines of the genius from the apple store. besides monitoring the kiosks, they could be there to suggest films. they also could sell the extras like sodas, candy, chips, etc.
the idea of having kiosks for new releases, comedies, classics, dramas, indies, foreign, documentaries, etc. is great. but, another great thing would be game kiosks (360, ps3, and wii).
i also think that you could do a unlimited package with kiosks, where rather than pay $1/day, you simply pay the monthly fee.
one other possibilty (and mcdonald’s wouldn’t like it) would be for blockbuster to sell dinner to go (pizzas — perhaps just take n bake) inside their stores, with the kiosks in what normally would be the dining area.
regardless, i think blockbuster ultimately be forced to change the direction with its b&m stores. this would be one way to change their footprint.
redbox doesn’t need blockbuster to grow their business. their kiosks are better business model than any traditional video store. what readbox needs is securing strategic locations where traffic is stopping, like airports, hospitals, gas stations, places outside all the hotels and motels, any places where there are people waiting for unrelated services and having time to kill.
no, no, no…it would be a tragedy to sell, in my opinion. i agree with mikey above…we like you just the way you are!
nooooooooooooooo redbox it’s just fine the way it is, i try blockbuster before and i didn’t like it at all, in the other hand i love redbox and would not change it for nothing!!! redbox is just so much better.
please listen up folks…………no! no way! no way in hell !!! should redbox sell………………..just keep improving what you already have to offer and forget blockbuster, unless redbox has a desire to purchase blockbuster/netflex to enlarge redbox’s service/business. for now we love you redbox just the way you are……..
i say keep the red box and keep teaming up with grocery stores, mcdonalds, and wal-mart to house them….not block busters.
the only contract i would take out with blockbusters, if i were red box, would be one to house and possibly fill the machines…i wouldn’t let blockbuster buy them, but you could team up under contract for blockbuster staff to fill them and even have one at blockbusters for customer convenience, then give blockbusters a kickback on % of sales….
no blockbuster shouldn’t touch red box. maybe red box could do online renting of older movies and keep the red box ease of use for the newer movies.
if a big company like them gets hold of this it may morph into something ugly.
blockbuster won’t buy redbox, they’re currently offering $1 billion for circuit city.
leave redbox alone; it works great. why turn something good over to a company that is doing so poorly?
leave the redbox alone. blockbuster will raise the prices.
i don’t think it will be a reality because from what i underestand, redbox pretty much breaks even on the video rental end. their main income comes from leasing the kiosks to retail stores, who uses them as traffic generators. mcdonald’s gets two visits for each rental transaction — one to rent the movie, another to return it. that’s two chances to sell you a coke, coffee, or even bring home dinner.
someone suggested putting redbox’s in airports, hotels, etc. that wouldn’t fit their busiess model, as you are already going to be at the airport anyway — having a redbox there doesn’t lure you to the airport vs. the train station or driving your own vehicle.
second, having a rental lounge staffed with employees would not work – employees could dispense videos from racks much more inexpensively than costly machines, so you’re back to a plain ol’ retail locaction.
mcdonald’s would be very unlikely–at least while there are redbox’s inside of mcdonald’s stores–to allow them to sell drinks, chips, etc, as that would compete with their food business, and if you still had the ability to rent/return anywhere, mcds would be losing traffic generation benefits, while redbox would be competing with them in food sales. mcdonald’s at one time saw retailers that sold microwave ovens as competitors, as it was a means for people to get hot food fast, vs. running down the street to the golden arches.
don’t forget, that most of redbox’s founders are former mcdonald’s executives — while they owe no allegience to mcdonald’s, there are undoubtedly many unwritten agreements that exist. don’t forget that mcdonald’s is much larger a corporation than redbox — they could crush redbox if they wanted to. this is a company who has been known to buy real estate and open a location and sell dime hamburgers across the street from a licencee that had fallen from favor.
i think that blockbuster is a dinosaur. as such, it should go the way of dinosaurs. part of my feeling stems from blockbuster’s unfriendly treatment of director’s in the way it arbitrarily edited movies without consent. but also it charges way too much for rentals when there are so many better options such as redbox and netflix.
now blockbuster wants to buy circuit city and redbox? i think redbox can do better and so can circuit city. perhaps they should get together and buy blockbuster?
if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! i’m very pleased with red box. there are enough movies and the price is right. if blockbuster puts there fingers in the pie; forget about the price and convenience. no to blockbuster!
the idea of having 2 redbox at a location is great.
i would like to see more old clasics..gone with the wind,humphry bogart,jimmy cagney the 30 and 40 movies like tntetc.
i actually think combining an electronics retailer and circuit city might not be a bad move. circuit city is in serious need of restructuring, as it really can’t compete with best buy.
i really don’t think bbi will try and ruin the convenience of redbox. several years ago, bbi purchased an online dvd store based in phoenix. they actually improved on that company’s offering and came up with a viable competitor to netflix.
at this point, bbi could buy dvdplay, the new release, or any of the other kiosk businesses or buy redbox or start their own.
by getting into home electronics, blockbuster can cross market dvd/blu-ray players for dvd rentals, consoles for game rentals, its stb for movielink, portable players for movielink, and televisions to bring it all together. it could put blockbuster video stores directly into existing circuit city stores — which would put it a step ahead of best buy. or, it could put blockbuster-branded kiosks into circuit city. the blockbuster stores could tap circuit city’s inventory for its own stores. the possibilities are limitless.
oh, and a rental from bbi is cheaper than a rental from comcast ondemand … by about 50 cents. plus, i get 9 (2+7) to 14 days (7+7) to return the movie. simple as that. plus, i like to use bbi to acquire hard to find films.
on the surface redbox is cheaper. $1/night, but i have had my latest rentals since last tuesday. guess what? i could have rented the movies for less at blockbuster.
guess what? you could have taken them back a lot earlier too…..hello!!
no. i had more trouble with blockbuster and none with you. don’t ruin a good thing. please!
please!!!!!!! no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all they would do is jack the price up. don’t mess with this great thing!!!!!!!
it would be a shame to mess up a good thing. there are a lot of people on limited budgets and redbox has been a welcome breath of fresh air. to sell to blockbuster would mean the end of a very good thing, because they would raise prices. the old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” surely applies here.
please do not sell out to blockbuster! i’m barely able to make ends meet on a limited income and if it weren’t for redbox, i wouldn’t be able to rent dvds at all. with redbox, i am able to rent a different movie each week for less than one single rental from blockbuster. four movies for less than the price of one…? it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out!
as this country moves further into a recession, every penny counts. redbox is and will be a godsend for those feeling the financial crunch. blockbuster executives are well aware they may be out of a job once the recession in “full bloom” so trying to corner the market by having a monopoly is in “their” best interest, not the public’s.
do not sell out to the “big guys”! keep redbox the way it was intended: friendly, affordable and fun!
i feel that they are both different places. blockbuster has tons of copies of a movie while redbox has only one or two. sometimes it is hard to get a new movie from redbox because they dont have it. i think it should remain the way it is but redbox should put more machines in even more places.
#1: user goes onto redbox website (or maybe kiosk-based selection) to select a movie they want to watch which isn’t currently in stock.
#2: redbox checks other semi-local redbox locations to see if an existing hard copy could be shipped/brought in within a couple days.
would not want blockbuster to buy redbox. agree with comments they would just jack up prices and mess things up.
think the ideas of a redbox lounge with multiple kiosks or a burn on demand machine for non-stocked titles would be good ideas, but both would require big capital outlays for new equipment or buildings and staff. living in a town with both video stores going bankrupt within a couple of weeks of each other, i really appreciate the redbox machines to get just the movies i want when i want them for a minimal rental charge or sometimes for free with a discount code.
no buying of redbox by blockbusters. the media mass monopoly of buying and taking over is getting ridiculously out of hand. one of the viewers is correct in stating that redbox is friendly affordable and fun. in times of recession this is the only affordable entertainment left.
blockbuster is a waste. redbox should never let them buy out. 1st if it’s online renting netflix is better the movies come in about the same time when shipping. however blockbuster is only ships mon-fri netflix is mon- sat. netflix on the 8 plan i am getting about 16 a week, on blockbuster i was on the 3 unlimited in store plan and still only getting like 5 a week. that’s something else if you have the instore you return it and the next bussiness day they will ship out. that’s not true. on the week end i would have all in and monday 1 would be shipped and tuesday 1 and wednesday 1. sometimes it was friday before they even sent out the one from the weekend. when calling and complianing all they said was sometimes after the weekend we get busy. but a whole week? come on. and if your talking about the in-store deals. on blockbusters unlimited 2 at a time 29.99 there’s one better hollywood video has 3 at a time for 14.99 just not the hot new releases or everything in the store 3 at a time for the same price as blockbuster 29.99. so again blockbuster has been beaten again. with blockbuster i got more cracked dvd in the mail then with netflix and with the store i have gotten more really bad scratched dvd then hollywood video. so in every part of the dvd business blockbuster is a waste of time, there is better and cheaper where ever you look. even with the instore rewards program which is none like anyone i have found yet, theres still problems. the one free every month you have to have a transaction to get the free one, so buy something. rent 5 get one well max 2 a month, there’s no trick there. and once you mon, tues, and wed rent one get one, no trick here. each rental costs 4.65 or around that it’s 4.50 plus tax where i go. ok so if you use your 10 rentals on mon-wed you get 12 after paying for 5 plus the free one which you get after getting something you will pay 46.25 for 23 dvd’s which is 2.01 per disc. still not as good as renting from redbox. so it a nutshell stay away from blockbuster. there’s someone better no mater what you want to do.


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when you arrive at your walt disney world resort, you can leave your carry-on bags with bell services; we do this all the time! we often arrive from the cold, wintry north, so we leave our winter coats, long pants (hats, gloves, etc.) along with our carry-on items at bell services.
they'll be happy to give you claim ticket, with the number of items left with them, and you are free to roam the parks without the extra baggage. upon your return, simply head to bell services, hand them your claim ticket and they'll be happy to help bring your belongings to your room.
have a wonderful trip! be sure to send any additional questions as you think of them! we love to help!


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This term Jack Abis and Fraser Bohm in Year 11 organised a House Photography competition based on the theme of ‘Mankind’ with the opportunity for students winning points for their houses. This is the first time this competition has been run and has received a very positive reaction with photographs being entered from across all years. We hope this competition will continue to grow and become a regular house competition.
The entries will be judged by the Head of Art, Mrs Austin and the winners of Key Stage 3 and 4 will be announced shortly.

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this term jack abis and fraser bohm in year 11 organised a house photography competition based on the theme of ‘mankind’ with the opportunity for students winning points for their houses. this is the first time this competition has been run and has received a very positive reaction with photographs being entered from across all years. we hope this competition will continue to grow and become a regular house competition.
the entries will be judged by the head of art, mrs austin and the winners of key stage 3 and 4 will be announced shortly.


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Does your business have a reverse logistics plan?
The traditional consumption linear supply chain model of the “make, buy, throw away” lifestyle of the 1950’s underwent a societal value shift when governments around the world, recognizing the growing issues with landfills, enacted legislation for waste management.
This resulted in the development of reduce, reuse and recycle programs. Regulations and consumer awareness have businesses adopting reuse and recycling practices and examining the potential value that could be gained from managing product returns.
The same capabilities used in the forward supply chain can’t be leveraged in reverse logistics…reverse logistics requires different processes, technology, capabilities, and expertise. It’s more of a network model.
Reverse supply chain, also referred to as reverse logistics, is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the collection of products and packaging, post-consumer, in order to recover value and optimize potential benefits for the organization. The forward supply chain may use the reverse supply chain to handle problem inventory.
This content is an excerpt from the FITTskills Inventory Management online workshop. Sign up today to learn how to save money and make your business more agile by reducing your amount of idle inventory!
Today’s forward supply chain has grown in complexity with offshoring, outsourcing, strategic procurement and inventory management innovations. This innovative mindset has been applied to an increasingly sophisticated reverse supply chain.
Today’s businesses are obtaining value and changing practices to control what happens to their products after customer/consumer use. Product components or finished products are collected, sorted and returned to suppliers, manufacturers or retailers. Reverse supply chains close the loop with forward supply chains, giving rise to what is now being referred to as circular supply chains.
Effective reverse logistics can also be critically important when organizations need to recall a product. Organizations are obligated to manage product recalls when a product poses an unacceptable risk to consumer health or safety, or fails to comply with legislation, such as labelling. Managing recalls can be costly. A good recall process mitigates risk and maximizes the efficiency of product removal from the market.
Effective product return strategies and programs can result in increased revenues, lower costs, improved profitability and enhanced levels of customer service.
Companies can ensure good customer service and cut the costs associated with product returns by establishing returns policies and strategies.
Suppliers that provide raw materials or components will have products returned because they do not meet the specifications of their customers. Typically, terms of returns of raw materials or components from suppliers are negotiated in procurement contracts.
Reverse logistics involves the process of negotiating, developing and implementing the means for products to be returned for repair, refurbishment, recycling or disposal. In reverse logistics, businesses do not initiate the logistics flow; it is activated by the actions of consumers or other downstream channels.
Organizations must establish a return system that is consistent with business aims in order to optimize resources, manage assets and ultimately ensure profitability.
Organizations must examine the social environment and consider consumer preferences and service expectations. A sustainable return system will include waste reduction strategies, such as redesigned packaging that uses less material and improves on shipping efficiencies, or determining a process that minimizes the number of transit points for return sand identifying returns that can be resold or repurposed.
When an organization accepts a return, it must have a policy for either refunding the price of the product or issuing a credit to be used against future purchases. The policy that is decided on will depend on the organization’s financial status, size, customer and business strategy.
Customers prefer a straight refund, but smaller companies might not be able to provide this, especially if the number of returns in an accounting period is much larger than anticipated.
Where a company is dealing with a large customer, such as a retailer, logging a credit against a future order or making a direct bank transfer are the easiest methods of refunding the cost of the returned products. The actual amounts to be refunded and the refund method must be defined in contracts that are negotiated between companies and the customers they are supplying.
When individual customers must be refunded, the method by which a refund is provided is determined by how the customer paid for the item. Companies may charge a handling or shipping fee. Customers should be informed of this and of the estimated time lag between submitting a product for refund and dispatch of the payment. This lag time will enable the company to examine the product to ensure it was returned legitimately and to process the payment.
Innovations in reverse logistics have some organizations working proactively with customers for asset retirement. These organizations provide opportunities for customers to bring back their old product and receive a payment that can be put towards the purchase of a new product. The retired product can be used for parts or refurbished and resold.
Interested in a broader look at managing your company’s supply chain and logistics to mitigate risks, reduce costs and improve efficiency throughout every stage of your global value chain? Get started with FITTskills Global Value Chain online course today!

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does your business have a reverse logistics plan?
the traditional consumption linear supply chain model of the “make, buy, throw away” lifestyle of the 1950’s underwent a societal value shift when governments around the world, recognizing the growing issues with landfills, enacted legislation for waste management.
this resulted in the development of reduce, reuse and recycle programs. regulations and consumer awareness have businesses adopting reuse and recycling practices and examining the potential value that could be gained from managing product returns.
the same capabilities used in the forward supply chain can’t be leveraged in reverse logistics…reverse logistics requires different processes, technology, capabilities, and expertise. it’s more of a network model.
reverse supply chain, also referred to as reverse logistics, is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the collection of products and packaging, post-consumer, in order to recover value and optimize potential benefits for the organization. the forward supply chain may use the reverse supply chain to handle problem inventory.
this content is an excerpt from the fittskills inventory management online workshop. sign up today to learn how to save money and make your business more agile by reducing your amount of idle inventory!
today’s forward supply chain has grown in complexity with offshoring, outsourcing, strategic procurement and inventory management innovations. this innovative mindset has been applied to an increasingly sophisticated reverse supply chain.
today’s businesses are obtaining value and changing practices to control what happens to their products after customer/consumer use. product components or finished products are collected, sorted and returned to suppliers, manufacturers or retailers. reverse supply chains close the loop with forward supply chains, giving rise to what is now being referred to as circular supply chains.
effective reverse logistics can also be critically important when organizations need to recall a product. organizations are obligated to manage product recalls when a product poses an unacceptable risk to consumer health or safety, or fails to comply with legislation, such as labelling. managing recalls can be costly. a good recall process mitigates risk and maximizes the efficiency of product removal from the market.
effective product return strategies and programs can result in increased revenues, lower costs, improved profitability and enhanced levels of customer service.
companies can ensure good customer service and cut the costs associated with product returns by establishing returns policies and strategies.
suppliers that provide raw materials or components will have products returned because they do not meet the specifications of their customers. typically, terms of returns of raw materials or components from suppliers are negotiated in procurement contracts.
reverse logistics involves the process of negotiating, developing and implementing the means for products to be returned for repair, refurbishment, recycling or disposal. in reverse logistics, businesses do not initiate the logistics flow; it is activated by the actions of consumers or other downstream channels.
organizations must establish a return system that is consistent with business aims in order to optimize resources, manage assets and ultimately ensure profitability.
organizations must examine the social environment and consider consumer preferences and service expectations. a sustainable return system will include waste reduction strategies, such as redesigned packaging that uses less material and improves on shipping efficiencies, or determining a process that minimizes the number of transit points for return sand identifying returns that can be resold or repurposed.
when an organization accepts a return, it must have a policy for either refunding the price of the product or issuing a credit to be used against future purchases. the policy that is decided on will depend on the organization’s financial status, size, customer and business strategy.
customers prefer a straight refund, but smaller companies might not be able to provide this, especially if the number of returns in an accounting period is much larger than anticipated.
where a company is dealing with a large customer, such as a retailer, logging a credit against a future order or making a direct bank transfer are the easiest methods of refunding the cost of the returned products. the actual amounts to be refunded and the refund method must be defined in contracts that are negotiated between companies and the customers they are supplying.
when individual customers must be refunded, the method by which a refund is provided is determined by how the customer paid for the item. companies may charge a handling or shipping fee. customers should be informed of this and of the estimated time lag between submitting a product for refund and dispatch of the payment. this lag time will enable the company to examine the product to ensure it was returned legitimately and to process the payment.
innovations in reverse logistics have some organizations working proactively with customers for asset retirement. these organizations provide opportunities for customers to bring back their old product and receive a payment that can be put towards the purchase of a new product. the retired product can be used for parts or refurbished and resold.
interested in a broader look at managing your company’s supply chain and logistics to mitigate risks, reduce costs and improve efficiency throughout every stage of your global value chain? get started with fittskills global value chain online course today!


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The New York Press – for which I wrote in the late 90s (along with friends such as Scott Nybakken, J.R. Taylor, Dawn Eden, and Daniel Radosh), answering to editor Sam Sifton – is effectively no more, enduring only as a website for multiple publications and a section within the print version of one of those publications. The Village Voice, by then a leftist rag completely devoid of self-awareness or irony akin to The Nation, ran an article calling NYPress a bunch of “P.J. O’Rourke wannabes,” and I hope I had at least some influence on them picking that epithet.
Accurate yet judgmental epithets were exactly what the Voice tended to lack and the Press deployed in abundance. I often told people back then that I liked the Press because, unlike the Voice with its reverent mentions of “the homeless,” the Press was willing to use phrases more like “stinking wino” as necessary. New York City needed that sort of truth-through-gonzo callousness as a substitute for the conservatism it sorely lacked.
For instance, it was twenty years ago today that a car driven by a Jewish man accidentally struck and killed a black child in Crown Heights, sparking three days of rioting. Police under Mayor Dinkins, notoriously, did little but watch – though, astonishingly, he not only still has his defenders, there are even some liberals who are now eager to credit him – Dinkins! – with the precipitous drop in crime since then, since he technically hired future Police Chief William Bratton (doing precious little with him).
By the time I moved to New York City, the place was ready for Giuliani to unleash Bratton and get tough on crime – the reason Giuliani’s even now being talked about as a potential presidential or vice presidential candidate – and the U.S. was ready to hear a liberal, Bill Clinton, denounce criminals and praise cops, talk which had literally been considered mere code for racism for the preceding two decades of New Left-dominated thinking.
Ultimately, the reason some Gen Xers like me (but also some future Clinton fans) had conservative instincts probably had less to do with the Cold War than with the Dirty Harry-like awareness that if our houses were robbed back when we were children, there were people on the left who would sympathize more with the burglars than with us, and, diabolically, who would even work to disarm our parents, making things that much easier for the burglars (this mission failed in the case of my gun-owning older relatives, but they don’t live in heavily-regulated NYC).
I have to look with sorrow, then, upon the UK riots and the Philadelphia flashmobs (and I even feel a bit vindicated in my worried Luddite reaction when I first heard of flashmobs a few years ago, recognizing the danger in – well, mobs). I note that Bratton has now become an advisor to the UK government after being denied a more official post due to his U.S. citizenship mere weeks ago. That’s a start. More important, I think – as always – is rooting solutions in individualism, not communal thinking, despite everything experts tell you to the contrary.
The main reason civilization runs on individualism is that only individuals can be held accountable in any meaningful sense for wrongdoing. Everything else is mere unending tribal warfare. Punish a whole village with curfews, weapons bans, pop-psychology lectures, and police cordons and you create aggrieved innocents (even if you do it in a left-leaning fashion). Taking the even sloppier route of blaming whole ethnic groups (in the worst right-wing fashion) and you justify people thinking that law never had anything to do with justice in the first place and can rightly be ignored.
hypothesized that the very origin of individual consciousness, as opposed to either vigorous but unthinking predatory instinct or passive herd mentality, lay in the careful accounting of wrongs against or by individuals. Ghouls love it when everyone gets blamed indiscriminately for something, just as the class bully would rather see the whole class kept for detention than have his own culpability exposed. The more thoughtful and articulate adult ghouls, similarly, love ideals such as “solidarity” that fend off individual accountability.
•Even my quasi-Marxist friend Josie Appleton sees the failure of her UK home to propose solutions that will truly distinguish between the innocent and the bad actors (read her article “Policing the Innocent, Ignoring the Riotous,” even though I think that brief dig at mercenaries is inappropriate – a libertarian would recognize that mercenaries are usually paid to get results, not just shore up bureaucratic programs). Governments would rather come up with new ways to regulate everyone than do the hard work of spotting the wrongdoers. Left-wing talk of broad social causes plays right into this laziness – but right-wingers who can’t differentiate among a billion Muslims display the same sort of intellectual irresponsibility.
I was disheartened to learn from the Associated Press of your vigorous call yesterday to build an anti-immigration wall along America's southern border ("Michele Bachmann plays up immigration, hits Warren Buffett," August 17).
Surely your commitment to freedom, to free markets, and to an open and vibrant society isn't so tepid that it is dissolved by some perceived need to appease xenophobes and economic ignoramuses whose votes might help you win the GOP's 2012 Presidential nomination.
I must assume, instead, that you really believe that the United States is threatened by Latin Americans seeking to live and work here (for those are precisely the people who would be kept out of the U.S. by the wall you wish to build).
Several weeks ago the Wall Street Journal reported that while vacationing you read the works of the late Ludwig von Mises. That's encouraging. But you should read Mises's works more carefully. In what I believe to be his greatest book -- Liberalism -- Mises writes, "There cannot be the slightest doubt that migration barriers diminish the productivity of human labor."
And in his book Omnipotent Government, Mises notes an even more menacing consequence of tightened immigration restrictions: "The closed-door policy is one of the root causes of our wars."
By obstructing the building of economic and cultural ties that would ever-more-closely bind the United States with Latin America, your wall would not only keep Americans' (and Latin Americans') prosperity from growing over time as much as possible, it would -- both as an awful symbol and as an actual structure -- divide the Americas in ways that dramatically increase the risk of future bloodshed.
I plead with you to reconsider your support for such a wall.
Tear down this wall, Rep. Bachmann.
•Being too quick to lump people into big aggregates is the root cause (if you will) of both socialism and racism, from the kind that produces damaging policies to the kind that just leads to embarrassingly goofy TV commercials like this one.
•Better people should think in terms of economics, which is in an important sense color-blind (as is the scientific method, the other bulwark of my own thinking). But as Stephen Moore writes, with admirable efficiency and brevity, getting people to think in economic terms has been made very difficult by the statist turn in the economics profession itself.
•Even failed senatorial candidate Christine O’Donnell is clearly striving to shed her religious-conservative baggage and rebrand herself as a fiscal conservative (you can tell from the transcript that’s why she freaks out and walks out on her interview by Piers Morgan), which I will take as a good sign for the direction of politics in general. Even completely crazy chicks can be useful cultural weather vanes.
Life presents occasional economic educational opportunities. So, tomorrow: a look at the decidedly civil upheaval known as Lemonade Freedom Day.
Maybe I'm being naive, but I think the libertarian effort to de-emphasize borders could eventually appeal to conservatives like Bachmann - with their keen awareness of the fundamental difference between pre-New Deal immigration and immigration today - if people like Boudreaux (and Gary Johnson, for that matter) took the time to explain the logical steps that should be followed to achieve it. Namely, dismantling the welfare state first, then calling for the world's poor and huddled masses sometime after.
It seems dangerous to insert a single component of a comprehensive economic philosophy into an array of entrenched, contradictory programs indiscriminately. Most libertarians understand that complete freedom is a beautiful, cooperative, intricate system of positive feedback loops, but others obviously do not. Vehemently advancing an idea out of turn without explaining how it fits into a larger system (much of which is already an easy sell to conservatives) only undermines libertarian efforts to more closely ally with the right (which I agree with Jonah Goldberg is where libertarians stand the best chance of fighting statism) and thus establish a coalition big enough to significantly slash government and taxes.
In the short term, talking about open borders as a final step might at least convey the lack of necessity for a permanent, King Kong-like wall on our southern border and turn GOP attention to what matters most.
Regarding NY Press - It was a great place for personal essays when I first came to NYC in 1994. I loved reading Jonathan Ames, Amy Sohn, and Ned Vizzini (then a nerdy teenager). Even the letters were pretty interesting. After the 1990s its heyday was over.

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the new york press – for which i wrote in the late 90s (along with friends such as scott nybakken, j.r. taylor, dawn eden, and daniel radosh), answering to editor sam sifton – is effectively no more, enduring only as a website for multiple publications and a section within the print version of one of those publications. the village voice, by then a leftist rag completely devoid of self-awareness or irony akin to the nation, ran an article calling nypress a bunch of “p.j. o’rourke wannabes,” and i hope i had at least some influence on them picking that epithet.
accurate yet judgmental epithets were exactly what the voice tended to lack and the press deployed in abundance. i often told people back then that i liked the press because, unlike the voice with its reverent mentions of “the homeless,” the press was willing to use phrases more like “stinking wino” as necessary. new york city needed that sort of truth-through-gonzo callousness as a substitute for the conservatism it sorely lacked.
for instance, it was twenty years ago today that a car driven by a jewish man accidentally struck and killed a black child in crown heights, sparking three days of rioting. police under mayor dinkins, notoriously, did little but watch – though, astonishingly, he not only still has his defenders, there are even some liberals who are now eager to credit him – dinkins! – with the precipitous drop in crime since then, since he technically hired future police chief william bratton (doing precious little with him).
by the time i moved to new york city, the place was ready for giuliani to unleash bratton and get tough on crime – the reason giuliani’s even now being talked about as a potential presidential or vice presidential candidate – and the u.s. was ready to hear a liberal, bill clinton, denounce criminals and praise cops, talk which had literally been considered mere code for racism for the preceding two decades of new left-dominated thinking.
ultimately, the reason some gen xers like me (but also some future clinton fans) had conservative instincts probably had less to do with the cold war than with the dirty harry-like awareness that if our houses were robbed back when we were children, there were people on the left who would sympathize more with the burglars than with us, and, diabolically, who would even work to disarm our parents, making things that much easier for the burglars (this mission failed in the case of my gun-owning older relatives, but they don’t live in heavily-regulated nyc).
i have to look with sorrow, then, upon the uk riots and the philadelphia flashmobs (and i even feel a bit vindicated in my worried luddite reaction when i first heard of flashmobs a few years ago, recognizing the danger in – well, mobs). i note that bratton has now become an advisor to the uk government after being denied a more official post due to his u.s. citizenship mere weeks ago. that’s a start. more important, i think – as always – is rooting solutions in individualism, not communal thinking, despite everything experts tell you to the contrary.
the main reason civilization runs on individualism is that only individuals can be held accountable in any meaningful sense for wrongdoing. everything else is mere unending tribal warfare. punish a whole village with curfews, weapons bans, pop-psychology lectures, and police cordons and you create aggrieved innocents (even if you do it in a left-leaning fashion). taking the even sloppier route of blaming whole ethnic groups (in the worst right-wing fashion) and you justify people thinking that law never had anything to do with justice in the first place and can rightly be ignored.
hypothesized that the very origin of individual consciousness, as opposed to either vigorous but unthinking predatory instinct or passive herd mentality, lay in the careful accounting of wrongs against or by individuals. ghouls love it when everyone gets blamed indiscriminately for something, just as the class bully would rather see the whole class kept for detention than have his own culpability exposed. the more thoughtful and articulate adult ghouls, similarly, love ideals such as “solidarity” that fend off individual accountability.
•even my quasi-marxist friend josie appleton sees the failure of her uk home to propose solutions that will truly distinguish between the innocent and the bad actors (read her article “policing the innocent, ignoring the riotous,” even though i think that brief dig at mercenaries is inappropriate – a libertarian would recognize that mercenaries are usually paid to get results, not just shore up bureaucratic programs). governments would rather come up with new ways to regulate everyone than do the hard work of spotting the wrongdoers. left-wing talk of broad social causes plays right into this laziness – but right-wingers who can’t differentiate among a billion muslims display the same sort of intellectual irresponsibility.
i was disheartened to learn from the associated press of your vigorous call yesterday to build an anti-immigration wall along america's southern border ("michele bachmann plays up immigration, hits warren buffett," august 17).
surely your commitment to freedom, to free markets, and to an open and vibrant society isn't so tepid that it is dissolved by some perceived need to appease xenophobes and economic ignoramuses whose votes might help you win the gop's 2012 presidential nomination.
i must assume, instead, that you really believe that the united states is threatened by latin americans seeking to live and work here (for those are precisely the people who would be kept out of the u.s. by the wall you wish to build).
several weeks ago the wall street journal reported that while vacationing you read the works of the late ludwig von mises. that's encouraging. but you should read mises's works more carefully. in what i believe to be his greatest book -- liberalism -- mises writes, "there cannot be the slightest doubt that migration barriers diminish the productivity of human labor."
and in his book omnipotent government, mises notes an even more menacing consequence of tightened immigration restrictions: "the closed-door policy is one of the root causes of our wars."
by obstructing the building of economic and cultural ties that would ever-more-closely bind the united states with latin america, your wall would not only keep americans' (and latin americans') prosperity from growing over time as much as possible, it would -- both as an awful symbol and as an actual structure -- divide the americas in ways that dramatically increase the risk of future bloodshed.
i plead with you to reconsider your support for such a wall.
tear down this wall, rep. bachmann.
•being too quick to lump people into big aggregates is the root cause (if you will) of both socialism and racism, from the kind that produces damaging policies to the kind that just leads to embarrassingly goofy tv commercials like this one.
•better people should think in terms of economics, which is in an important sense color-blind (as is the scientific method, the other bulwark of my own thinking). but as stephen moore writes, with admirable efficiency and brevity, getting people to think in economic terms has been made very difficult by the statist turn in the economics profession itself.
•even failed senatorial candidate christine o’donnell is clearly striving to shed her religious-conservative baggage and rebrand herself as a fiscal conservative (you can tell from the transcript that’s why she freaks out and walks out on her interview by piers morgan), which i will take as a good sign for the direction of politics in general. even completely crazy chicks can be useful cultural weather vanes.
life presents occasional economic educational opportunities. so, tomorrow: a look at the decidedly civil upheaval known as lemonade freedom day.
maybe i'm being naive, but i think the libertarian effort to de-emphasize borders could eventually appeal to conservatives like bachmann - with their keen awareness of the fundamental difference between pre-new deal immigration and immigration today - if people like boudreaux (and gary johnson, for that matter) took the time to explain the logical steps that should be followed to achieve it. namely, dismantling the welfare state first, then calling for the world's poor and huddled masses sometime after.
it seems dangerous to insert a single component of a comprehensive economic philosophy into an array of entrenched, contradictory programs indiscriminately. most libertarians understand that complete freedom is a beautiful, cooperative, intricate system of positive feedback loops, but others obviously do not. vehemently advancing an idea out of turn without explaining how it fits into a larger system (much of which is already an easy sell to conservatives) only undermines libertarian efforts to more closely ally with the right (which i agree with jonah goldberg is where libertarians stand the best chance of fighting statism) and thus establish a coalition big enough to significantly slash government and taxes.
in the short term, talking about open borders as a final step might at least convey the lack of necessity for a permanent, king kong-like wall on our southern border and turn gop attention to what matters most.
regarding ny press - it was a great place for personal essays when i first came to nyc in 1994. i loved reading jonathan ames, amy sohn, and ned vizzini (then a nerdy teenager). even the letters were pretty interesting. after the 1990s its heyday was over.


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the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (unesco) is one of the specialised agencies of the united nations. it is responsible for coordinating international cooperation in education, science, culture and communication.
and can enjoy full freedom of expression which is the basis of democracy, development and human dignity.
the uk government contributes to unesco and there is an office in london to support that contribution and bring benefits to the uk.
there are unesco sites and experts around the uk. for example in 2014 the unesco unitwin network in humanitarian engineering and computing was established at coventry university to place cultural diversity and understanding at the heart of engineering and computing education.


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organizations around the world, are constantly facing growing customers with the prospect of delivering excellent personalized services. customers also look to grip innovative products & services and ways of engaging with each other. therefore, avilaksh has made it their motto to serve their customers with utmost dedication. because we know gaining and retaining customer faithfulness in this aggressive marketplace and presenting the best offer requires a customer-centric view, and by utilizing the services of a digital marketing agency, the clients can reach their goals more effectively.
the usage of online marketing services enables you to bring in importance for your customer in today’s multi-brand culture. with the help of a digital marketing services company, organizations have the chance to form a modified relationship with the customers and provide steady efforts that can support brand awareness and provide analysis of return on marketing efforts.
digital marketing is the marketing of products or services with the help of the digital technologies. the marketing happens through different types of medium like internet, mobile phones, display advertising, and this types of other digital mediums. online marketing services are quite popular which is a major part of the online advertising service.
our company works on every aspect of digital marketing in the present digital marketing hub such as search engine optimization, influence marketing, content automation, search engine marketing, campaign marketing, content marketing, data-driven marketing, e-commerce marketing, social media optimization, social media marketing, display advertising, email direct marketing and e–books are becoming more common in our evolving technology driven world. the digital marketing now extends to non-internet channels that make available in digital media. in essence, this addition to non-internet channels help to distinguish digital marketing from online marketing, another catchall term for the marketing methods mentioned above, which harshly occur online.


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This is the second installment of author Ted Scofield’s series on “everybody else’s biggest problem.” If you missed his introduction to the series, you can read it here. New installments will be posted every two weeks, on Tuesdays.
Greed is an important underlying theme of my novel, Eat What You Kill, and while researching it I stumbled upon two fascinating data sets which launched me on this quest to define greed.
“Greed undoes family and community ties and undermines the very values on which society and civilization are founded,” a physician counseled in Psychology Today.
“Greed is more than simple avarice; greed robs and hurts and even kills people,” Pastor Dwayne Westerman argues.
“Your greed has got to end! Your greed is destroying America, and we are going to end your greed!” Bernie Sanders exclaimed on July 19, 2015, addressing unidentified “billionaires” who were not present at the time.
“Unconstrained greed is the heresy of our times … if it is not restrained, then the consequence could well be the total collapse of the society in which we live,” says British intellectual Stewart Sutherland in his 2014 book Greed.
“Human civilization will collapse unless the greed culture is stopped,” The Telegraph proclaimed.
“Greed, in particular the greed of corporations and billionaire oligarchs, is driving human civilization and the biosphere towards disaster,” we read recently.
Okay, so the politicians, pundits and preachers tell us that greed is B-A-D. Do we commoners agree? A legion of polls suggests we do.
Zogby recently conducted a large benchmark poll in which respondents identified “greed/materialism” as the number one “most urgent problem in American culture.” Number one! Most urgent! “Poverty/economic justice” finished in second place.
In a 2014 Vanity Fair poll, 78% of Americans disagreed with the famous Gordon Gekko quote “Greed is good.” Only 19% agreed. Salon.com recently warned “Wall Street greed refuses to die: How lobbyists & dark-money groups are exposing us to another disaster” and we reject greed as an appropriate motivator: A recent Marist poll revealed that 74% of Americans see business decisions based on greed as morally wrong.
Back in 1992, a national Gallup survey revealed that 75% of Americans believe there is “too much emphasis on money” in our nation. A more recent poll of Economist readers asked “What is the deadliest sin?” and, yes, greed ranked number one.
Finally, we seem to have grown weary and dubious of incessant technology “improvements.” Although Bill Gates once said “Microsoft is not about greed; it’s about innovation and fairness,” for the first time in fifteen years, a 2015 poll recorded a decline in our faith in the motivation for innovation: 30% said it’s intended to improve people’s lives. Fifty-four percent answered “greed.” Did you hear that, Apple? I just bought my iPhone 6S; I don’t need an upgrade just yet.
So, we agree, greed is a problem in our culture, but it is your problem? Are you greedy?
My guess is you’re thinking right now, No, it is not my problem, I am not greedy. Please don’t feel guilty or ashamed if that is your reaction. As Mark Putnam, the President of the Global Ethics University (GEC), says, “Ask anyone the question ‘Are you greedy?’ and most will deny it.” So, if denial is your first reaction, and it’s definitely mine, don’t worry, you’re in good company.
When the BBC conducted a poll on the seven deadly sins (anger, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride and sloth), greed was last on the list in answer to two questions: Which sin have you ever committed? and Which sin have you committed in the past month? Plenty of Brits copped to being lazy, proud, envious and angry. But greedy? Seventh out of seven, last on the list.
Polls on societal or collective greed also flip when made personal. For example, in that national Gallup survey where 75% lamented the emphasis on money, a full 80% said owning a beautiful home, a new car and other nice stuff was absolutely essential or important. When asked why they chose their present vocation, the number one answer was … MONEY.
You don’t really want to know about your and my greed.
If you have to ask, then this song you really need.
It shows up clearly in everybody else.
Levine argues that greed is dangerous because of “the link between greed and destructiveness.” Because greed is indeed destructive, our culture must repress it, must change it into an acceptable form. Greed must become something it is not. Greed must be someone else’s problem. Greed must be denied.
But could it really be that simple? Are we greedy humans in denial of our own avarice? Is James Patterson, the author who has amassed a net worth of $350 million yet rails against greed, in denial? Is denial why we see it in everyone but ourselves?
I don’t think so. How can we deny what we cannot define, what we do not, or will not, understand? I have yet to find half a dozen people who can agree on a generally applicable definition of greed. Unlike anger or lust or sloth or envy, greed defies explanation, hence my current quest.
When analyzing this surprisingly mysterious concept, greed, when attempting to reach a standard definition, eight factors emerge, each more enigmatic than the last, and in the next installment we’ll examine the most obvious of the eight.
Until then, I’ll give you something to ponder.
What is “abundance”? How much is too much?
Guilty as charged. I have never thought of myself as greedy but think many other people are, especially in New York. I think (or thought) greed is a massive problem in our culture but not my own. Time to reevaluate. Great piece!
I hope you will address greed outside of the context of money and material possessions. Can we be greedy in our faith? Can our greed for acknowledgement and attention lead us away from God. Is it greed that possesses us when our time is consumed with a singular motivation? Can greed be good if in fact the entity that is deemed greedy doesn’t hoard but redirects resources it acquires to what it considers its own worthwhile causes, which simply may not be another’s cause but worthwhile nonetheless? Are we greedy if we store grain in anticipation and fear of drought, or greedy if in fact we keep that grain for our progeny because our instincts to protect and provide for our family move within us?
Are greed and ambition the opposite sides of the same coin ? Or, are they in different domains completely? The human capacity for attribution bias seems to fit this context.

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this is the second installment of author ted scofield’s series on “everybody else’s biggest problem.” if you missed his introduction to the series, you can read it here. new installments will be posted every two weeks, on tuesdays.
greed is an important underlying theme of my novel, eat what you kill, and while researching it i stumbled upon two fascinating data sets which launched me on this quest to define greed.
“greed undoes family and community ties and undermines the very values on which society and civilization are founded,” a physician counseled in psychology today.
“greed is more than simple avarice; greed robs and hurts and even kills people,” pastor dwayne westerman argues.
“your greed has got to end! your greed is destroying america, and we are going to end your greed!” bernie sanders exclaimed on july 19, 2015, addressing unidentified “billionaires” who were not present at the time.
“unconstrained greed is the heresy of our times … if it is not restrained, then the consequence could well be the total collapse of the society in which we live,” says british intellectual stewart sutherland in his 2014 book greed.
“human civilization will collapse unless the greed culture is stopped,” the telegraph proclaimed.
“greed, in particular the greed of corporations and billionaire oligarchs, is driving human civilization and the biosphere towards disaster,” we read recently.
okay, so the politicians, pundits and preachers tell us that greed is b-a-d. do we commoners agree? a legion of polls suggests we do.
zogby recently conducted a large benchmark poll in which respondents identified “greed/materialism” as the number one “most urgent problem in american culture.” number one! most urgent! “poverty/economic justice” finished in second place.
in a 2014 vanity fair poll, 78% of americans disagreed with the famous gordon gekko quote “greed is good.” only 19% agreed. salon.com recently warned “wall street greed refuses to die: how lobbyists & dark-money groups are exposing us to another disaster” and we reject greed as an appropriate motivator: a recent marist poll revealed that 74% of americans see business decisions based on greed as morally wrong.
back in 1992, a national gallup survey revealed that 75% of americans believe there is “too much emphasis on money” in our nation. a more recent poll of economist readers asked “what is the deadliest sin?” and, yes, greed ranked number one.
finally, we seem to have grown weary and dubious of incessant technology “improvements.” although bill gates once said “microsoft is not about greed; it’s about innovation and fairness,” for the first time in fifteen years, a 2015 poll recorded a decline in our faith in the motivation for innovation: 30% said it’s intended to improve people’s lives. fifty-four percent answered “greed.” did you hear that, apple? i just bought my iphone 6s; i don’t need an upgrade just yet.
so, we agree, greed is a problem in our culture, but it is your problem? are you greedy?
my guess is you’re thinking right now, no, it is not my problem, i am not greedy. please don’t feel guilty or ashamed if that is your reaction. as mark putnam, the president of the global ethics university (gec), says, “ask anyone the question ‘are you greedy?’ and most will deny it.” so, if denial is your first reaction, and it’s definitely mine, don’t worry, you’re in good company.
when the bbc conducted a poll on the seven deadly sins (anger, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride and sloth), greed was last on the list in answer to two questions: which sin have you ever committed? and which sin have you committed in the past month? plenty of brits copped to being lazy, proud, envious and angry. but greedy? seventh out of seven, last on the list.
polls on societal or collective greed also flip when made personal. for example, in that national gallup survey where 75% lamented the emphasis on money, a full 80% said owning a beautiful home, a new car and other nice stuff was absolutely essential or important. when asked why they chose their present vocation, the number one answer was … money.
you don’t really want to know about your and my greed.
if you have to ask, then this song you really need.
it shows up clearly in everybody else.
levine argues that greed is dangerous because of “the link between greed and destructiveness.” because greed is indeed destructive, our culture must repress it, must change it into an acceptable form. greed must become something it is not. greed must be someone else’s problem. greed must be denied.
but could it really be that simple? are we greedy humans in denial of our own avarice? is james patterson, the author who has amassed a net worth of $350 million yet rails against greed, in denial? is denial why we see it in everyone but ourselves?
i don’t think so. how can we deny what we cannot define, what we do not, or will not, understand? i have yet to find half a dozen people who can agree on a generally applicable definition of greed. unlike anger or lust or sloth or envy, greed defies explanation, hence my current quest.
when analyzing this surprisingly mysterious concept, greed, when attempting to reach a standard definition, eight factors emerge, each more enigmatic than the last, and in the next installment we’ll examine the most obvious of the eight.
until then, i’ll give you something to ponder.
what is “abundance”? how much is too much?
guilty as charged. i have never thought of myself as greedy but think many other people are, especially in new york. i think (or thought) greed is a massive problem in our culture but not my own. time to reevaluate. great piece!
i hope you will address greed outside of the context of money and material possessions. can we be greedy in our faith? can our greed for acknowledgement and attention lead us away from god. is it greed that possesses us when our time is consumed with a singular motivation? can greed be good if in fact the entity that is deemed greedy doesn’t hoard but redirects resources it acquires to what it considers its own worthwhile causes, which simply may not be another’s cause but worthwhile nonetheless? are we greedy if we store grain in anticipation and fear of drought, or greedy if in fact we keep that grain for our progeny because our instincts to protect and provide for our family move within us?
are greed and ambition the opposite sides of the same coin ? or, are they in different domains completely? the human capacity for attribution bias seems to fit this context.


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Don't sneak booze into a festival; let the festival come to your booze.
Festivals price-gouging on alcohol has been going on for as long as some evil-genius festival organizer realized that once attendees are inside the event, the fest has a total monopoly on getting them buzzed. As a result, people trying to sneak alcohol into festivals with the rest of their supplies has likely been going on since the day after that discovery. For generations, new and innovative techniques had to be passed down by word of mouth, or scrawled on the back of rolling papers, but nowadays, these tips can be spread immediately through social media—like a Facebook user who documented his success burying some booze on festival grounds before the event was even set up.
In the lead up to New York City's annual Labor Day festival, Electric Zoo, one enterprising young man by the name of Alex Diamond posted his plan for sneaking vodka into the event on Randalls Island. "Three weeks ago we buried a Nalgene bottle full of vodka on the grounds of Electric Zoo before they started putting up the stages," he wrote. "Let's see what happens." If you believe everything you read on social media, and in this case, why not, according to a follow-up post, Diamond proclaimed, "Got it," and including a selfie with his illicitly-acquired booze.
In a separate post on a Facebook page called "Festival Pro Tips," the scheme was outlined more explicitly. "The planning of the burial was simple. We used Google maps and marked our spot on GPS so we knew where it would be. Then we waited," the post states. "The initial part of their plan was allegedly easy. However, Alex admitted they ran into a little trouble once inside the festival." The exact nature of that "little trouble" remains unclear, so needless to say, attempt this trick at your own risk.
Regardless, sneaking vodka by way of some pirate-approved buried treasure plan is still a lot classier than many of the alternatives. Case in point, a story last month where someone was busted trying to sneak a $10 bottle of vodka into a race track hidden inside a giant salami sandwich.

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don't sneak booze into a festival; let the festival come to your booze.
festivals price-gouging on alcohol has been going on for as long as some evil-genius festival organizer realized that once attendees are inside the event, the fest has a total monopoly on getting them buzzed. as a result, people trying to sneak alcohol into festivals with the rest of their supplies has likely been going on since the day after that discovery. for generations, new and innovative techniques had to be passed down by word of mouth, or scrawled on the back of rolling papers, but nowadays, these tips can be spread immediately through social media—like a facebook user who documented his success burying some booze on festival grounds before the event was even set up.
in the lead up to new york city's annual labor day festival, electric zoo, one enterprising young man by the name of alex diamond posted his plan for sneaking vodka into the event on randalls island. "three weeks ago we buried a nalgene bottle full of vodka on the grounds of electric zoo before they started putting up the stages," he wrote. "let's see what happens." if you believe everything you read on social media, and in this case, why not, according to a follow-up post, diamond proclaimed, "got it," and including a selfie with his illicitly-acquired booze.
in a separate post on a facebook page called "festival pro tips," the scheme was outlined more explicitly. "the planning of the burial was simple. we used google maps and marked our spot on gps so we knew where it would be. then we waited," the post states. "the initial part of their plan was allegedly easy. however, alex admitted they ran into a little trouble once inside the festival." the exact nature of that "little trouble" remains unclear, so needless to say, attempt this trick at your own risk.
regardless, sneaking vodka by way of some pirate-approved buried treasure plan is still a lot classier than many of the alternatives. case in point, a story last month where someone was busted trying to sneak a $10 bottle of vodka into a race track hidden inside a giant salami sandwich.