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The owner of a small stationery store has a range of marketing strategies available to increase sales and gain the advantage over competitors. Although different types of businesses use different strategies, several basic customer-focused marketing strategies work well in retail situations.
Tips on how to successfully launch a new product or service
A lot of local businesses I patronize don’t make a really big deal out of their new products or services, which is a shame. With a little time and effort, you can boost sales, raise visibility, and maybe even get an article in the local paper. Here are 6 tips to help you make a splash when you next launch a new product or service:
3M’s main objective was to introduce the 3M Greptile™ golf glove as a product that improves a golfer’s grip and game; especially, those who have a weaker grip (i.e. golfers with arthritis and other hand related disabilities), which affects their grip and performance. By building awareness among potential consumers in golf glove market about the 3M Greptile™ golf glove, 3M will be able to gain their market share; earning a profit and sustaining their position in the market.
Familiar with the TaylorMade Targa Tour Glove and its “patent pending micro-perforated leather construction to increase airflow throughout the hand and allow for 360 degree ventilation?” Nice looking glove, right. Check out the link, and these figures:
In the area of study: Properties and performance of textiles you will develop knowledge and understanding of scientific and technological development in textiles meeting specific end-use applications. In particular you will analyse the influence and importance of fabric structure, yarn type and fibre properties in the selection of textiles and justifies their performance in a specific end use. One such textile innovation being specifically used in the sporting and leisure industry is CoolMax. This tutorial allows you to analyse and justify the use of CoolMax for a specific sporting end use application.
Outcomes
This material addresses aspects of the following syllabus outcomes:
H3.1 The student explains the interrelationship between fabric, yarn and fibre properties.
H4.1 The student justifies the selection of fabric, yarn, fibre and fabric finishing techniques for specific end-uses.
H4.2 The student selects and justifies manufacturing techniques, materials and equipment for specific end-use.
Extract from Stage 6 Textiles and Design Syllabus © Board of Studies NSW 2007.
Golf has become a professional sport globally and is enjoying great popularity as a leisure sport. Textile technologists are designing technologically superior textiles and their use in the manufacture of golf gloves is allowing maximum athletic performance.
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| “Golf is a hot and sweaty business. It’s also the biggest mind game there is, so if your hands are cool and comfortable, you’ll be completely focused on the game”. Golf Professional. Golf players require a golf glove that will allow them to play the fairways and greens in cool, dry comfort. Golf gloves today are manufactured from a combination of fabrics, yarns and fibres in order to achieve a specific performance level in their sporting end-use. Golfers need to be able to grip their clubs with dry hands. Their golf glove requires the following functional criteria:
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Features of Hotel Management System :
You need to start off with a minimal set of accounts, and to do that you will need a couple of account types. You can structure your accounts into a chart at any time (and, in fact, you can structure them into several additional charts at the same time as you will see in the chapterConfiguring Accounts from A to Z), so you do not need to be concerned unduly about structure.
