Tim Horton was born in Cochrane, Ontario on January 12, 1930. He was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1949 and performed as one of the steadiest defencemen on the blueline throughout his 22 years in the National Hockey League. He played in 1,446 regular season games, scoring 115 goals and 403 assists for a total of 518 points. He played 17 full seasons and 3 partial seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Oliver Evans, born near Newport Delaware 1755, was an inventor and engineer during the American Industrial Revolution. As a young teenage boy, Evans was an apprentice to a wheelwright. Other than his apprenticeship Evens had no formal training and was self-taught in mechanics and engineering. At the age of 21 Evans had created his first working machine. This machine created improved leather, wool combing cards containing 1000 teeth each reducing the amount of time it took to prepare the wool prior to spinning.
In 1962, Tim won his first Stanley Cup with the Toronto Maple Leafs. For the next 2 consecutive years, he also won Stanley Cups with the Leafs. In 1964, 2 major events happened, one of them was winning the Stanley Cup, and the other was establishing the first “Tim Horton” coffee and donut shop. The location of this shop is on Ottawa Street in Hamilton, Ontario. After a while, he chose Ron Joyce as the store’s first franchise, when he decided that he was going to expand “Tim Horton”.
In her essay, “In Praise of Chain Stores”, Virginia Postrel hails the progressiveness of chain stores and counters arguments made against them. As a frequent shopper in my city, I have experienced the benefits of chain stores and how they affect the locals that shop in them. I believe that chain stores have not turned Augusta into a boring city because they are familiar even to those new to the area, they have a high standard of quality and service, and provide fair fixed prices. First, Postrel quotes Thomas Friedman in her essay, stating that “…America is mind numbingly monotonous- the most boring country to tour; because ‘everywhere looks like everwhere else…’ the familiarity of a Walmart to someone new to Augusta may be a relief,
During the 1920’s Canada’s economy prospered, since many countries recovering from the horrors and especially damages of the war, required Canadian products. Canada’s abundance in resources such as pulp, forestry, wheat and mining greatly contributed to Europe’s recovery as well as the Canadian economy. Throughout this decade, many products and resources became more available such as cars due to mass production techniques developed to meet the product demand. For instance, the vehicle ownership rate in Canada increased from 300 000 in 1918 to 1.9 million by 1929.
The topic highlighted in the article about Loblaw’s shutting down 22 of its stores and starting up a home delivery service actually has a huge impact on Canada, Canadians and America. As indicated in the article, Lowblaws is teaming up with the American home delivery grocery service, Instacart. By doing this Lowblaws will now become available all over Canada through the website of Instacart. This has huge affect on Canadian businesses because it opens up the door to competition in the retail empire. For example, as learned in class, once a company does something different and becomes successful over it, other companies start following the trend and sooner than later, every company in the same felid starts to do it.
The Progressive Era In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s there were many problems in the present american life. On document would be about Jacob Riis, a man who believed the people deserved better even if they lived in the slums. Child labor the fear of parents would allow their child to work and the possibility of them getting hurt. Child labor in the 1800’s to the 1900’s were unsafe for everyone including children.
Hi, my name is Noorullah. Today, I will be talking about Tim Horton. Raise your hand if you’ve been to Tim Hortons… Now put your hands down. Have you ever wondered why it’s there? Well 59 years ago, Miles Gilbert “Tim” Horton decided to change Canada, making it the country with the top 7 fastest-growing restaurant chains!
The 1920s were marked by an increase in consumerism due to a booming economy post-World War I (CrashCourse, 2013), the increasing popularity of consumer debt (CrashCourse, 2013) and an increase in the mass production of consumer goods (Osburn, n.d.). Coupled with technological advances, families now had access to mass media (in the form of the radio and television) and modern conveniences, such as household appliances and automobiles. Radio and television broadcasts helped to build a mass culture, where consumers were watching, listening, purchasing and emulating the same things across the nation (Osburn, n.d.). Women’s suffrage granted women the right to vote; some women took this new found voting freedom as license to break from traditional female roles in other areas and began dressing and
Macy’s, a small dry goods store was opened in New York City in 1858 by Rowland H. Macy where Macy’s was initially opened as ‘R.H. Macy & Co.’ before it became one of the world’s largest retailers. The famous red star symbol was used as their company logo as Rowland H. Macy’s symbol of success during his sailor days. By 1877, R.H. Macy & Co. had become fully developed department store after a great success in sales since its’ opening store in 1858. Macy’s was also known for its several first changes and practices in the retail industry such as the one-price system which the same items are sold at the same price and Macy’s was also the first retailer to hold a New York City liquor license. In November 1902, Macy’s moved uptown to its present
The recent ruling of the National Labor Relations Board regarding Browning-Ferris Industries could have a huge impact on contract employment (National Labor Relations Board, 2015). According to Forbes, America’s workforce is 15.9% contract employment (Pofeldt, 2015). The free market could potentially have more regulations and make it harder for business minded individuals to pursue contract employment. The most significant impact this could cause is the downfall of small businesses and more regulations for them. The National Labor Relations Board decided that Browning-Ferris Industries is a joint employer and mandate to negotiate with the teamsters union over workers supplied by a contract staffing firm.
With all of the changes taking place in America from the American System, it brought a change also known as the Market Revolution. This meant a change for most of America such as the farmer could focus on growing a main cash crop, and not a variety of things. Farmers looked at the large money corps as cotton and grains and concentrated their efforts on those markets. Consequently, this showed farmers that they were part of the total economic market place. With this change it meant also that the farmers and others was buying what they didn’t produce, making many producers and consumers alike (Schultz, p.170, 2009).
In Canada, retail that is the largest industry employs around two million people and provides plenty of career opportunities in store operations, entrepreneurship, merchandising and brand management. Retail is a diverse and dynamic industry full of interesting and lucrative employment paths, which is very attractive to me. Moreover, The Ted Rogers School of Retail Management at Ryerson is the only university program in Canada to offer a Bachelor of Commerce degree with the graduates have the in-demand knowledge and experience to excel as retail professionals. I would like to learn more about retail management. I guess in the very beginning, my interest was aroused by my family, as my parents are both CFOs with CICPA qualification.
This EMA will be looking at John Lewis Partnership (JLP); how the JLP have been affected by global and international retailing, sustainability and ethics, and technology and retailing. I will be making three recommendations that JLP might take to ensure their long-term success. I have chosen the John Lewis Partnership (JLP), as I believe it is an interesting retailer to explore. The 84,000 permanent staff who work for John Lewis are partners, not employees. John Lewis, (2018)
Over the past few years it has not been uncommon for corporations to consider filing for bankruptcy due to ongoing financial difficulties. Significant and well-known retailers such as Target, Sears and Toys R Us have all filed for bankruptcy, and a few have closed their doors permanently. Target remains a predominant retail establishment in the United States, however they were not able to continue operating in the Canadian marketplace. Various factors such as geographical location, price sensitivity of consumers and increased competition all could have contributed to the eventual departure of Target from the Canadian marketplace. My main focus in this paper will be on why corporations of all size would consider filing for bankruptcy.
