Imagine that you are part of the marketing management team at home plus, a regional discount big-box retailer who competes with wal-mart and target. home plus currently focuses on offering a broad range of discount consumer goods, from small home furnishings and clothing to packaged goods and kitchenware. in addition to the discount lines, home plus carries some higher end clothes, shoes, and bedding. some members of management believe that the best way to improve the company's competitive positioning is to concentrate more of its energies on the higher-end product lines. they have proposed that home plus double the number of luxury products it carries and halve the number of discount consumer packaged goods. in an essay, explain why you would agree or disagree with the proposed change in marketing strategy. be sure to discuss both the proposal's advantages and its disadvantages.

An artist entered into a written agreement to sell a patron a partially finished painting once it was complete. the patron later learned that the artist planned to sell the painting to a third party who offered to pay the artist more than the contract price. the patron filed suit to compel the artist to sell the painting to her in accord with the terms of their agreement, while the artist denied that the painting the artist planned to sell to the third party was the subject of the agreement with the patron. at trial, the patron did not introduce the written agreement or explain its absence. rather, the patron sought to testify that, when she signed the agreement, the artist had pointed to the painting in question and stated that it was the patron’s painting. the artist’s attorney objected to the testimony that the artist identified the painting as belonging to the patron. how should the court rule? asustain the objection, because the artist’s statement was hearsay. bsustain the objection, because the patron failed to produce the written agreement or explain its absence. coverrule the objection, because the statement is not hearsay. doverrule the objection, because the statement was relevant.

1. describe the concept of the unitary executive. discuss whether this concept is practical.

What is the legal and political process involved in forming a new municipal corporation