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deals, even “curated” by experts. With the more exclusive customer targeting, higher-end spas (who avoid mob deals like the plague) will jump in to offer luxury, unique experiences far beyond the $39 massage/facial. For many, the spa deal quest will evolve beyond the “rock-bottom price at any old place,” to seeking (and finding) credible, real values (i.e., $130 for $300 worth of spa services) at a location you actually dream of visiting.          More manageable, exclusive deals: “Flash-mob” deals

percent to 40 percent on print) (TNS Media, 2009). To represent the beauty-care industry, the authors chose a mid-priced shampoo brand sold in drug stores and supermarkets whose target consumer skews female. As packaging and formulas continuously evolve, many of the brands in this industry are well established. In 2009, this shampoo brand’s revenue was just past $200 million, and its media spend was approximately $13 million, or 6.5 percent of revenue (See Figure 6). CPG marketers typically spend

very much who we are. We are, by our nature, the Machiavellian animal. It is 40 million years of evolution starting from primates back then to who we are now. There is no way to deny that. There is no way to, in the course of 20 years or 80 years, to evolve beyond it. It is who we are. So, this is my definition of that first basic reality, what I call our social reality, or the Machiavellian reality. Now, there is nobody out there who really talks about this. There are not many books written about it

jump due to the copula contagion coming from default of the counterparty. This negative jump causes the option to become worthless as the underlying goes below the strike in almost all scenarios. We may also analyze the receiver adjustment, which evolves in a more stylized pattern. The adjustment remains substantially decreasing as default correlation increases, and goes to zero for high correlations. This happens because in this case, in the few scenarios where τ1 > τ2 and the reference CDS has still

en place de systèmes EAS bi-technologiques. Les fabricants de portiques proposent d’ailleurs des matériels évolutifs permettant, si besoin, de passer du RF à la RFID pour un coût supplémentaire minime. Illustration avec la gamme de produits antivol Evolve de Checkpoint Systems, en particulier la nouvelle étiquette Dual Tag intégrant les deux technologies sur un seul support. Une solution choisie par Metro qui, comme souvent, joue les précurseurs via un projet pilote. « Ce test s’inscrit dans notre

plagued by low click-through rates and confusing advertising formats. Although there are many formats, such as so-called app-vertising, hypertargeting, and engagement ads, we haven't been sure what really works. That will change in 2009 as ad units evolve to work more harmoniously with user behavior on social platforms. Display advertising in the broader Web, too, will become more social, as linking display advertising to forms of social marketing, like blogger outreach, social credits, engagement

act as a news feed for many users who check friends’ status updates (microblogging) as many times updates include links or references to current news events. While we don’t believe e-mail will disappear, we do believe online users will continue to evolve to use social networks as the preferred online communications platform as it combines multiple platforms and features into one. Exhibit 4 POPULARITY OF SOCIAL NETWORKING VS. OTHER ONLINE ACTIVITIES According to U.S. Social Network Users, June

create incentives for Member States to approximate legislations. However the Working Party agreed that acknowledging the reality of continuing convergence of scientific and technical standards and, sooner or later a single currency, the EU would evolve towards some form of Single Market, involving free trade across the EU, powerful national customers, and a consolidated Industry. 3 Competitors Competition occurs through successful R&D As innovation is the true lifeblood of the research-based

public policy. This approach highlights the ambiguities that remain in the perception of the agreements despite their undoubted impact and brings out the biases in the economic perception of fishing agreements whilst indicating how agreements might evolve, in particular through sub-regional cooperation. HIS T Key words European fishing agreements — Effects — West Africa Access regulation Pêcheries maritimes, écosystèmes & sociétés en Afrique de l’Ouest : Un demi-siècle de changement

would provide the membership with a stronger financial safety net at a lower cost for the countries and for the system itself than through reserve accumulation. 4. THE ROLE OF THE SDR 15. The International Monetary System will continue to evolve, in part reflecting continued shifts in the relative weights of different economies in the world. There is a question of whether non-national currency instruments may have a role to play in addressing some of the new needs that arise in a multi-polar