Nerd day

Nerd day at vans! I came in to work a couple of weeks ago and as a joke we made one of our managers dress as a nerd in all vans clothes to help promote the store, it actually worked people laughed so hard they started buying the products he was wearing just to make others laugh. This was just another way to show how much fun business can be!

Blog 16: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

• What is essential for becoming a successful retail franchise owner?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• You must know your ideal customer's wants and needs

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• Know who your biggest competitors are

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Today's fashion
• Successful companies
• Top sales

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.csupomona.edu/docview/1432227456?pq-origsite=summon

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• http://link.springer.com.proxy.library.csupomona.edu/article/10.1007/s10551-011-1048-x/fulltext.html

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

• After doing almost 6 months of mentorship I have concluded that my second answer would be knowing who your biggest competitors are.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Content:

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• I am taking a college computer class for my independent component 2

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I will be learning how to use Microsoft and PCs and I plan on showing evidence of this by showing my transcript

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• This will help me explore my topic more in depth by learning how to use Powerpoint, Excel, and Windows; in the business world all of the following applications listed above are used everyday and it is important to know how to use them.

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

• I have already done this.

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a)  I, Rebecca Barberi, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• http://www.vans.com
  (c) Senior Project Hours log updated
• (d) Explain what you completed.    
• I did more mentorship for my independent component with my mentor
• INTERPRETIVE 
  For my work I did more mentorship at Vans, the significance that it has to my topic is I learned more show to answer my EQ. I learned how important customer service is as well as stock. I also learned ways to stay successful and how to manage a business. 
  
• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 
• This helped me better understand my topic because it taught me what it actually takes to run a successful business. It doesn't just require good clothes or shoes, it requires a team that enjoys the brand as much as the customer as well as creating an environment where you feel welcomed instantaneously and know that you can always come back and still feel that feeling.