"DKLA was the innovator in the market for casual women's business apparel. Smith & Co. was once the leader in that market with $2 billion in sales until styles changed and Smith & Co.'s clothes went out of fashion. DKLA can also be expected to fail, especially because the market for casual women's business apparel is saturated."
The fashion industry is a mature industry with fierce competition for survival. The author's claim that DKLA is expected to fail like Smith & Co is seriously flawed. The logic is unsound and there are numerous unjust assumptions.
Like any mature marketplace, the established businesses must stay abreast of new trends and adapt quickly to changes in the industry in order to maintain their leadership status. In the author's example, Smith and Co. was once a market leader but have fallen due to taste changes among casual women. The author makes the unsupported correlation that style changes le...
- A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college. 70
- The following appeared in a letter from the faculty committee to the president of Seatown University:A study conducted at nearby Oceania University showed that faculty retention is higher when professors are offered free tuition at the university for thei 65
- Learning is primarily a matter of personal discipline; students cannot be motivated by school or college alone.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position y 70
- The following is a letter from the parent of a private school student to the principal of that school Last year Kensington Academy turned over management of its cafeteria to a private vendor Swift Nutrition This company serves low fat low calorie meals th 69
- Some people believe that society should try to save every plant and animal species, despite the expense to humans in effort, time, and financial well-being. Others believe that society need not make extraordinary efforts, especially at a great cost in mon 50
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.0 out of 6
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 21 15
No. of Words: 332 350
No. of Characters: 1620 1500
No. of Different Words: 187 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.269 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.88 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.396 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 112 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 80 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 51 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 31 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 15.81 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.136 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.286 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.291 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.511 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.064 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5