The following is part of a business plan created by the management of the Megamart grocery store:
“Our total sales have increased this year by 20 percent since we added a pharmacy section to our grocery store. Clearly, the customer’s main concern is the convenience afforded by one-stop shopping. The surest way to increase our profits over the next couple of years, therefore, is to add a clothing department along with an automotive supplies and repair shop. We should also plan to continue adding new departments and services, such as a restaurant and a garden shop, in subsequent years. Being the only store in the area that offers such a range of services will give us a competitive advantage over other local stores.”
Discuss how well reasoned … etc.
The argument that because the total sales of Megamart grocery stores has increased by 20 percent since it added a pharmacy section to the grocery store raises some important concerns that must be addressed in order to substantiate the argument. In the statement that follows the management justifies its decision by stating that, the main concern of the customers is the convenience of one-stop shopping. Further, the author states the management’s decision of future vision that includes a separate department of clothing, automotive parts, a garden shop, and a restaurant. This does not constitut...
| Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-14 | ambarish55 | 95 | view |
- Motorcycle X has been manufactured in the United States for over 70 years. Although one foreign company has copied the motorcycle and is selling it for less, the company has failed to attract motorcycle X customers - some say because its products lacks th 73
- The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently published survey indicates that 79 percent of the nearly 1,200 workers who responded to survey questionnaires expressed a high level 95
- The following appeared in an announcement issued by the publisher of The Mercury, a weekly newspaper:“Since a competing lower-priced newspaper, The Bugle, was started five years ago, The Mercury’s circulation has declined by 10,000 readers. The best way t 60
- The following appeared as a part of an advertisement for Adams, who is seeking re-election as governor:“Re-elect Adams, and you will be voting for proven leadership in improving the state’s economy. Over the past year alone, 70 percent of the state’s work 65
- The following appeared in a memorandum from a regional supervisor of post office operations:“During a two-week study of postal operations, the Presto City post office handled about twice as many items as the Lento City post office, even though the cities 75
Sentence: A customer market survey would have given a better idea of te dame.
Error: te Suggestion: No alternate word
It is on top list:
http://www.testbig.com/essay-categories/gmatgre
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.5 out of 6
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 1 2
No. of Sentences: 18 15
No. of Words: 402 350
No. of Characters: 2016 1500
No. of Different Words: 209 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.478 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.015 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.734 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 154 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 127 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 89 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 51 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22.333 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.703 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.278 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.306 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.553 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.075 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5