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Opportunity Cost And The Free Market
OPPORTUNITY COST & THE FREE MARKET Scarcity is one of the most basic and crucial points to understand in microeconomics.1Scarcity means that we cannot have all the needs and wants to satisfy our desires. Scarcity can be applied to almost anything. Due to the scarcity of products we must make a choice of what we want. We must choose whether to do one thing or another by what we value to be most important to
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Marketting Mix
Question 3: Marketing mix decisions and strategies are always among the most complex areas of marketing management. Choose a well-known product or service and analyze what marketing strategies have been used to market it as far as you are aware of. Bring in as many elements of the marketing mix as you can to illustrate your analysis. Marketing Strategy A marketing strategy is a set of actions, which constitute a plan, direction, guide or course
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Relationship Between Different Sectorial Indices And The Market Indices
TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE CHAPTER ONE : INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the StudyвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.2 1.2 Problem StatementвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦...5 1.3 Research QuestionsвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..6 1.4 Objective of the StudyвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..7 1.5 Scope of the StudyвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦9 1.6 Significance of the StudyвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.10 1.7 List of AbbreviationвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.11 CHAPTER TWO : LITERATURE REVIEWвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..12 CHAPTER THREE : RESEARCH METHODOLOGYвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦. 14 3.1 Data and Sample Statistics 3.1.1 Data and Source of DataвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..16 3.1.2 Sample of StudyвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦...16 3.1.3 Theoretical FrameworkвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦17 3.1.4 Statement of HypothesisвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..20 3.2 Statistical Method of
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Global Rice Market
Global rice production is expected to increase by 1.8 per cent вЂ" or 12 million tones вЂ" this year, easing a tight supply situation in key cultivating countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. Assuming normal weather conditions, sizable production increases are expected in all the major Asian rice-producing countries вЂ" Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand, where supply and demand are currently rather stretched. “The international rice
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Internet Marketing
Internet marketing is also known as the E-marketing or online marketing, it is the marketing of products or services over the Internet. Internet marketing brings in creative and technical aspects of the Internet (including design, development, advertising and sales). Internet marketing methods include: Ð"ÑŸ Search engine marketing- search engine optimization Ð"ÑŸ Display advertising- graphic information (flash-web banners, logo, photographs) Ð"ÑŸ E-mail marketing- form of direct marketing Ð"ÑŸ Affiliate marketing- web-based marketing, business pays affiliates for
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Motivation In Marketing
The product that I recently bought was the MacBook, the Apple laptop. At the time I bought it, I have such a high level of drive that arouses me to satisfy the needs. I finally decide to reduce the tension, occurs from the discrepancy between my present state (of not having it) and my goal (owns a notebook), by buying it. The motivation I had then resulted from my needs, both utilarian and hedonic. On
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Fresh And Easy Marketing Mix
Having only launched in the USA in November, 2007 (BBC, 2007), Fresh & Easy is in the market introduction stage of its product life cycle. Typical of this stage of the product life cycle, Fresh & Easy is not yet profitable (BBC, 2007) and is suffering from low sales (Rigby & Braithwaite, 2008). It has endured high distribution costs, having to build a new distribution network from scratch (BBC, 2007), including building its own distribution
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The Ultimate Marketing Machine
The ultimate marketing machine Jul 6th 2006 | SAN FRANCISCO From The Economist print edition Thanks to the power of the internet, advertising is becoming less wasteful and its value more measurable IN TERMS of efficiency, if not size, the advertising industry is only now starting to grow out of its century-long infancy, which might be called “the Wanamaker era”. It was John Wanamaker, a devoutly Christian merchant from Philadelphia, who in the 1870s not
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Bundling Effects On Welfare In The Pay Tv Market
1. Introduction Bundling is a common feature in many imperfectly competitive product markets. Firms in the telecommunications, financial services, health care, and information industries frequently offer products in bundles. While often innocuous, recent research has identified settings in which bundling can be used by firms to price discriminate among consumers or to extend market power into related product markets ([Adams and Yellen, 1976], [Bakos and Brynjolfsson, 1999] and [Nalebuff, 2004]). We conduct a numerical analysis
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Marketing Plan
Marketing Plan: Phase 1 Paper PetSmart is one of the largest specialty pet retailers of service and solutions for the lifetime of pets. More than 1008 stores are open in the United States and Canada that provide pet foods and supplies that are priced reasonably. PetSmart provides all types of services for pets including pet training, pet grooming, pet boarding and adoption services. In addition to providing impressive value PetSmart has the broadest, deepest product
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Bush Boake Allen Marketing Plan
Individual Case Analysis Prepared for: Prof. Badame - GSBA 528 Prepared by: Adam Terry вЂ" OCC1 April 8, 2008 Table of Contents 1. ISSUESвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦ 2 2. SITUATION ANALYSIS вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..2 2.1. Introduction вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.2 2.2. Market вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..3 2.2.1. Market Definition, Size and Analysis вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.3 2.2.2. Market Trends вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..3 2.2.3. Technological Changes in the Market вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦3 2.2.4. Legal / Regulatory Issues for the Market вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦.вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦...3 2.3. Competitor Analysis ...вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦..3 2.4. Customer вЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦...4 2.4.1. Customer Needs / PerceptionsвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦Ð²Ð‚¦...4 2.4.2.
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Old Navy Marketing Plan
Old Navy operates a chain of 960 stores in North America. Old Navy offers its own brand if women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing and accessories at discount prices. According to Yahoo Finance, in 2006, the company’s revenue grew 1.6 percent to $6.86 billion. Business Mission Old Navy is a brand owned by Gap, Inc. As a whole, Gap’s purpose is “to make it easy for you to express your personal style throughout your life” (www.gapinc.com).
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Tesco’S Marketing Strategies And The Uk Consumer Perceptions
TESCO’s Marketing Strategies and the UK Consumer Perceptions Introductory Background According to the report by Solar Navigator (2007) Tesco was founded by Jack Cohen, who sold groceries in the markets of the London East End from 1919. The Tesco brand first appeared in 1924. After Jack Cohen bought a large shipment of tea from T.E. Stockwell, he made new labels by using the first three letters of the supplier's name and the first two letters
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Defining Marketing
Marketing affects a number of decisions that Americans make every day. Some of the first decisions that are made in the morning are affected in some way by marketing. What types of products are used in the morning while in the shower, or what kind of gas was put in the vehicle before setting off for work? What kind of deodorant was used this morning and why was it chosen? Why are these products chosen
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Seafood Marketing Plan
Executive Summary The major objective of any company is to make profits. Marketing is responsible for identifying a company’s customers anticipating their needs and wants, satisfying theses needs while keeping the its major goal which maximizing profits Strategic Planning is looking at where you are now, knowing where you want to be in the future and planning the steps to get you there. The Stingrae Caribbean a limited liability company. The Stingrae brand currently distributes
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Make Friends With Customers What Should A Marketer Know About Brand Personality Theory And Practice
Make friends with customers What should a marketer know about brand personality theory and practice 1. What is brand personality? 1.1 The background of brand personality. The first time when brand personality was mentioned was in 1955 by David Ogilvy (Ogilvy, 1955) when he had a lecture to American Associate of advertising Agencies. This concept comes out in the specifically background. As the developing of the technology, the produce with the same quality become much
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Situation Analysis In Marketing Plan
Introduction Under the competitive and dramatically changing environment, some companies are successful but some are failed. Considering the reasons are various, however, offering the right products for the right growth markets at the right time is the key factor for some of the successful companies. Chinese idiom says �know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat’. Hence, the company must make marketing plan systematically, in
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Boeing Market Analysis
The Boeing Company is a major player in the aerospace and defense industry with over 150,000 employees. As of 2006 they led the commercial and defense aircraft market as the company with the largest total revenue. (Defense News , 2007). The corporation is divided into five separate business units/services. Commercial Airplanes and Integrated Defense Systems are the two major components. The other three units span control over research and development, services and financial services; Phantom
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Soybean Milk Enter The Uk Market
Introduction Soybean milk is a kind of beverage and very popular in China. This product is processed with soybean and fresh milk as the main material. Rich in the multiple vitamins and minerals, high calcium, low sugar with better taste and delicate nutrition. So it is good for health and convenient that it can be enjoyed anytime and anywhere. With the global market more and more open, a lot of goods begin to export and
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Whole Foods Markets
Abstract This paper examines the published case study Whole Foods Markets, 2005: Will There Be Enough Organic Food to Satisfy the Growing Demand? (Hitt, Ireland and Hoskisson, 2007, p. C534). Although the published study addresses numerous aspects of Whole Foods Market’s business as a leading international retailer of “natural” organic foods, the analysis provided herein is focused on Whole Foods Market’s ability to meet future growth demands. This paper explores Whole Foods Market’s basic internal
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Marketing вЂ" Kudler Fine Foods
Executive Summary This report reviews Kudler Fine Foods interest in expanding its services by adding a catering service in addition to the in-store parties that it currently offers. Because of the company’s interest to expand into catering, its market research and the kinds of opportunities Kudler has in its marketing mix (the 4 P’s) will be examined. The company currently has two market researches that don’t give enough information needed to help consider opening a
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Note Taking
In preparation for writing a piece of work, your notes might come from a number of different sources: course materials, set texts, secondary reading, interviews, or tutorials and lectures. You might gather information from radio or television broadcasts, or from experiments and research projects. The notes could also include your own ideas, generated as part of the essay planning process. This essay will take you through the critical parts of note taking, so when it
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Introduction To Marketing: Red Bull
Topic 1: Introduction to Marketing Red Bull 1. The Product/ Competitors/Industry 1.1 Product Red Bull is a sweet, caffeinated drink aimed to give consumers the high energy kick. Available only in rather expensive 250ml cans, 350ml bottles, with 4 packs and only two �flavours’ (original or sugar-free). It contains caffeine, taurine, glucuronolactone, and B vitamins. Founded in 1984 by Austrian businessman Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull has become the worlds leading energy drink, a staple in
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Marketing Analysis: Biofuel Demand Hits Food
The article “Bio-fuel demand hits food” in The Australian on 21st July 2006 shows how the changing natural environment is the effecting the demand for food as well as how marketers analyze the macro environment to benefit a firm. There is an apparent shortage of raw materials (crops) available to food producers. If raw materials are not properly utilized, it could be a major problem to the world’s economy. This is due to the fact
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Marketing Definition And Understanding
Marketing as defined by Webster’s Dictionary is “the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service.” (Webster’s 2008) In my definition of marketing it comes down to a few points. Marketing is taking a product and showing the consumer how it shall benefit them. In all actuality marketing comes down to the basic idea of selling and successfully advertising your product. In a third perspective the definition of marketing as
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