Week 6 Blog Due 10-12-07

Please make sure you are labeling your assignments and using a correct header at the top as described earlier

Sports Marketing
- look up the website: www.fathead.com. Check it out and answer the following quesitons
- what is the website selling
- what else besides merchandise are they "selling"
- what is the price range
- describe three uses for their products (check out their gallery for inspiration
- would something like this work at the local level? why or why not


Business Law
This week you are going to be doing some general research on the death penalty. Please answer the following questions:

- How many states currently have the death penalty? List them
- What is the average time fram from sentencing till the actual execution?
- Who is usually allowed to witness an execution? This will vary by state, so make sure you tell me what state you are using in your example.
- How many women have been put to death in the last 100 years? Give me an example
- What are the methods currently used to execute someone?
-Are there any states that are currently looking at eliminating the death penalty? How about states that are thinking about adding the death penalty?


Fashion Marketing

Target and Gap have recently started working with up and coming designers to create unique lines for them to sell in their stores. Please research this trend and see if you can answer the following questions:

- why would retail institutions take a risk with a new designer?
- can you find any information that states this has been successful for retailers?
- Do you think doing this is a good stratey?
-Are there any other retailers that are doing the same thing or something similar? Give examples