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This blog post is a responce to Adrian Capobianco’s blog on the Cultural Differences, posted on the Canadian Marketing Blog website http://www.canadianmarketingblog.com/archives/2011/11/marketing_lesson_culture_count_1.html. In his post, Adrian talks about the two cooks who have shaped their dishes based on their two … Continue reading →

I decided to write a blog reflection on Conrad Chan’s blog post on “Zara’s marketing strategy” because I was really amused at how innovative their strategy is. Most of the companies that I know (i.e. Nike, Addidas, and Gap and … Continue reading →

This is a responce to the blog post by Katie Dergousoff about the “Real Men” Campaign (https://blogs.ubc.ca/kdergousmarketing/2011/09/25/real-men/) The campaign is aimed at reducing the domestic abuse of women by showing the pictures of sports celebrities wearing the “I’m a real … Continue reading →

Why is Microsoft the most popular operation system in Russia? The answer to it is the marketing strategy that Microsoft used in the 1990’s. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the borders of Russia became open to … Continue reading →

What I have learned from Comm 299? I think that I learned a lot from this course!!! I got a chance to improve on my resume/cover letter writing techniques, and received several valuable advices regarding the interpersonal communication with an … Continue reading →

Back in grade 9, we had a math test where I got 95% instead of the 100% that I expected. Before I continue, I must state that we had two people teaching the same class, each teaching every second day. … Continue reading →

Medvedev becomes Russia’s leader In May of 2008, Dmitriy Anatolievich Medvedev became the President of Russian Federation. The previous President – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, who was in power of 8 years, became the Prime Minister of Russia. According to Russian … Continue reading →

Russia to host World Cup in 2018 Several days ago, Russia was chosen to be the host country for the Football (Soccer) World Cup in 2018. This is a great event for Russia and for all of Eastern Europe since … Continue reading →

2014 Winter Olympics: Sochi troubles The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia. Even though Russia is viewed by many as a very cold country, thus suitable for such games, the city which was chosen for the 2014 … Continue reading →

I mistaken the following ubc blog page (https://blogs.ubc.ca/members/deniszhekhovskiy/activity/just-me/) for the actual blog, where I am posting right now, and inserted my blog postson the wrong page… So neither the TAs nor the professors would have seen them on the first … Continue reading →