Allied shelving and equipment, inc., sells and installs shelving systems. national deli, llc, contracted with allied to provide and install a parallel rack system (a series of large shelves) in national’s warehouse. both parties were dissatisfied with the result. national filed a suit in a florida state court against allied, which filed a counterclaim. each contended that the other had materially breached the con- tract. the court applied common law contract principles to rule in national’s favor on both claims. allied appealed, arguing that the court should have applied the ucc. when does a court apply common law principles to a contract that involves both goods and services? in this case, why might an appellate court rule that the ucc should be applied instead? explain. [allied shelving and equipment, inc. v. national deli, llc, 154 so.3d 482 (fla. app. 2015)] (see the scope of articles 2 and 2a.)

Read the overview below and complete the activities that follow. apartment complexes often look for ways to recruit new tenants and retain current tenants. although apartment complexes offer the tangible benefit of shelter to their tenants, many apartment complexes also offer additional services to tenants to encourage tenants to stay or to support the rent prices. the following scenario identifies the several service gaps of a company that runs an apartment complex as well as solutions for reducing these service gaps. concept review: customers have certain expectations about how a service should be delivered. a service gap occurs when the delivery of a service fails to meet customer expectations. there are four types of service gaps: knowledge gap, standards gap, delivery gap, and the communications gap. it is important for marketers to identify these gaps and develop strategies for minimizing them. match the example or solution to the appropriate service gap category.1. wait for repairs 5. train employees well2. understand expectations 6. incentives for tenants3. do not overpromise 7. family movie night4. empower employees 8. delayed lawn careservice gap example solutionknowledge gap standards gap delivery gap communication gap

An important source of public scrutiny is "watchdogs." these are: the efforts of a firm's competitors, including how often the competitors attack the firm's strategies. taxpayer-supported government agencies that limit a firm's ability to compete in foreign markets. companies designated by the government to only produce products that support the government defense program. socially conscious groups that make it their mission to measure the social responsibility levels of businesses, and provide consumers with their opinions about the level of corporate responsibility of various companies.

Suppose that with a budget of $110, deborah spends $66 on sushi and $44 on bagels when sushi costs $2 per piece and bagels cost $2 per bagel. but then, the price of bagels falls to $1 per bagel.