Comments on: The Price of a pair of Nike’s (in 1995) http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2009/05/28/the-price-of-a-pair-of-nikes-in-1995/ Analyzing the visual presentation of social data. Each post, Laura Norén takes a chart, table, interactive graphic or other display of sociologically relevant data and evaluates the success of the graphic. Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rod Stokes http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2009/05/28/the-price-of-a-pair-of-nikes-in-1995/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:28:50 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=466#comment-995 http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-19874215/retailers-pressing-irs-rampd.html

DOWNTOWN – The 105th Congress recently extended the research and experimentation tax credit, which was enacted in 1981 to encourage retailers to develop new software for things like tracking inventory and payroll. But the Internal Revenue Service has begun tightening rules for the exemption, requiring retailers to prove tougher standards of risk and innovation before they can receive the credit.

]]> By: flaneuse http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2009/05/28/the-price-of-a-pair-of-nikes-in-1995/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:11:13 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=466#comment-241 I am not precisely sure what activities count as “R&D” for retailers so I would be willing to entertain an argument that the R&D segment ought to be placed in the orange section. I do not think that the orange and blue segments are mislabeled overall, though, because the rest of the data is plausible.

Does anyone else know what might count as R&D for retailers? Market research about where to build new stores and focus group testing about how to promote products? I could see that eating up some funds and falling within the purview of retailers.

]]> By: AM Khosla http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2009/05/28/the-price-of-a-pair-of-nikes-in-1995/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Sat, 30 May 2009 13:37:26 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=466#comment-226 Since when do retailers do R&D? Is it possible that the orange and blue sections are mislabeled?

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