Domino’s is a pizza delivery company that operates in over 60 countries around the world. It is one of the leading pizza delivery companies in the United States and has a reputation for speedy service. It has a global presence and is constantly expanding its business operations. However, there are a few challenges facing the company that it should consider if it wants to continue its growth. These include the increasing competition from other companies that offer fast food delivery, the need to increase its marketing and promotion efforts, and rising consumer awareness of the unhealthy effects of certain ingredients such as fats and additives.
A domino is a rectangular tile with one side bearing an arrangement of dots (also known as pips) and the other blank or identically patterned. The dominant or identifying face of each domino is usually divided visually by a line or ridge that distinguishes it from its matching neighbor, so that only the ends of those tiles touch. The value of a domino may be determined by its endpoints or, in the most common variant, its exposed points, which are counted as one through five. The value of a domino may also be defined as its rank or weight, which is the number of pips it has.
The domino is a popular game that can be played with one or more players, and it is most often used for positional games in which each player places a domino edge to edge against another so that the adjacent faces match in number of pips (e.g., 5 to 5) or form some other specified total. Alternatively, some dominoes are used for other types of game such as solitaire or trick-taking.
Early dominoes were made from many different materials, including silver lip ocean pearl oyster shell (mother of pearl), ivory, or a dark hardwood such as ebony with contrasting black or white pips (inlaid or painted). Modern sets are often made from plastic or melamine, but traditional wood and stone (e.g., marble, granite, or soapstone) dominoes are still available and have a more substantial feel than polymer versions.
A large part of the fun in playing dominoes is arranging the tiles in a complex and attractive pattern that will eventually fall over. Hevesh, a domino artist whose YouTube channel has more than 2 million subscribers, creates intricate setups that take several nail-biting minutes to fall. She achieves these incredible arrangements by utilizing the properties of inertia, which allows her to push each domino just enough to overcome its own natural resistance to motion. Then, with a little help from her friends, the domino chain tumbles according to the laws of physics. Hevesh’s elaborate creations have been featured in numerous films and TV shows, as well as a music video for Katy Perry.