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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about retail
Green Without Envy
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5-15-2005
The new trend in hybrid vehicles is simple: all of the power, all of the luxury, none of the guilt.
Article Excerpts:
...for the family budgeting session. Suggested
retail
: $30,140 minus options, taxes, and delivery. 6...
...also a different kind of technology. Suggested
retail
: undetermined. 7 Toyota Prius Forget the...
...Priuses destined for U.S. shores. Suggested
retail
: Starts at $21,000 minus options, taxes, and...
Diagnosis: Doctor’s Office Rebellion
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7-1-2008
Prescription: Put the patient first. (What does this mean for you? Same-day appointments, no more sitting for hours in crowded waiting rooms, and -- gasp -- weekend availability from a doctor!)
Article Excerpts:
...research and consulting firm for
retail
and onsite clinics. The clinics, located within...
Six-string Legend
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5-15-2008
That's the title you get when you're the guitar in Guitar Hero.
Article Excerpts:
Will That Be All?
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8-1-2006
With its numerous neighborhoods and eclectic boutiques, Portland is a great town to visit when the shopping bug hits. There's the Pearl District, brimming with one-o...
Article Excerpts:
... Portland native Mario Bisio, who has been in the
retail
for more than 33 years. Designer brands for men...
Explore It
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12-15-2001
HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND L.A. Gets A Facelift With A New Entertainment Complex
Hollywood, finally, is ready for another close-up. This month’s debut of the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel caps the new Hollywood & Highland retail and ente...
Article Excerpts:
...Hotel caps the new Hollywood & Highland
retail
and entertainment development that could...
Breakthrough
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5-15-2002
BARRELING AHEAD – SLOWLY This year will be Crate & Barrel’s most aggressive ever, as husband-and-wife founders Gordon and Carole Segal open (drum roll, please) six new stores. Six stores? That’s peanuts in retail. But for Crate...
Article Excerpts:
... stores. Six stores? That’s peanuts in
retail
. But for Crate & Barrel, gradual evolution,...
Saying Yes To Change
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9-1-2002
President and CEO Vernon Hill believes fundamentally that Commerce Bank isn’t in the banking business. Rather, it’s in the retail business. And if you think like a retailer, he says, then you’re constantly coming up with ways to enhance the customer...
Article Excerpts:
...banking business. Rather, it’s in the
retail
. And if you think like a retailer, he says, then...
Personal Profits
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8-15-2003
DOWN ON THE DOW Disappointed by the performance of the Dow and the S&P 500 lately? Who isn’t, right? But don’t blame the economy — at least not entirely. It’s those standard-bearer companies on the Dow that are wrong, say Jim Troup and ...
Article Excerpts:
...it includes education, human resources, and
retail
that take advantage of digital science.
Breakthrough
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11-1-2003
IT'S, LIKE, A TOTALLY NEW KIND OF MALL Sherman Oaks Galleria
was ground zero for a popular ’80s stereotype — the Valley Girl, a spoiled, ditzy teenager who couldn’t complete a sentence without the word “like.” But after a multimillion-dol...
Article Excerpts:
...Italia mall will be reborn as a residential,
retail
, and business community called Belmar.
Billion $ Bound
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5-1-2006
David Thomson wanted to know the secrets of companies able to break the billion-dollar barrier (Don't we all?), so he spent three years analyzing the United States highest-growth companies for his new book, Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Ach...
Article Excerpts:
...Depot). The right industry Hint: Specialty
retail
, insurance, and health care were all past...
A Different World
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12-1-2006
With online alternate realities, flourishing businesses are discovering a parallel (retail) universe.
Article Excerpts:
...businesses are discovering a parallel (
retail
) universe. Earlier this year, the hip clothier...
Let’s Make A Deal
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1-1-2007
Allan Stark says everything is negotiable (but it helps to have him on your side).
Article Excerpts:
...buildings. He doesn’t usually sell at
retail
, but he’ll sell to Allan’s...
...a TV the size of a Lichtenstein at $1,000 below
retail
. So I go back to Allan himself. I ask again why...
Fair Deal
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7-1-2007
Is it possible to change the world one pair of chinos at a time? A new crop of businesses think fair-trade apparel will be as good for companies as it is for the conscience.
Article Excerpts:
...says Patti Freeman Evans, a senior
retail
-industry analyst for New York–based...
Word Of Mouth
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4-15-2008
Want the skinny on Louisville? Then listen to these residents, who know just what you should do when you visit their Kentucky Derbyloving city.
Article Excerpts:
...Hamm Real estate developer; vice president of
retail
and leasing, Jefferson Development...
Movies
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9-15-2006
WE JUST THOUGHT you'd LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT AN UNFLINCHING, IN-DEPTH LOOK AT A BELOVED ARTIST. WE HIGHLIGHT SOME EARLY OSCAR CONTENDERS YOU SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON. PLUS MUCH MORE.
Article Excerpts:
...Boys comes the story of two loser big-box-
retail
-store employees who vie for the titular honor so...
What A Dish!
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7-15-2001
Hotel Dining Goes Decidedly DeluxeToo fatigued to forage outside the hotel? don't sweat it. These three recently opened hotel eateries are both townie meccas and traveler delights.Kansas City: The Oak Room, The Fairmont Kansas City, 401 Ward Pkwy.; (...
Article Excerpts:
...every table views the entertainment-and-
retail
Country Club Plaza through picture windows.
Fast Talk: The Old Economy Meets The New Economy
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12-1-2001
Fast Company recently convened a Fast Talk session in Chicago, bringing together some of the smartest people from some of the strongest and oldest brands in the world. Our objective: New insights on emerging best practices when it comes to custom...
Article Excerpts:
...executive vice president, consumer products,
retail
, and distribution; Cap Gemini Ernst & Young...
Ready, Set, Shop!
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11-15-2003
Yes, the holidays are here again, but relax! We’ve done some of the hard work for you. All you’ve got to do is take this magazine home and start matching these great gifts with the friends, family, and business contacts on your shopping list.
Article Excerpts:
...to our ears. (800) 692-7753, www.apple.com/
retail
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Can&rsqu...
10 To Watch
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2-1-2004
they're leading MCI and the SEC, building smart chips and supercomputers and spacecraft. they're 10 people who should be on your radar screen this year.
Article Excerpts:
... self-organizing sensors could change the game in
retail
, energy, warfare, and more. Imagine: As...
The Bilbao Effect
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7-1-2004
Frank Gehrys Guggenheim did more than revitalize this Spanish city. Its spawned a whole tourism subculture, where architects are rock stars and buildings aphrodisiacs.
Article Excerpts:
...harnessed by a very powerful force, which is
retail
,” says Alec Zaballero, associate...
...with entertainment, office, residential, hotel,
retail
, and cultural space, and the mori art...