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...Nova, started by CEO Nozomu Sahashi in 1981, grew into a publicly listed chain with over 900 locations at its peak, dominating Japan's $1.7 billion foreign-language-education industry through discount lesson offers and a sassy, ubiquitous ad campaign. In 2006, as many as two-thirds of Japan's foreign-language students were enrolled at Nova. But things started to unravel for the company in April, after the Supreme Court ruled that its prepaid tuition scheme, under which students bought thousands of dollars in lessons up front and received only partial refunds in the event of cancellations, was illegal...
...company encompasses such icons as Donna Karan, Fendi, and Givenchy, in addition to Louis Vuitton itself. Brands and other intangibles, as might be suspected, play a staggering role in their financial holdings, accounting for 8.2 billion euros, or 29 percent of total assets. And these billions of dollars of ad campaigning—those mile-long legs of Fendi’s Raquel Zimmermann from the summer billboards —are working. Last year, Louis Vuitton recorded 11 percent revenue growth in its fashion and leathers business segment. Market research expects global expenditure on retail luxury products...
...prove that there was still life left in the old magazine industry. "It's time to blow the dust off the curtains at Hearst!" she announced at a management conference. And she did. Black launched O: The Oprah Magazine in 2000, which has generated $1.3billion in ad revenue since then and all but invented a new category, the celebrity-driven lifestyle and self-help magazine...
Under the current structure, students have a very limited voice. Most noticeably, no student serves on the Administrative Board at Harvard. No student is involved with decisions regarding what the administration calls “community standards”—the clause the Ad Board relies on to enforce its decisions. When the Handbook for Students was changed last year as a result of the findings of the Committee on Social Clubs, no student was involved in the process. No student is involved in setting budgetary priorities of the University or the Allston expansion. Students can voice concerns...
...pitch perfect debate performance, key union endorsements and a bold new television ad campaign: Could this be the moment that presidential candidate John Edwards finally gets some momentum...