Word: allen
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What's more, seldom is the application rejected later on. In the very rare cases it is--if the student has already defaulted on another credit card or has a very bad credit record, says Coop Corporate General Manager Allen Powell--the student must make monthly payments on the amount already spent, but is allowed to spend more...
...event --titled "Cambridge 2000 and Beyond: A City for the Next Millenium"--was organized by Cambridge residents Lawrence Adkins, Allen Dobson, Charles L. Stead and Elie Yarden. Two of the candidates in the Nov. 2 election did not attend...
...challenge, but Ethan Allen is willing to try, and the veteran company could be traditional furniture's best shot at e-commerce, says analyst Baugh. "They have a very sophisticated customer base and an established brand name," he says. Ethan Allen is also unique among furniture retailers in that its prices are consistent nationally, and the company manufactures 90% of its own products. For all these reasons, CEO Farooq Kathwari suspected that e-commerce might be a good...
...realized that e-commerce is an attitude of doing things faster, being more accurate, having better technology," Kathwari says. "I saw that it could improve every element of our business." But first Kathwari had to finish a four-year project to integrate the computer systems at all Ethan Allen stores, 70% of which are privately owned. He also needed to convince store owners that they wouldn't be hurt by the new site, which he will do by crediting a fraction of each online sale to the Ethan Allen store of the customer's choice. Now that the site...
Watching Ethan Allen closely will be Heilig-Meyers, the nation's biggest furniture retailer, with more than 800 stores. The traditional Heilig customer is lower-middle income and lives in a small town--not a big online demographic. Today Heilig has a modest informational website, where customers can print coupons and find stores but not shop. "We're not certain that anyone has got a profitable business model yet in this industry, and so we're taking a wait-and-see attitude," explains Brian Hopping, a Heilig spokesman...