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...high import taxes (up to 50% for watches) and its shabby retail environment (there are no upscale shopping streets and few malls). But today India is experiencing a mall-building boom, perhaps a response to the sharp rise of newly affluent consumers?many under age 25. Analysts at Bain & Co. predict that the luxury market could grow 25% a year over the next three years?a far cry from the days when it was the exclusive preserve of Cartier-bedecked maharajas...
They're so intelligent, caring, achieving, in love, this couple could be on the cover of New York magazine as a symbol of what makes America's largest city work. David Kirmani (Lost's Naveen Andrews) is a physician, Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) a public-radio spieler who paints sound portraits of her town, now and in its glorious past. She hearts New York...
When your lover dies, a part of you dies too. But in Erica Bain (Jodie Foster), a new spirit is borntough, ruthless, addicted to vengeance. This thriller, directed by Neil Jordan, has so many plot loopholes, it makes sense only as the fantasy of a bereaved soul. Or perhaps as an answer to the 1970s-era Death Wish films. Troubling and engrossing, it suggests that to become an urban hero, you first have to forget you're human...
...magna cum laude in history from Bowdoin College in 1973 and then moved to Cambridge to attend law school. Armed with his HLS degree, Chenault worked for a brief time as an attorney at Rogers & Wells before crossing the line into the financial world as a management consultant for Bain & Co., where he worked until 1981. Since then, he has been a part of AMEX, where he rose in the ranks, occupying various directorial positions in the sub-divisions of the giant before taking over as president in 1993. Selected by the Student Class Day Committee...
Topshop's European rivals, on the other hand, have been quick to pile into the relatively untapped U.S. market--while fast fashion accounts for around 12% of the British clothing market, it is just 1% of the total in the U.S., according to Bain, a consulting firm. Spying massive opportunities, Spain's Zara has two dozen stores in the U.S.; Swedish chain H&M boasts more than 100. Not Topshop. Though it has sold individual collections in America--along with the Kate Moss range at Barneys, Topshop's Unique line sells in the Opening Ceremony boutique in New York City...