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Walton was an active student of retailing--all family vacations included store visits--so by the time a barber named Herb Gibson from Berryville, Ark., began opening discount stores outside towns where Sam ran variety stores, Walton saw what was coming. On July 2, 1962, at the age of 44, he opened his first Wal-Mart store, in Rogers, Ark. That same year, S.S. Kresge launched K Mart, F.W. Woolworth started Woolco and Dayton Hudson began its Target chain. Discounting had hit America in a big way. At that time, Walton was too far off the beaten path to attract...
...female, some male 20 Recommended 20 min., shortest at beginning of week Diego at the Loft 57 JFK St. Tu-F 10-7 Sa 10-5 $35-$50 wash, cut and dry Colors--$85-$150 Perms--$85 Mix of male and female 20 No 10-30 min. La Flamme Barber Shop 21 Dunster St. M-Sa 7-6 $11 wet cut, blow dry Shampoo, cut and dry--$14 Most male 12 No 15 min.-1 hr. Alfred Hair Design Eight Eliot St. M 10-4 Tu-Th 9-7 F 9-6, Sa 9-5 $45 wash...
Rachel S. Barber '99 added that every day, "people ambush you outside and ask you to sponsor them for lunch...
Everyone from Peter Lynch to your barber will tell you that before you invest in a company's stock, you should make sure it has great management. The best managers are agile enough to steer through trouble and exploit new opportunities. That's how Jack Welch at General Electric became a star and why GE perpetually trades at a higher multiple of earnings than the average stock. Welch is proven. You can buy his stock and throw it in a drawer. Ditto Charles Knight at Emerson Electric and Lawrence Bossidy at AlliedSignal...
...dose of high culture needn't mean a trek to the Wang Center or Symphony Hall. The Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, directed by Adam Grossman, is opening its 1998-99 season tonight with a concert of music by Moussorgsky, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Barber--the exciting "Night on Bald Mountain" is one of the featured works. 3 p.m. Agassiz School, corner of Oxford and Sacramento St., 547-9477, FREE...