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When one thinks of short stories about Americans adrift in a foreign land, expatriate authors like Ernest Hemmingway and Paul Bowles come to mind.
Quick! Throw Out the Tea! The British are coming. Specifically, that chap with the kilts and all those big homes embarks on his first trip to the U.S. with the new missus this week. PRINCE CHARLES and the former Camilla Parker Bowles will dine at the White House, take in...
That meant making more ducks in China, Pakistan and elsewhere to lower costs. Springs can't always be cheapest, Bowles concedes. Instead she hopes that mirror manufacturing, or duplicating much of its product line domestically, will give the company a leg up. "If a customer has a spike in demand...
Instead of trying to be all things to all retailers, Springs is focusing on core customers. Bowles says eight of them--including Wal-Mart, Kmart/ Sears and Target--account for about 80% of sales. That could be a risky strategy, since more retailers go directly to overseas suppliers for their...
Despite the upheaval in the domestic industry, Bowles still runs up against the notion that because the company outsources, it cares more about profits than jobs. "That whole thought process is so annoying to me," she says. "How many jobs can we have if we don't make a profit...