Word: brennans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...laid out the company's woes in a disarmingly direct manner. "We are not a fashion store, we are not a store for the whimsical, nor the affluent," it declared. "Sears is a family store for middleclass, homeowning Americans." To refocus the company, Telling in 1980 promoted Edward Brennan, a third-generation company man, to head the merchandise group-to the astonishment of longtime employees; Brennan was only 46 at the time...
Even when stores do not plan special holiday items or promotions, they must plan ahead for the increased activity that is unlike any other time of the year. At the WordsWorth bookstore. Night Manager Garvin G. Brennan says the store hires five or six extra people to cope with the increased numbers of customers. Garvin added that although the store doesn't undergo any major reorganization, "we still have to figure out where to put 200 copies of "A Child's Christmas in Wales." Garvin said calendars are "tremendously big sellers," and several lines, such as the National Audubon Society...
...below retail by shopping at off-price stores. Since 1979, sales at Syms, T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and similar outlets have more than doubled, to an estimated $7 billion. Industry analysts expect them to continue to grow at an average pace of 20% to 25% a year. Says Edward Brennan, head of Sears retail stores: "There is no question that off-price retailers are becoming a big factor in the industry...
During the trial, the university stated that there were some procedural deviations, but said they were some inconsequential, said Alexander Waugh, a lawyer at Smith, Stratton, Waugh, Heher and Brennan, the university's lawyers for the case...
...such presidential support seems misplaced. The weakness in Princeton's system centers on the student committee itself, a collection of three not so holy trinities, to borrow Brennan's metaphor. The committee consists of three current class presidents, three past class presidents, and three students selected from the student body at large. One need not dismiss young government enthusiasts entirely to question a class president's qualifications to make a decision that will affect a student's academic and professional future. A successful class campaign probably results more from candidate's popularity or familiarity with of students than it does...