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Guitar Center hopes to avoid the growing pains that often plague expanding businesses. Albertson says he expects a bump in his customer base in the near future. After dropping for decades, the population of men ages 15 to 29, the chain's prime customers, is projected to rise 6% by 2010. The company is expanding its pro-audio selection and is exploring opening stores in Canada and Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Store Strikes A Chord | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

...restaurants serve daily, 33% of the company that supplies the smoked salmon and other prepared foods, and 50% of the condiment supplier. All the Costes establishments are obliged to buy from these suppliers, no matter which member of the extended family is the majority shareholder. That's a nice bump to the bottom line when the €10 slice of chocolate cake at Georges costs a little more than €2 to make. A string of restaurants where the food isn't the point, where the marketing plan and the look and feel of the room matter more than what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brothers Who Ate Paris | 9/7/2003 | See Source »

Glow Girl, a hip boutique in Mill Valley, Calif., gives prospective customers clear visual clues as to the nature of its business: the mannequins in the window have protruding bellies, and painted on the glass is the word MATERNITY underneath a silhouette of a woman with a bump. But that doesn't stop some unsuspecting--and not-expecting--women from entering Angela Mavridis' year-old store, lured by familiar brand-name fashion and accessories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Expect the Best | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...We’ve advertised Nate Leaman’s position, but I could also bump up Sean McCann to that position,” Mazzoleni said. “Or I could have Sean in that position but hire a recruiting coordinator...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Assistant Coach Search Begins For M. Hockey | 8/8/2003 | See Source »

NEPRC attributes the escape to the manner in which the monkey was transported. While the monkey was being transported on campus, the truck carrying it hit a bump, causing the cage to jostle and open...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Escaped Research Monkey Dies by Mass. Roadside | 8/8/2003 | See Source »

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