Word: calvins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...place of Scripture, Gomes says, we have the "continuing revelation of God," which he discovers to be a wonderfully malleable and useful thing indeed. More splendidly, Gomes seems at last to have liberated the Christian from Calvin's sticky rule, that the Holy Spirit speaking at different times must at least be consistency with himself. Truly, our bondage to the idol of consistency seems a formidable enemy to be overcome; but judging by his prodigious success thus far, I do not doubt but that Gomes is capable of the victory...
...such findings have not dented the widespread impression that these groups are "model" minorities. Blacks are seen as less hardworking and less deserving than members of model minorities -- although 90% of them hold jobs and their West African ancestors were members of a society whose work ethic out-Calvined Calvin...
...rights, Calvin Klein, one of the patron saints of American sportswear, should be cleaning up in this market. He was one of the first to launch a lower-priced collection: Classifications, first sold in 1983, was discontinued in 1988. These days, though, his lower-priced Calvin Klein Sport division, which last year accounted for nearly 80% of all business at Calvin Klein, Inc., has been floundering. Company sales in 1990 fell to $197 million, ) down from $225 million in 1989. Even worse, the firm lost more than $4 million and carries long-term debt of close to $68 million...
...problem, competitors say, is that Calvin Klein Sport is known for jeans but little else. Klein hopes to change that. "What I'm doing now," he says, "is refocusing the line to sell in the bridge market." Says DKNY's Seegal: "It's the repositioning of the repositioning of the repositioning." Adds a competitor: "Calvin Klein is not a happy camper...
After Klein's launching a $10 million ad campaign featuring model-actress Carre Otis, half-naked men and women, and lots of leather, business is picking up. At Bloomingdale's, for instance, Calvin Klein Sport sales are running 30% ahead of last year's. Whether Klein can keep up the momentum remains to be seen...