Word: concepting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...along Tokyo blocks clamoring for cheap casual chic would be comfortable predicting being "bigger than Gap." But Tadashi Yanai, CEO of parent company Fast Retailing, expects Uniqlo to reach $10 billion in sales by 2010, with 10% coming from the U.S. The haberdasher's son is introducing neighborhood concept stores--stocked with basics made with colorful Egyptian cotton and Mongolian cashmere--to three high-volume New Jersey malls, to add to Uniqlo's roughly 700 stores in Asia and Britain. Yanai talks big, but expansion failures in the London area in 2003 cut revenue 25% and the stock 80%. Uniqlo...
Bartle said he is very supportive of the Ethos concept, though he confirmed that five cents is nowhere near the profit Starbucks makes on each bottle. “The basic rule,” he said, “is that the more money that goes to good causes, the better.” When I raised the point that Starbucks and Ethos have probably spent millions on their marketing campaign, which includes a two-month R.V. tour, he said, “that’s the fundamental dilemma Keeper Springs faces. We don’t spend...
...President and CEO Jim Donald, saying he’s a great guy and a true believer in the mission of doing good while making money. Perhaps, then, Mr. Donald will see the problem with donating so little of the Ethos profits when charity is the central concept of the brand. Starbucks customers are smart enough to know that a nickel is nothing on a bottle of water that costs almost two dollars...
...dangers of division and the satisfactions of exploring other tribes' roots while celebrating one's own It was a welcome surprise to read your feature "The Lost Tribes of Europe" [Aug. 29], about how some of the oldest minority groups are struggling to maintain their customs and culture. The concept of culture is so closely linked with language that one might argue that culture is language. It was mentioned in the article, but I find it relevant to stress how the Bretons and Basques thrive largely because of the survival of their languages. More organizations like midas (the European Association...
While the concept of a showdown between his employers was enticing, Ridolfi hoped his Holy Cross team would benefit from the matchup...