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...Gill, 38, owns an Oldsmobile dealership in Columbus, Ohio, that in the past year has moved $30 million worth of Achievas and '95 Auroras and whatnots out of its showroom and off the lot. Plenty of people bought new and used cars from this man, and he talks openly about how he got them to do so: "I never let a customer walk in my life. I had just one goal in life: to be the No. 1 volume dealer. What could I do to close that customer on the showroom floor now? Our approach was to deliver them...
...Fyodorov's advertising firm, his home-security company, his men's clothing shop and his private day-care company (which supervises the offspring of wealthy jet-setters for $300 a day). Fyodorov's other enterprises include Wild Orchid, a popular women's lingerie shop, and Collection, a luxury-car dealership...
...unlikely marriage of art aristocracy and trendiness, one of the world's oldest and richest dealers in Old Masters and Impressionists, Wildenstein & Co., paid an undisclosed amount for 49% of Pace Gallery, a leader in contemporary art. The combined business will be the world's largest art dealership...
...fear of it, has inspired an army of entrepreneurs eager to cash in on what has become a $500 million to $600 million annual security business. As many as 90% of the luxury cars sold in California are equipped with antitheft devices either in the factory or at the dealership. There are glass sensors, tiny microphones that set off an alarm if they pick up the tinkling of broken glass. Motion sensors and shock sensors go off if the car is jolted or bounced. Clifford Electronics Inc. offers a remote-triggering device that shuts off the car's electronics...
...need for new wheels has given a strong boost to sales in regions still in the economic doldrums. "I'm probably down to a 45-day supply of vehicles," says Timothy Connell, sales manager for his family's Chevrolet dealership in recession-scarred Southern California. "Normally I'd carry a 90-day supply...