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...push clothes with broad appeal that could sell millions and millions of units. But once everyone had bought a pair of khakis, a white button-down and a few pocket Ts, what next? Pressler, a novice to fashion who came to Gap after a 15-year career at Disney, took his time figuring that out. Meanwhile, competitors surged ahead, as Gap's sales fell 2%, to $14.8 billion last year. "It used to be that the Gap dictated fashion, but now customers have so many resources, they dictate what they want and see if a store has it," says Marshal...
...slipped into the Dreamgirls slot. Only The Departed is an old-fashioned studio movie. Iwo Jima, released by Warner Bros., was made for a miniaturized $15 million. The other three entries were sponsored by the art-house subsidiaries of major companies: Paramount Vantage for Babel, Fox Searchlight for Sunshine, Disney's (not the Weinstein brothers') Miramax for The Queen. This verifies the trend last year, when four of the films nominated for Best Picture were "indies...
...turning the wheels of the global economy. Without leaving their desks, these merchandisers at Hong Kong--based trading outfit Li & Fung connect the far-flung dots of today's international manufacturing system. They make sure that Victoria's Secret gets its bras, American Eagle Outfitters its T shirts and Disney its stuffed Winnie the Poohs. One moment, workers in Hong Kong are haggling with fabricmakers for the best price of denim, and the next, they're ensuring that a shipment of teddy bears gets to U.S. stores on time or searching for the right factories...
...economy. Employing e-mail and the telephone, these merchandisers at Hong Kong-based trading outfit Li & Fung connect the far-flung dots of today's international manufacturing system. Without leaving their desks, they make sure that Victoria's Secret gets its bras, American Eagle Outfitters its T shirts, and Disney its stuffed Winnie the Poohs. One moment, the workers in Hong Kong are haggling over the phone with fabricmakers for the best price on denim; the next, they're ensuring that a shipment of teddy bears gets to U.S. stores on time or searching for the right factories...
...Hilles when all HUID swipers were mysteriously deactivated last weekend. Quadlings couldn’t get in the building, reading room, up the elevator, or down again without a propped open door. Was “get thee to Allston already” the secret message? After a Disney sing-a-long, rapscallions barged into the Kong circa 3:45 and demanded the evening’s leftovers. Found: condom wrappers in Widener stacks and on the steps of Widener. It has been unseasonably warm. Best g-chat away messages: “Jamaica Kincaid forgot it was Martin Luther...