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...onetime CEO of Neiman Marcus, wants to do that by changing the look and feel of department-store shopping. On his agenda: broader aisles (managers will be assigned 32-in. rulers or measuring tapes to make sure they leave at least that much space), less cluttered departments (15% of display racks will be removed), upgraded fitting rooms (with plasma-screen TVs in the waiting area), stores that are easier to navigate ("way finding" signs will guide shoppers) and more help looking up prices (at least 35 bar-code readers in every store). The changes may sound cosmetic, but Lundgren hopes...
...museum has set up an altar for members of a Hindu sect wishing to venerate one of the manuscripts on display. James Allan, director of the Ashmolean Inter-Faith Exhibition Service, which organized the show, welcomed their visits: "The tradition [of pilgrimage] becomes alive, not just theoretical." tel: (44-1865) 278000; www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk
...bring home souvenirs, such as a 19th century miniature ivory stupa (Buddhist shrine) or a 17th century collapsible model of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The museum has set up an altar for members of a Hindu sect wishing to venerate one of the manuscripts on display. James Allan, director of the Ashmolean Inter-Faith Exhibition Service, which organized the show, welcomed their visits: "The tradition [of pilgrimage] becomes alive, not just theoretical." tel: (44-1865) 278000; www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk
Despite the acrimony on display last week, Mittal says he remains "good friends" with Dollé. "I admire him as a leader. It's nothing personal." But dinner is dinner, and business is business...
...thing about the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos is this: you never get time to think. The crush of business leaders, politicians, scientists, thinkers and celebrity do-gooders is so great, the cornucopia of temptations on display so salivating, that you can't quite get your head - which is, in any event, likely to be fogged from the night before - around what you've heard or seen. (Did Brad Pitt really have jet-black hair and sideburns?) So on the last day of Davos I enjoy a little ritual. After lunch, I take myself...