Word: distributor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hooked on fish. They are ordering not only such old standards as sole, salmon, striped bass and swordfish but the more exotic species as well. Restaurants and markets across the country tally big increases in sales of shellfish and finfish. The experience of Inland Seafood Corp., a wholesale distributor of fresh and high-quality frozen fish in Atlanta, is typical. "Our sales have increased about 20% every year over the past four years," says Bill Demmond, vice president in charge of purchasing. As the demand increases, so does the marketability of what used to be considered "trash" fish, now more...
...Nomenclature is central to fish marketing," says Bob Rubin, a partner in the Chicago Fish House, a wholesale distributor. "The name has to sound good. You could have a perfect fish that tastes like candy, but if it's called a ratfish, it won't sell." Speaking of the tilapia, a prolific and delicately flavored fish, he says, "It doesn't sound like something you'd want to eat." Bill Demmond is not so sure. "Fishermen couldn't give away amberjack," he says. "Now it sells for $1 a pound wholesale. We can't keep enough seafood. If they catch...
...star in a faded T shirt marked MUMFORD PHYS. ED. DEPT. across the chest. Now the burgundy-lettered garment has become a hit in its own right. Swamped by requests for the shirts from Murphy's fans, Detroit's Samuel C. Mumford High School has turned to a national distributor to handle the demand. As of last week Artex Manufacturing of Overland Park, Kans., had received more than 24,000 orders for the shirt, which sells for around $10, and sales were growing fast...
...flask containing one-third of an ounce, Amouage, which means "waves of emotion" in Arabic, may be the world's most expensive fragrance gift. Even so, the list of shoppers who simply must have it threatens to stretch well past Christmas. Joanne Rose of Asprey, the sole U.S. distributor, says the store has been besieged with orders from as far away as Beverly Hills...
...Seven weeks into shooting, in a contract dispute with Evans, Coppola walked off the set and flew to Europe; the cast and crew missed their paychecks and refused to work until they were paid in cash. And in exchange for a quick $15 million from the film's distributor, Orion Pictures, Evans relinquished his control over the movie. By the spring of 1984, Evans was suing everybody in sight. But the show went on, and after five years and $47 million, The Cotton Club premiered on Dec. 14, 1984. The rest, my children, is silence...