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...people continued to wait outside H&M day after day. "I'm totally fascinated by the queuing," says Jorgen Andersson, H&M's Brand and New Business Director. "I think it's the first impression. The challenge is to deliver once the honeymoon is over." Japan country manager Christine Edman says the new thriftiness hitting Tokyo has even helped their low-priced brand. "Sometimes the timing is good for us," says Edman. Perhaps even golden in an economic downturn...
...Still, catering to the Japanese consumer will be a challenge. What is shiny and new here one day is often dull the next. "Japanese consumers are very fashion conscious and detail-oriented. They have high expectations on service," says Edman, who was born and raised in Tokyo before going to Sweden. She and her team are banking on the fact that H&M's relationship with Japan is already a strong one. Tokyo has even been a source of inspiration for H&M's designers, as reflected in the company's most recent designer collaboration with Rei Kawakubo's high...
...girls get married and change their names," says Ruth Graham, "but the boys are stuck with Graham." Franklin (William Franklin III), 41, and Ned (Nelson Edman), 35, caused their parents anguish in their rebellious search for what Ruth calls "their own identities." But now that their period of rebellion is over, the question is whether one might reprise his father's role when Billy passes from the evangelical scene...
...Southern and California communities, planes and spray trucks are now dousing large areas with malathion (which has largely replaced banned DDT). But many scientists are skeptical about the chemical's effectiveness, just as they are about such gadgetry as electronic bug zappers. The main impact, says Entomologist John Edman of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is psychological: "It reassures people something is being done...
...proud of the contribution to the work of the illustrious surgeon DeBakey that was made by members of the staff of the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. Dr. Thomas Edman, chairman of the knitting department here at the college, played a significant role in the research and development of the knitted Dacron and Teflon arterial replacements. Dr. Edman is currently working on additional prosthetics that include heart valves and abdominal patches utilizing man-made fibers and knitting technology...