Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As far as names go, Amazon is a perfect choice. (Not least because its ticker symbol, AMZN, is a license-plate version of how the stock has performed.) The wild Amazon River, with its limitless branches, remains an ideal metaphor for a company that now sells everything from power tools...
For proof of preschool's greater appeal, consider that while Bill Clinton's most famous domestic policy gaffe is his botched stab at health care reform, his tenfold expansion of Head Start's budget has been virtually unopposed. That's political currency for Gore, who's made an art form...
And the teacup runneth over, with purveyors only planning to offer more. Lipton is test-marketing fancy-tea kiosks to be rolled out in places like hotels, airports and corporate dining rooms. Saks Fifth Avenue has discontinued its coffee line but plans an expansion next year of its private-label...
That should have set off warning bells in Atlanta. But Ivester, known for his bulldog tenacity, pushed ahead with expansion plans. Coke had built its omnipresence in the 1980s by welding together a motley collection of soft-drink bottlers into the most powerful distribution channel on earth. Ivester felt compelled...
Though he'll continue to modernize older stores, Miller says he'll significantly slow the frenetic pace of expansion and cut back the company's costly advertising blitz. Rite Aid has rescheduled $2.7 billion of its debt, and before long, it should announce a deal to sell PCS. As for...