Word: flagship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gallo had no choice. The market for its flagship jug wines was shrinking, and it desperately needed some winners in the higher price ranges. But the Gallo name was a problem. Focus groups identified it with cheap wine and high-alcohol brands like Thunderbird...
...shopping. If it's footwear you're after, Nordstrom's vast shoe sections boast up to 150,000 pairs from sizes 4 to 21. "I really like Nordstrom," says Kelly Chandler, 28, a marketing specialist at a Seattle radio station who has shopped at the fashion retailer's flagship store since she was a teenager. "They are always willing to accommodate you. When I go shopping, I always park my car near Nordstrom at the mall because I always start and end up there...
...there is hope for us baby-boom parents. Schools nationwide have abandoned the Chivas Regal ethos of the 1980s as they cope with sharp increases in demand for financial aid and the first signs that some high-caliber students are choosing to attend flagship public universities rather than go into eternal debt...
...News has hit troubles on several fronts. After eight years of ratings dominance, Peter Jennings' evening newscast, World News Tonight, has been overtaken in recent weeks by the snazzier, more cleverly packaged NBC Nightly News. Creatively too, ABC's flagship newscast seems adrift, first softening the show to combat NBC, more recently retrenching a bit and trying to reassert its hard-news credentials. Good Morning America, the No. 1-rated morning show for much of the '90s, has slipped into second place, well behind NBC's Today show. Of course the network still has the indispensable Nightline, which frequently beats...
...quite disturbed by your unfounded and poorly researched assessment of Prodigy in "Where You Can Connect," your guide to the leading online services of today. Your negative comments appeared to be directed at Prodigy Classic, which is no longer our lead product. You made no mention of the new flagship product, Prodigy Internet, which was introduced in October to universally favorable reviews. The marketplace seems to agree that Prodigy Internet is a great value. In January, during our first full month of marketing, daily enrollments in Prodigy Internet increased more than 300%, establishing...