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Should Geoffrey catch on, it would bolster the conviction of Toys "R" Us CEO John Eyler that it's still possible to combat the low-cost threat posed by Wal-Mart and Target. Geoffrey "is potentially a $1.5 billion business," he says. "The Geoffrey stores are flat-out fun--and it's not clear if going to Wal-Mart or Target is fun." So far, the concept seems to be working. Since Geoffrey opened 14 months ago, Wisconsinites appear to have embraced it, showing up in large numbers and steadily boosting sales, the firm says. Maintenance technician Lonnie Roeder...
...successful mass merchandisers, Wal-Mart and Target can more easily afford a price war than Toys "R" Us and other toy specialists. Wal-Mart's sales of high-margin items like flat-screen TVs can make up for losses on low-margin toys. It's a classic loss-leader attack. Wal-Mart figures that supercheap toys will lure customers to the store, where they might buy pricier items. That puts the squeeze on toy specialists, which must either follow suit and risk losses or try to hold their prices and bet that their superior customer service and selection will enable...
...above using her disease to punch up her act. Earlier this year in Miami, her blood sugar low, she checked herself into a hospital the night before a show, and when she started feeling better, checked herself back out to perform. But when she sang, the crowd seemed flat. So she called one of her doctors to the stage to tell the audience what she had just gone through. "After that," says LaBelle, "they recognized." Diabetes may have forced LaBelle to cut back on certain foods, but hamming it up is still allowed. --By Christopher John Farley/Philadelphia
...thing about Jack Nicholson: some women really like him, and other women can't stand him. Fortunately he can tell the difference: "I know when I got these four or five girls standing around me, talking to me, and, you know, it's nice--I know the one that flat-out hates me. You know what I mean? The one that's never gonna like one thing I ever do. And because I know, it becomes clear to me when I'm going to confront this to my greatest advantage. So it's always a great delight to me when...
...sinned against, its characters make surprising connections. And it grants all of them--even, in his way, Cohn--complexity and dignity. When Prior meets Hannah, he says he can only imagine what she, a Mormon from Utah, must think of him. She answers, hard and acrid as a salt flat, "No, you can't imagine the things in my head...