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...Kroger: The largest traditional food retailer in the U.S. is doing well because its stores are convenient and people still need to eat. According to the WSL Strategic Retail survey, spending on food showed a net gain of 34 percentage points between those spending more versus those spending less compared to 2006, mostly because food prices have gone up. It has less to do with people buying more or trading up to gourmet items. Kroger's fourth quarter same-store sales at those open at least a year increased...
...Women might scale back their own fashion purchases, but that doesn't mean they're going to let their dogs down. Just ask Leona Helmsley's pooch Trouble, who earned a $12 million trust fund when her owner died last year. WSL Strategic Retail's survey found a net gain of 28 percentage points between those spending more on their pets versus those spending less compared to 2006. In their 2008 study only two categories out of 17 showed significant spending increases among women and men: food and pet supplies. Owners are frequenting pet specialty boutiques or picking...
...Brooks ’06, who is still in Iraq with the Marines, wrote in an e-mail that at this point in the war, much of the military experience is in the peacekeeping and humanitarian realms, requiring some political and cultural sensitivity that Harvard has helped him gain...
...Party. In addition to sacrificing principle though, McCain might be sacrificing important Independent votes, and his acceptance of President Bush’s endorsement isn’t going to help in that respect. He is counting on the fact that his flip-flop to the far-right will gain him Republican Party support, but this is a dangerous political game for him to play. During this election, Independent votes are predicted to be valuable, and the cost of McCain’s inconsistency—defeat in the general election—might not be worth whatever...
...French are used to in their President. Ironically, Sarkozy's advisers also believe his imploding popularity - combined with public backing of reform - will make it all the easier for them to press ahead with unpleasant restructuring of France's economy and society. They say the eventual appearance of gain after the initial period of reformist pain may help lift the President's numbers, and leave the right well positioned for presidential and legislative elections in 2012. That could mean beautiful music for Sarkozy and his conservative allies; but it could also reflect a bad case of political tone-deafness...