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...Crew: CEO Mickey Drexler managed to take a company that competed with the Gap selling t-shirts and khakis and revamp its merchandise on quality and price. He made the designer business affordable through brilliant product development. Now customers get cashmere sweaters and tailored suits for less than high-end labels. "It's perceived exclusivity," says Chen. "It's pretty accessible and for their customer it's a bargain." J. Crew might still sell some basics, but they do it better than anyone else. Their fiscal year ended February 2 with revenues increasing 16% and comparable store sales...
...They’re sitting here in college, looking at their job options, and the salary gap is pretty impressive between a military officer and the companies that they’d be looking at,” Havice said. “And they’re sitting here choosing the military for love of country...
Monday's decision by Florida Democrats to abandon their efforts to hold a new primary, in order to get their delegation seated at the national party's August convention, is another blow to Hillary Clinton's attempt to close the small but near-impregnable delegate gap on her rival, Barack Obama. And she's having little more luck in Michigan...
...been all game, the Bobcat lead was just barely too much to overcome. A period of steady Harvard pressure—capped by a 4-on-3 score from Meintel—brought Harvard to within two at 12:25, but the Crimson never closed the gap. A Quinnipiac empty-netter by Andrew Meyer—who banked the puck off the boards at the 19:33 mark—finally put things out of reach for good.“In the third, we had plenty of chances to close the gap, and we weren’t able...
Smoking in particular has contributed to the widening gap, according to the authors, David M. Cutler, an applied economics professor, and Ellen Meara, an assistant professor of health care policy at the Mecical School. They cited education-related differences in cigarette use as a key factor...