Word: hellos
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...sheep are guarded by an elegant llama, and it is a pleasure to say hello to the llama every day,” she explains...
...many Japanese designers, collaboration also allows them to piggyback on the success of already established street brands. Japanese are even more attuned than Americans to the iconography of consumerism. This is, after all, an animation-crazed culture in which characters like Doraemon, Hello Kitty and Pikachu adorn everything from refrigerators to boxes of seaweed sprinkles. Consumers, especially the key youth segment, prefer splashing out on recognizable icons?an almost Pavlovian response to a society awash in symbolism. No surprise then, that one of the details that Takizawa is most proud of in his collaboration with Champion...
Discount chains have done a good job of seizing licensing opportunities. Target, for example, carries clothing emblazoned with Hello Kitty and Barney, while Wal-Mart has SpongeBob SquarePants and a line designed by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The chains have been savvy in their marketing, particularly to Hispanics, who have surpassed African Americans as the largest minority group in the U.S. According to Susan Porjes, a retail analyst based in Honolulu, Hispanic parents spend a higher percentage of their income on children's clothing than other ethnic groups do. That helps explain why Target has licensed characters from...
...mother in the funeral parlor. The president of the ECOWAS force - let's say they got here in two weeks, three weeks. I'd say what, there's got to be a few days, not very long. They're not going to meet me at the airport, and say, "Hello guys, bye." No, that's not what I'm talking about. They get here. They meet the government. The defense people, work with them. I'm sure there'll be a little military ceremony. Don't forget there's a turning over. There's a new president that...
...truly frightened by the people described in "Goodbye, Soccer Mom. Hello, Security Mom" [NATION, June 2]. They have become so unreasonably petrified by the thought of another terrorist attack against the U.S. that they support whatever radical laws or actions our government takes in the name of protecting its citizens. Such an attitude poses a far more serious threat to this nation's health than any foreign entity. GREGORY KEENER Escondido, Calif...