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...Toys "R" Us claims to have the best selection in town. No wonder, says the Federal Trade Commission, which last week charged the world's largest toy retailer with illegally using its 20% share of the $19 billion U.S. toy industry to pressure manufacturers into withholding their hottest products from warehouse discounters. In denying that Toys "R" Us had done anything wrong, CEO Michael Goldstein declared that the company had an "unquestionable right to refuse to carry the same items as warehouse clubs." Goldstein said he was "astounded" that the FTC would bring such a complaint against what amounted...
...more than one-fifth of the $19-billion-a-year U.S. toy business to keep suppliers selling only to them. Toys R Us CEO Michael Goldstein disputes the FTC's charges. He says the company must use such tactics to remain competitive with warehouse clubs that stock the hottest-selling items a few weeks before Christmas and sell them at or below cost to attract buyers. "Given that behavior, and Toys R Us' contribution to the industry" says Goldstein, "we have told manufacturers that we reserve our unquestionable right to refuse to carry the same items as warehouse clubs." Goldstein...
...more than one-fifth of the $19-billion-a-year U.S. toy business to keep suppliers selling only to them. Toys R Us CEO Michael Goldstein disputes the FTC's charges. He says the company must use such tactics to remain competitive with warehouse clubs that stock the hottest-selling items a few weeks before Christmas and sell them at or below cost to attract buyers. "Given that behavior, and Toys R Us' contribution to the industry" says Goldstein, "we have told manufacturers that we reserve our unquestionable right to refuse to carry the same items as warehouse clubs." Goldstein...
...with her band 'Til Tuesday and their million-selling debut single, Voices Carry. Her gorgeously crafted, McCartneyesque melodies and her lyrical bent for evening the score with slippery record execs and self-absorbed lovers not only made for refreshingly pungent pop, it also became the blueprint for today's hottest rock archetype: the take-no-prisoners angry young woman. Mann's first solo album, 1993's Whatever, sold only 130,000 copies but still showed her increasing depth as a songwriter...
...REASON FOR THE DECLINE IN THE influence of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland is the craven unwillingness of the church hierarchy to denounce and excommunicate members of the I.R.A. and its supporters. If the hottest spots in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality, then Hades must be crawling with Irish bishops. JOHN A. BROGAN III Hamburg, Germany...