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...growth, Reyers still manages to keep service on a personal level, even on Saturdays, when the store is chaotic. Customers select styles from shoes on display, but then one of Reyers' 88 salespeople is there to help with the fitting. One of them is Larry Joltin, 41, the hottest shoe salesman in America. Joltin sells nearly $500,000 worth of men's shoes a year, roughly a pair every 15 minutes. In 1982, he walked away with the National Shoe Retailers Association award. His $424,848 worth of sales put him so far ahead of everyone else that...
...hottest marketing battles of recent years. On one side was Gillette's inexpensive Cricket lighter (price: about 70?), which could be used for months and then thrown away. On the other was Bic's equally disposable model (69?), famed for the slogan "Flick my Bic!" But after more than a decade of struggling, Gillette last week conceded defeat. The Boston-based company said it planned to sell its Cricket line to Swedish Match, a leading European lighter maker...
...hottest church-state issue turns on a landmark 1962 decision, Engel vs. Vitale, in which the Supreme Court prohibited organized prayer in public schools as a violation of the First Amendment ban on "establishing" a state religion. Since then, Fundamentalists have agitated for a constitutional amendment permitting school prayer, and many local schools have simply ignored the court ban. Now many experts believe the Justices will look for a compromise. They will have an opportunity this term when they consider the constitutionality of an Alabama law that
...villain should be in sales. From FAO Schwarz in New York City to Talbot's Toy land in San Mateo, Calif., the invasion by pint-size plastic and metal robot figures is well under way and just may be the hottest toy trend ever. Yes, trend and trivia buffs - ever. Tonka Toys reports well over $100 million worth of orders for its Cy-Kill and 29 other GoBots since they were introduced last January. If Tonka can fill those orders, GoBots will easily overtake last year's $60 million worth of Cabbage Patch Kids. And Hasbro...
This idea has recently exploded into one of the hottest topics in science today and has raised a host of intriguing scientific and philosophical questions. It has also spawned intense controversy about astronomy, evolution, and the origins of life...