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...biggest British music import to hit U.S. shores lately is not George Michael's latest album or a new Rolling Stones tour; instead it is 70,000 sq. ft. of retail space. That is the total size of two superstores that Britain's HMV Group Worldwide plans to open in Manhattan this week. The larger of the two will be the biggest music store in the U.S. Fast-growing HMV -- the initials stand for His Master's Voice -- is the largest chain in Britain, and has opened stores in Australia, Canada and Japan. Among its innovations are in-store music...
...long ago, only gangsters and oddballs drove foreign cars in Japan. Nowadays in Tokyo showrooms, 1 car in 10 is an import. More than 300,000 Japanese drive Volkswagens; owners of the popular Golf model even have their own club. The import phenomenon signals a change in Japanese society toward greater individualism and more venturesome personal taste, for the typical buyer of a foreign car is a 37-year-old salaried employee. The enthusiasm of young Japanese career women for the Rover Group's Mini has given that venerable model a new lease on life...
...boon to a small, inexpensive car that gets 27 m.p.g. in city driving and 37 m.p.g. on the highway. In Spring Hill, Saturn executives exude a cocky optimism that their moment has arrived. They are confident enough in Saturn that they chose Southern California, the heart of import country, as one of the first launching points. Saturn's goal is to sell 80% of its cars to import buyers. "We're really out to get the guy who's driving the Civic or the Corolla. That's the niche," says Richard (Skip) LeFauve, a former Navy pilot who runs Saturn...
...worth of the semen at $250 a vial, in contrast to $25 for the typical U.S. variety. Ranchers from Canada to New Zealand foresee a bonanza in Wagyu beef because Japan has little room for raising cattle. They expect to boost meat shipments to Japan when the country lifts import quotas on beef next year...
Already, there have been billboards advertising American cigarettes at sporting events and around Bangkok, despite the current bans on advertising and imported cigarettes. Once the import ban is lifted, U.S. firms will no doubt use large point-of-sale displays akin to small billboards...