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...Storch is quick to point out that while the economy has heightened the urgency of the "R" Market initiative, the company has been preparing for its launch for the past few years. He emphasizes that Toys "R" Us isn't shifting its focus from the fun stuff. The percentage of square footage dedicated to the "R" Markets will be in the "single digits," according to Storch. In the Phillipsburg Toys "R" Us, for example, manager Mark Schantz estimated that the "R" Market took up just 1,300 of the store's 30,000 square feet - that's just 4.3%. Storch...
...Although the toy industry isn't sinking as much as other businesses, it's not exactly fun these days. The company's U.S. sales were essentially flat in 2008. KB Toys, a tough competitor, was liquidated. Bottom line: all retailers need some kind of response. "It's nice to see someone try something besides cutting prices," says Sean McGowan, a retail analyst at Needham...
Associates say Bybee was working under intense pressure and isn't proud of his controversial work. As a friend told the Washington Post, "I've heard him express regret that the memo was misused...
...appropriate. These aren't terrorists, one argument goes, because privation, not politics, is the root of the crisis. To listen to this woolly-headed analysis, you would think piracy was the closest thing Somalis had to a workable aid program. "The threat of death," editorializes the Los Angeles Times, "isn't much of a deterrent to hopeless young Somali men who face a choice between potentially making millions on the high seas or starving on shore...
...childrearing isn't responsible for slowing women down, what is? One answer is that men and women prioritize different aspects of their work. Female associate professors devote less time than their male counterparts do to churning out books and articles, essential fuel for promotion: women reported spending 7.7 hours a week on research and writing compared to 9.7 hours for men. This difference adds up to men spending about two more full work-weeks a year writing than women do. That can make a big difference at a time when schools' increased reliance on adjunct professors is pushing...