Word: levying
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...Macko says sales of casual designer clothing are up among young men who, unlike their elders, "grew up without the stigma that only gay men went shopping by themselves or with other men." For this new generation, Macko says, "it all starts with a premium denim, whether it's Levi's Premium or Seven; a great shoe, maybe Tod's; then a great shirt; then a blazer. We're doing a huge business in blazers...
...Both for locals and for visitors from abroad, nothing seems to symbolize India's transformation from a stagnant third-world country into an emerging economic super-power as much as its sparkling new malls. American brand names like Levi's and McDonald's clutter the air-conditioned interiors, teenagers in low-cut jeans hang out in groups, cappuccino is sold at kiosks, and everyone appears to be having a great time. Eager to cash in, India's real estate developers are in a frenzy: up to 600 malls are likely to be up and running in India...
...selling flavor, according to Field Trip Factory. In another case, sales of children's toothpaste shot up 18%. "These field trips are nothing more than a way to clobber a captive audience of impressionable children with ads," says Gary Ruskin of Commercial Alert, a watchdog group. But Abbie Levi, whose daughter Sarah asked for a hamster after attending the Petco field trip, says simply, "Parents have the power to say no." Easier said than done. --By Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. With reporting by Leslie Whitaker/Chicago
Martin Maloney Twenty of his paintings went up in flames, among them Sony Levi (1997). Maloney, not such a household name, lost works he'd want in any retrospective - a first step toward critical re-evaluation. So the fire really hurts...
Dean Maria M. (“Mommy”) Tatar will leave the land of Oz at last, not offering her intellectually-rigorous Core, “Fairy Tales,” next year. Instead, she will spend her summer gardening, snoozing and reading Levi-Strauss for Beginners...