Word: london
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time I thought that such horrific acts were perhaps inevitable during the course of war. But now I question such actions. Does not justice dictate that we should at least acknowledge the loss suffered by innocent civilians, whether inflicted under orders or by panicked units? CHIRL SOO KHANG London...
...high-profile tycoons looking to follow the American example is Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods, London's famous department store, who says he wants to copy the success of American licensed goods like the Jaguar Collection and Calvin Klein that are sold in his store. "The American brands really have no assets apart from their names, which they put on other products and designs," he says. "I want to follow that example." This November, Harrods' lines of premium-priced fine jewelry, watches, fragrances, leather goods, foods and linens will be available to consumers. "There is unlimited value...
Beate likewise hasn't tried anything like the at-home parties that established Ann Summers' female client base. Ironically, the first two Ann Summers shops were opened in London in 1970 by Swinging '60s man-about-town Kim Caborn-Waterfield, an actor who squired the now deceased blond bombshell Diana Dors. Caborn-Waterfield envisioned a chain of sex supermarkets patterned after Beate Uhse's. The shops were bought a year later by Gold Group International, whose holdings include a number of British soft-porn magazines and which is owned by managing director Gold's father and uncle...
...Europe, according to a May 1999 study by research firm Datamonitor. But taking sanitized sex to the masses--and particularly to women--has given purveyors of erotica an entirely new audience. "Taking the smut out of sex is a clever thing to do," says Michael Poyner, retailing expert with London consultants Credo Group...
...trying to replicate a hit movie, a pretty crass way to make a buck. Its director, Arlene Phillips, is better known for staging extravaganzas in Las Vegas. The show is loud and pushy and panders to the crowd shamelessly. Worse, it overcame critical hoots to become a smash in London, a feat it now has the audacity to think it can repeat in New York City...