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...onus is on the retailer to get creative," says Corlett, of WSL Strategic Retail. That means text messages alerting people to sales, inviting customers in for exclusive shopping events or serving a complimentary breakfast to lure Black Friday shoppers, as Sam's Club will do to try to get the big day off to the right start...
...premises of a modern education is that in throwing together a diverse group of the “best and brightest” from around the world, we produce the best university possible. With much the same intent, the New York Yankees over the past decade have tried to lure the best and brightest baseball players from the baseball-playing world. Both institutions draw their superstars through an incomparable pile of riches and an even bigger name. And both ensure that many of those aspirants end up with a new sense of humility: Even with the finest facilities and greatest...
...these weren’t English majors, but regular guys seeing how a book could fit in with their lives. Here was that emotional connection that the Wal-Mart Bible had promised!We talked about “American Idol,” and how cultural figures and the lure of success have come to supplant spirituality and morality. Maybe the New Testement wasn’t so terrible after all. Some interpretations of the Bible have been a source of agony for some groups, like for Jews during the Spanish Inquisition, or for gay people seeking equal rights...
That's right: there's a company for every five residents in quaint little Zug and the compact canton that surrounds it. These companies' executives are no doubt impressed by the same attractions that lure tourists in summer and winter alike: the town's spectacular lakeside setting with the Alps towering in the distance. But there are also good business reasons to set up shop in Zug. It offers some of the lowest tax rates available in any stable democracy. And its laws protecting residents' financial privacy are among the strictest on the planet...
...near Ho Chi Minh City in 2009. Ground has already been broken for a pair of casino complexes in Singapore. The Philippine government is planning to open a 100-acre (405,000-square-meter) gaming complex that will employ 40,000 Filipinos in Manila Bay. In an attempt to lure Chinese gamblers over the border, Kazakhstan is creating the "Las Vegas of the steppe" in Kapchagai and Shchuchinsk. Governments in Taiwan, Thailand and Japan are considering legalizing casinos. According to Merrill Lynch, gaming companies are expected to spend $71 billion in Asia over the next four years alone...