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...focus on it," says Christine Chen, a retail analyst at Needham and Co. Upscale vendors began to bow out. "When I took over [as CEO] in 2000, there was no difference between us and May Co. stores [Macy's and Filene's] at the other end of the mall," says Elfers, who has worked at the store for 18 years...
...stand on its own two feet and be a survivor." Davidowitz points to the fact that Baker paid top dollar for a minnow in a sea of powerful retail companies. The store is loaded with debt while seeking to find its niche and customer base. "Baker knows the mall, but he's trying to run a fashion store, and this is day and night," says Davidowitz...
...years foreign brands have been put off by this country's high import taxes (up to 50% for watches) and its shabby retail environment (there are no upscale shopping streets and few malls). But today India is experiencing a mall-building boom, perhaps a response to the sharp rise of newly affluent consumers?many under age 25. Analysts at Bain & Co. predict that the luxury market could grow 25% a year over the next three years?a far cry from the days when it was the exclusive preserve of Cartier-bedecked maharajas...
Wandering by Japanese ladies pushing their Italian greyhounds in doggie strollers through the new Tokyo Midtown shopping complex on a recent weekend, I sensed that my morning coffee had worked its way through my system. A detour was required to the mall's spotless public bathroom, where the walls were inlaid with wood and the lighting tastefully muted...
...trying to develop commodes that can do everything from test for pregnancy to check the glucose levels of diabetics. A high-tech pet potty can't be that much harder to construct, and then at least those pampered greyhounds wouldn't have to leave the cool confines of the mall to answer the call of nature...