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...time figuring that out. Meanwhile, competitors surged ahead, as Gap's sales fell 2%, to $14.8 billion last year. "It used to be that the Gap dictated fashion, but now customers have so many resources, they dictate what they want and see if a store has it," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at the NPD Group. And they found what they wanted everywhere, from Target to Wal-Mart to Abercrombie & Fitch. The Gap may have invented cheap chic, but it steadily lost customers to stores that were cheaper, chicer or both...
...none of these is likely to upset Whitaker's front-runner status. As the self-proclaimed "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa and Uganda," the normally soft-spoken actor gives the kind of booming, effortlessly charismatic performance that charms Oscar voters. No matter that the film has grossed only $5.5 million in four months in the theaters. The acting awards are where Hollywood does its good deeds, regardless...
...Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke...
...more good things to come is evident. Consider the results for the third quarter: Penney, which only a few years ago was in deep trouble, reported a 22.6% increase in net income, while Kohl's racked up a 45% gain. "It's the sweet spot in the market," says Marshal Cohen, a retail-industry analyst for the NPD Group. "The lower end is reaching upward...
...coffee is taken very hot and strong, her unfiltered cigarettes rolled by herself--although, she says, she only smokes during interviews--and if she wants a chocolate bickie (that's a cookie to Americans) or three before lunch, she's having them. "She has the will of [Field Marshal Erwin] Rommel," says Field, the director of Children. "But it's for a purpose, not self-interest." Oscar nominations, after all, don't simply drop out of the sky. Winslet knows how to work the awards crowd, taking her fast, frank and low-falutin' self to the requisite meet and greets...