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...lowly kava root has mind-altering effects. Prepared and consumed properly, it is said to alleviate stress, ease melancholy and generally elevate mood--all without addiction or hangover. Sound too good to be true? That hasn't stopped supermarkets, drugstores, health-food stores and discount chains like K Mart from stocking up on kava capsules, droplets and tea bags--or consumers from eagerly snapping them up. Kava sales in these stores jumped from barely a trickle to $3 million last year, and should double...
Underachievers Some of the Focus List's worst performers Bausch & Lomb K Mart The Limited Loews Corp. Reebok Silicon Graphics...
Toys "R" Us faces quickening competition from such all-purpose discount stores as Wal-Mart and Target. Its bloated inventory system costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year. It must somehow cut costs while remodeling stores and bolstering employee training and service. And Toys "R" Us managers can only pray, as they do each fall but even more so this year, that among the new toys they have bought by the trainload are a few hits--the Tickle Me Elmos and Power Rangers--that will fill parking lots with minivans...
Even if several new toys catch fire in the shopping season that is just starting, Toys "R" Us will have to fight harder than ever for its slice of the profit. Wal-Mart's share of the $35 billion toy-retailing industry has grown from 10% in 1990 to 16% this year; over the same period Target's share has more than doubled, to 7%. The discount stores use toys as "traffic builders," attracting families with low prices on popular toys and then making higher profits on such items as clothing and appliances. "Wal-Mart and Target carry only...
...hope that somewhere out there, some town can withstand the onslaught of modern culture and consumerism and retain some element of their history and individuality. And, if that fails, there's always the "inexhaustible" array of useless garbage you can buy at Wal-Mart for those of us still seeking variety. Timothy F. Sohn '01, a Crimson editor, is a history and science concentrator in Adams House...