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...Shanghai. His title might sound prosaic: manager of footwear department No. 2 for Shanghai Lansheng Corp. But he exemplifies the cosmopolitan business Elite in China's coastal cities, leading the export charge that explains why Magic Chef refrigerators and seemingly everything else on sale at the 3,500 Wal-Mart department stores in the United States say "Made in China." Each year Gong and his team churn out $13 million worth of tennis shoes, cross-trainers and sandals for American Sporting Goods' Avia brand. That works out to about 6,000 pairs a day, ready for export. China, meanwhile...
...Earthbound home prices alone could put a further psychological damper on consumers who are already forsaking Macy?s for Wal-Mart; a slowdown in home sales tends to have a wider and more tangible effect. Housing is known as an "umbrella" sector, because a new home generally comes with other new stuff, from renovations and additions to washers, dryers and home entertainment. In other words, much of the seemingly quixotic summer strength in consumer spending grew out of the housing sector, and the housing sector may be about to cool...
...some ways, the name brands--not only the Microsofts and Nokias but also the Kodaks and Gaps--are making a devil's bargain. If some entrepreneur has a revolutionary idea for a videophone or an instant tooth flosser, all he has to do is get Wal-Mart to agree to sell it and then get Sanmina to design and build...
...BRUSH WITH THE LAW A young woman from Greensburg, Pa., brushed her teeth for two weeks with Crest Baking Soda toothpaste. She claims it misaligned and scarred her teeth, and she's suing both Procter & Gamble, the manufacturer, and Wal-Mart, the store that sold...
...prefecture, is home to no less than 38 U.S. military facilities. And yet tourists and dream-seekers from the Japanese mainland flock to the archipelago's 60 tropical islands precisely for its slice of red, white and blue, an ethos Okinawa cultivates. Reminders of Uncle Sam abound?America Mart, America Hotel and Club America. Restaurants offer steak, ice cream and hybrid dishes like taco rice. Military surplus stores sell American flak jackets, dog tags, camouflage pants and old grenades...