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Free? Did someone say free? It's hard to believe that anything on the concert circuit is free these days, especially when tickets for shows like U2's Pop Mart and Fleetwood Mac's reunion tour are selling for as much as $60 and $70. But "free" was the word heard all weekend, as students around campus grabbed friends to hop on the T and head to downtown Boston for MIX Fest '97, the two day outdoor extravaganza organized by local radio station MIX 98.5 (WBMX...
...long weekend. In addition to the musical performances, there was also a children's area, an arts and crafts area and lots of food vendors. Because of the price tag attached to the festival, MIX solicits presenting and participating sponsors. This year's two presenting sponsors were Wal-Mart and Christy's. The many participating sponsors included Boston television's Channel 7, whose arts staff was on hand to introduce bands, as well as Strawberries music store who set up onsite, selling CDs and holding autograph sessions with the artists...
...industry. Although the Toys "R" Us tactics may sound like bullying, retailers do this sort of thing all the time in an effort to get exclusive merchandise or to protect themselves from price wars. Toys "R" Us was already under severe pressure from discounters such as Wal-Mart when the warehouse clubs, led by Costco, started to move in on toys. The Toys "R" Us share of the $30.2 billion industry has fallen from 25.4% in 1990 to 20.5%, while Wal-Mart's has grown from...
...quaint American retailer that became a fixture in most traditional down-town strips gave way to efficient convenience chains like Wal-Mart or Target, offering only the bare necessities of everyday life...
...indisputably a recipe for success. Her company will probably head for an initial public offering on Wall Street. With her newly launched products and media outlets, Stewart's influence reaches more than 30 million people a week, in addition to the 70 million American households that already shop K Mart yearly. At the discount chain, her matelasse covers, an item usually found at the toniest boutiques, are starting to sell like garden hoses, which is just what K Mart needs to bring in the sales. "We have a million ideas that they can benefit from," Stewart says. But even...