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...phenomenon is accelerating so rapidly, says Andrew Kostecka, a Commerce Department analyst, that "franchising will be the leading method of doing business in the 21st century." John Naisbitt, author of the best-selling Megatrends, has estimated that franchising, which now accounts for just over a third of retail sales, will generate $1 trillion annually, or half of all sales, within 20 years...
...income from it and other publications paying more than half of Worldwatch's expenses. State of the World will be printed in nine languages, total 150,000 copies by year's end and find its way into 122 nations. The Chinese produce three different versions (John Naisbitt's Megatrends rates only two versions). Interestingly, China has mounted a campaign to shrink the percentage of its budget spent on defense and spur economic development...
...consumption or quit entirely when they begin an exercise program. Reason: the endorphins released by a workout preclude the need for alcohol. Tapering off for health reasons may be an enduring trend for an aging and sedentary population. "We're becoming a nation of clerks," says Megatrends Author John Naisbitt. "Over 70% of us process information; if we don't take care of our bodies...
...about the most beautiful place on the planet," says a new resident, Megatrends Author John Naisbitt. When Bicycle Fortune Heir Richard Schwinn moved in eight years ago, he recalls, "it was like paradise." But perhaps not for much longer. Laid-back little Telluride, Colo., remote hideout for a smattering of the trendy rich and uncrowded preserve of ski connoisseurs, seems about to be discovered. The hills are alive with the sound of condo construction; resort developers are poised on their bulldozers. And a big part of the reason is that the hippies who crash-landed there in the '70s have...
...Naisbitt will spend two days at Harvard, visiting classes and attending a luncheon at one of the Houses...