Word: nike
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...just in time to avoid being tarred as the Nike of corner cafes, Starbucks, the nation's largest gourmet-coffee company, caved last Friday, agreeing to launch a line of Fair Trade-Certified beans. The politically correct coffee is grown on small farm cooperatives rather than large plantations. It sells for a minimum of $1.26 per lb.--which goes directly to the farmers rather than the middlemen, who often pay growers less than 50[cents] per lb. The increase means that the farmers, who hand-pluck their beans and carry them down the mountain in 100-lb. sacks, can afford...
...more of a whimper than a thud. The chain's legendary Manhattan store, which had vaulted ceilings and was the first U.S. retailer to sell European clothing, closed its doors more than a decade a go - its site is now occupied by the gaudy Trump Tower and a Nike emporium - and the final store of the chain hadn't turned a profit in 10 years. On Monday, its current owner, Pyramid, finally decided to boot the retailer from a mall the company owns. Taking over the space: a specialty store...
...Nike, Reebok, Patagonia and Liz Claiborne are all founding members of the FLA, and corporations hold six of the 14 seats on the organization's board...
...clerk at CitySports reported two shoplifters. They were described as two black males. One wearing a black down jacket, knit cap and black Nike sneakers. The other was wearing a gray down jacket, a black and yellow knit cap, blue jeans and black sneakers...
...really different. I think Gaby [Glaser, guitarist] would really agree with me here. New York City's really lost its identity. There are so few real cities anymore. You go to any city and ask the taxi what there is to do and you'll hear Hard Rock Caf, Nike Store. I mean San Francisco even is getting that way. Manhattan is too expensive and it's impossible to live cheaply. It's lost its vibe. I guess that energy has moved to the outer boroughs but it's just...