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Meanwhile, Kohl's, a chain known for selling brand-name merchandise at discount prices, is adapting Penney's successful, exclusive-label strategy--that is, getting well-known designers or brands to create products that will be available in its stores only. It already has partnerships with Estée Lauder, which has created other exclusive brands for the retailer; Ralph Lauren (Chaps); skateboarder Tony Hawk; and Cuban-American model and actress Daisy Fuentes. Next up in early 2007: a blockbuster partnership with designer Vera Wang and an exclusive housewares partnership with the Food Network. Says Kohl's president, Mansell...
...profit organization. Hyde said that at first she felt like a “mad scientist†as she worked alone in an office without heating. Today Hyde has a new office and she said her organization has 250 girls in its program, over 80 volunteers, and a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University. “Once I took the leadership step of putting myself on the line, other people were also willing to put themselves on the line,†she said. With Felipe’s burritos in their hands, dozens of students, all women...
...rapidly process what's coming at them and distinguish between what's reliable and what isn't. "It's important that students know how to manage it, interpret it, validate it, and how to act on it," says Dell executive Karen Bruett, who serves on the board of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, a group of corporate and education leaders focused on upgrading American education...
Such lessons also teach students to show respect for others as well as to be punctual, responsible and work well in teams. Those skills were badly missing in recently hired high school graduates, according to a survey of over 400 human-resource professionals conducted by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. "Kids don't know how to shake your hand at graduation," says Rudolph Crew, superintendent of the Miami-Dade school system. Deportment, he notes, used to be on the report card. Some of the nation's more forward-thinking schools are bringing it back. It's one part...
...rapidly process what's coming at them and distinguish between what's reliable and what isn't. "It's important that students know how to manage it, interpret it, validate it, and how to act on it," says Dell executive Karen Bruett, who serves on the board of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, a group of corporate and education leaders focused on upgrading American education...