Word: pet
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...Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH), a new interdisciplinary pet project borne out of the University Provost’s office, is set to receive a grant from a private foundation that may reach $100 million, according to professors at the School of Public Health...
...focus on pets coincided with a greater focus on women. Before the switch, only 32% of the customers were women. Yet they purchase 80% to 90% of the horses in the U.S. Improving the selection of pet and equine supplies bumped the percentage of women customers to 50%. It also helped same-store sales increase 9.9% in 2004. Analyst Eric Marshall of First Dallas Securities says of TSC, "They've really figured out how to provide a lifestyle concept and address certain needs of their customers outside the realm of big-box retailers...
...outdoor paint, in John Deere Green for antique tractor collections, fills the shelves. ATVs share the center aisle with shiny lawn mowers. Udder cream comes in pretty clover tins (women have discovered its charms for chapped lips), and lawn trinkets are the hot item for spring. In the pet center, an aluminum bin full of chirping baby chickens is adjacent to model plastic horses for the kids. "The 60-year-old farmer in his bib overalls is not buying toys for his pets," says Marty Terselic, Midwest regional store manager. "Their dogs work off their excess energy." For less-motivated...
Bakshis and Zang like the fact that the store staff includes welders, farmers, horse owners and ranchers. "It's not only a hardware store but it's a farm store and a pet store," Bakshis says. She estimates that they spend about $3,000 a year at TSC. "It's a lifestyle. It's fun and frustrating and a lot of work--and very satisfying." And for the right kind of retailer, very profitable...
...wiretapped his phones. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) member Lewis Strauss rabidly pursued Oppenheimer’s downfall too after Oppenheimer humiliated him during a Senate hearing. And finally there was Teller, “the father of the hydrogen bomb,” whose pet project Oppenheimer vehemently opposed...