Word: retailer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Critics of recycling in the U.S. claim that it weakens the economy, but Germany, one of the world's strongest economies, is showing that isn't necessarily so. Since last December, manufacturers and retail stores in Germany have been required to take back such transport packing materials as cardboard boxes and Styrofoam. This spring the requirement was extended to "secondary packaging" such as cardboard boxes for toothpaste or deodorants. By next year, consumers will be able to return sales packaging -- from yogurt cups to meat wrappers -- to the point of purchase for disposal. In mid-1995 German manufacturers will...
...marketing dodge, that is known as rub-off. Don't roll your eyes. There are companies that can prove Olympic rub-off is more powerful than fried garlic. Consider: the athletic-shoe business alone generates $13 billion annually in retail worldwide sales. Shorts, socks, sweatbands and such are worth a couple of billion dollars more. So the prospect of Michael Jordan mounting the victory stand to accept his gold medal in basketball wearing togs provided by his very own sponsor, Nike, naturally had the folks at Reebok stamping their feet. Reebok purchased the exclusive modeling rights, they thought...
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...drug dealers two or three times a night are "the Fury," from Plymouth Fury, the beat-up patrol car they drive. "Dicky check" -- genital search for drugs, done in the open and intended to humiliate -- is what the Fury imposes on the "clockers," the young black crack sellers who retail $10 bottles of crystallized cocaine at the edge of the Roosevelt projects. Why clockers? Don't explain too much; this isn't a National Geographic special; the author leaves the title's derivation hanging...
...while the Coop may grow friendlier to thecustomer, it will remain an enigma in HarvardSquare and the retail industry.Crimson GraphicJames ChamA Delicate Balance The Coop's sales havefallen into a small decline, while the rebatesthat Coop members receive at year's end show asignificant decrease, exacerbating the tensioninvolved in deciding whether student service orsales should remain a priority...