Word: retailer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Four million dolls and 48 million books have been sold to date, exclusively through catalogs. In November the company will open its first retail outlet, American Girl Place, in downtown Chicago. It will feature a one-hour musical bringing the six characters to life (tickets: $25 each...
...fashion activity making any difference at retail? Sales of fur coats, according to the Fur Information Commission, have risen from 1991's low of $1 billion to 1997's $1.27 billion. But this is nowhere near 1987's high of $1.8 billion. Leslie Freund, marketing director for Maximilian, which sells furs at Bloomingdale's stores, says Maximilian has had double-digit increases over the past two years, but won't divulge exact figures. While the bulk of sales continue to be of classic mink coats, Freund says a growing number of young buyers are drawn...
...which looks like a telephone-answering machine, has been out for a year but was only recently spiffed up and just last week became available in retail stores like J & R Music World. I talked to Oliver Zitoun, Aplio's co-founder, who is French and very ambitious. "The whole plan is to have Aplio everywhere," he says. "Built into phones, set-top cable boxes and anywhere you have Internet access...
...conference on sweatshops at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor. The conference--called No Sweat University--brought together students, university presidents, licensing directors and apparel manufacturers. Several panels featuring representatives of the above groups discussed how universities could ensure that retail garments featuring school logos are not made in sweatshops--by adopting licensing codes of conduct...
...Harvard Square vendors fared equally well. While food and craft sellers saw especially high sales, Oktoberfest was just another Sunday for many retail stores...