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...Stores Corp., with headquarters in Dayton, Ohio, is a chain of some 250 retail electronics and appliance stores in 37 states--and two synthetic-fuel facilities. While sales of the company's main products have declined, its synthetic-fuel sideline has thrived. Stuart Rose, Rex's CEO, told stock analysts in June that "it's an asset that's still returning unbelievable returns for our investment." Echoed Douglas Bruggeman, Rex's vice president for finance: "We feel real good about that whole part of our business right...
Because it pays the full retail price and doesn't download music, the Idol audience is a record company's dream; because it doesn't have indulgent, wide-ranging tastes, it can be an artist's nightmare. Studdard got so frustrated trying to tailor his upcoming album, Soulful, to the Idol audience that in early July he called his various managers and label representatives and, according to several sources, threatened to quit. "This is my car," Studdard said, according to an executive who was on the call. "If you guys want to navigate, that's great. If you guys want...
...check's value but can go as high as 10%. Generally, employees can use the cards at ATMs to withdraw cash or make purchases at stores. Celent estimates that by 2006, payroll cards will reach 3.8 million workers, mostly low-wage or temporary employees in industries like retail, food service, hospitality, construction and farming...
...case of porn. But where Penthouse went wrong, and why they wound up going bankrupt, they didn’t diversify. We now have a retail chain called Hustler Hollywood which is extremely successful that sells all kinds of paraphernalia—gay gifts, sex toys, sort of a novelty shop more than anything else. And we have six Hustler Clubs, gentlemen’s clubs, basically strip clubs. We just opened one in Paris last fall. Our Internet websites are probably the most successful and profitable in the area. It’s the diversification that gives...
...Despite the beliefs of some local officials that they are better served by attracting retail and business activity, in fact it is difficult to sustain permanent urban businesses vitality without a growing base of workers and consumers nearby,” he said. “Every new rooftop represents disposable income from a household...