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...leisure, the networks rank among Hendricks' many recent gambits that were met with industry skepticism. There are some who think Discovery has grown too fast, diluting the quality and appeal of its biggest brand by launching so many channels and other ventures, including a flagging chain of 154 retail stores. Then, too, competition is heating up, and not just from the new breed of reality-TV shows like Joe Millionaire and The Bachelorette. National Geographic recently joined forces with Rupert Murdoch's Fox Cable Networks to start a competing, eponymous adventure channel that reaches about 40 million U.S. homes...
...crucial; Akarlilar says he spends about two-thirds of his time on the road, roaming the globe for new ideas. A visit by Akarlilar's sister Elif to Rio inspired her to introduce a Latin edge to the collection. It's ironic that Turkey's first successful overseas retail brand should be jeans. But Akarlilar Sr. takes pride in having elevated so Western an item to international heights. "I firmly believe that Turkey's future lies with the West," he says in his modest Istanbul offices. Behind him hangs a framed picture of a giant Mavi billboard in Times Square...
Sources: UNHCR, Chicago Tribune, Bureau of Labor Statistics, UCLA, N.Y. Daily News, WSL Strategic Retail...
...wish-granting orbs?run to 8,000 pages printed over more than a decade. But Shonen Jump may not need to appeal to hard-core superhero junkies. Anime Insider's Bricken says most people who bought the first issue were not regular comic buyers; sales came primarily from mainstream retail outlets, such as bookstores and newsstands. Japanese comics appeal to a wider audience because they "are more sophisticated, better drawn, the storytelling is more compelling and they're easier to get into," Bricken says...
...Increasingly, it is the expertise that's sought," says Ira Hall, a former treasurer of Texaco who recently joined the board of Reynolds & Reynolds, a software company serving the automotive-retail industry. "All the better if it's a black person or a woman...