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BUSINESS: What's Hot, Doc? Retail...
...they entertain moms and their kids, teens and their older, upwardly mobile sibs, these stores also impress the industry analysts. Says Kurt Barnard, publisher of Barnard's Retail Marketing Report: "Disney and Warner are taking advantage of characters that America has grown up with, that have endeared themselves to the American family for generations. It is a very powerful sales point: leveraging the fame and the hallowed position that these characters occupy in the American home...
Analyst Isaac Lagnado of Tactical Retail Solutions, applying the common measuring device for retail success, says Disney's stores sell about $600 worth of product per sq. ft. per year -- 50% above the average take for a , prosperous mall store. Warner's figure is an even gaudier $750. The number may be skewed because the company's showcase stores at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan do business considerably above the Warner norm, but no one is complaining. Last Christmas, says Peter Starrett, president of Warner Bros. Worldwide Retail, "the Fifth Avenue store did twice...
...payments to Perry and Auterio bring the cost of the investigation and trial to more than $100,000, according to police and court sources. The two coolers at issue in the case retail for $219 each, according to their manufacturer, Poland Springs...
...decision to move the sign was announced ata general retail tenants meeting on Mondaymorning, New said...