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Penney and Kohl's, even with all their fine-tuning, stand to have a relatively merry Christmas. Indeed, sales at Kohl's stores that have been open at least a year--a key industry measurement--rose 3.7%. JCPenney reported a somewhat disappointing 1.4% increase (Wall Street was hoping for 3.7%), but its online sales rose 17.5% in November. And the portent for more good things to come is evident. Consider the results for the third quarter: Penney, which only a few years ago was in deep trouble, reported a 22.6% increase in net income, while Kohl's racked...
Penney has another feather in its cap: a more established online presence than Kohl's. Last January, in fact, its online sales hit $1 billion--and in the third quarter, sales via the Internet rose an impressive 27%. Ullman boasts that the company is "the largest mass merchant" online. A key advantage: the infrastructure set up to support the company's decades-old catalog business...
Upon seeing the UC’s actual Web site for the first time, any impartial observer would believe that the relationship between the UC and Web sites is not unlike the relationship between Tokyo Rose and reality. Compared to the elegant Web sites crafted for each candidate, the UC’s Web site looks like a sixth-grader’s homage to her love of Pok?...
...solution might be an automated syrup dispenser, which for now sits in the Starbucks R&D lab but could speed up, among other things, the production of blender-made Frappuccinos. That goal was given fresh urgency in July when same-store sales for the month rose 4%, the slowest pace in nearly five years. The reason, said management: hot weather increased demand for cold drinks, and stores couldn't keep up. Customers saw long lines and kept on walking. It was a rare financial miss, and Starbucks' stock dropped 9% on the news (it's still up more than...
...designed by Lizzie J. Rose ’08, is visually interesting without detracting from the drama. It primarily consists of a group of TVs and a video screen that surround the central car seat; videotapes of the actors explaining their personal thoughts and opinions, reminiscent of reality TV, appear between mini-plays...