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...Grams fame. Or that Broken Flowers, with Jim Jarmusch directing Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone and Tilda Swinton, will launch that indie icon into the movie mainstream. Woody Allen's last film, Melinda Melinda, was a little better than his recent dogs. Perhaps Match Point, with Scarlett Johansson, will signal a return to his old ... competence...
...Tenn., expects sales to increase to $2 billion this year. In 2004 profits rose 10%, though in April quarterly net income fell. The company blamed higher costs. The stock, which has roughly doubled since 2003, tumbled briefly but recovered. "We have zeroed in on hobby farmers," says chairman Joe Scarlett. TSC has revived itself by expanding into exurban areas where there's a deepening pool of wealthy customers who farm but are not dependent on agriculture for a living...
...haven for farmers who needed tractor parts (hence the catchy name). Over the next four decades, TSC strayed off the farm and started peddling everything from sporting goods to Crock-Pots. In the 1970s, conglomerate Fuqua Industries acquired TSC, further diluting the retailer's focus. Scarlett participated in a leveraged buyout in 1982 and floated TSC as a public company in 1994; he owns 14.5% of the common stock, worth about $233 million today...
...1990s, management began to reassess TSC's market position. "The number of farmers was shrinking," Scarlett says. "We started looking at people who enjoy the rural lifestyle." Baby boomers were beginning to migrate from cities to rural areas, and these new rec farmers were spending $5.5 billion annually on supplies. "Lifestyle" positioning demanded big changes in merchandise. Farmers raise livestock. Lifestyle farmers have pets and ride horses for fun. Farmers buy feed in quantity and cheaply. Faux farmers buy pet "food" and spare no expense. So TSC stocked up on equine products, bird supplies and pet chow. Out went...
...your 70s Show role after the producers saw you in a school play. Do you relate to your In Good Company character, for whom career success came a bit too easily? When my character says to Scarlett Johansson's, "I'm scared s___less. I have no idea what I'm doing," I did not have to do a lot of research for that scene...