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...peddle imaginary businesses in initial public offerings. If an idea seemed as if it might make money someday (remember Pets.com?) that was good enough. Today's upstarts are more fully formed and are often led by wealthy veterans of the first boom. They know Google's not the only shopper. Yahoo! has spent close to $100 million for start-ups Flickr and Jumpcut, among others. Facebook may be next, with Yahoo! said to be mulling a $1 billion offer. With investors on track to inject $500 million into new Net firms this year--twice last year's total, according...
...long, he says. Esprit is plotting to replant and revive itself on its former home turf with new stores and a long-term investment plan. To succeed, the company must battle for the fickle American shopper with such entrenched chains as H&M and Banana Republic in a very crowded, hypercompetitive casualwear market. "They're inhabiting the middle of the pack, and it's going to be tough for them to break out," says Steve Harty, chairman of the New York City office of ad agency BBH. Consider the Gap, which is struggling mightily to find its fashion mojo...
...doesn't exist is the ability to walk out of the store with a computer. The new stores won't carry inventory, so consumers will have to wait a few days for delivery. That lowers operating costs, but Vitelli says the impatience of the gotta-have-it-now mall shopper is not on Dell's side: "Are you going to go to the restaurant, look at the menu and say, 'That's great. Send me the meal in 10 days...
...shift “ranged from not really caring,” to others that were “frustrated, swearing and cussing at the UC.” She called the scene “all-in-all, crazy”. The situation was not improved as a shopper exited through Holworthy’s “clearly marked” emergency exit, setting off an alarm that Litman said went off “from about 4:15 on.” She said that “the most negative reaction” came when...
...helps that more retailing locations are becoming available. Two luxury malls are being planned in Delhi, and hundreds of others are in various stages of construction and planning throughout his country. Chanel's Bertrand says the company is in talks about distributing its shoes in top retail chains like Shopper's Stop, Lifestyle, and Ebony...