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...Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Move over The Body Shop: the latest body-care brand to tout its politically correct credentials is Pure Fiji (purefiji.com). Based in the Fijian capital of Suva, the company has won kudos of late for its all-natural products. Celebrities such as Rachel Hunter and Rosanna Arquette have been pictured enjoying its sugar rubs...
...expected. You can start your negotiations by cutting the stated price by at least 50%, and pick up a miniature, framed original painting for less than $10. Ubud can also turn up some stunning finds if you have the patience to browse through mountainous displays in the artisan shops located along Jalan Raya Ubud and Monkey Forest Road (store aisles will be almost impassable with paintings and carvings - take a deep breath and watch your step). One more word of advice: guides and drivers will often try to steer you to a shop or gallery run by a friend...
...automakers didn't have enough to worry about, new competition from the East is revving up. Jiangling Motors Co. (JMC) set up shop in the Netherlands this year, selling 400 cars in its first month. This fall it is moving into Poland as well. And JMC isn't alone. A growing number of China's 100-plus automakers, including Zhongua, which will soon sell cars in Germany, are eyeing Western markets. The Chinese have had great success in selling low-cost automaking tools worldwide, says Jay Baron, president of the Center for Automotive Research; marketing assembled cars is the next...
...example, C.O. Bigelow, the mortar-and-pestle-decorated shop that Fiske plans to expand to some 150 locations nationwide, is a radical departure from Bath & Body Works' traditional single-brand, single-price-point strategy. Judging from the reaction of Kayla Sharrock, 19, a sophomore at Capital University who went shopping at the Columbus Bigelow on a recent Thursday, the strategy may just be working. She used to go to Bath & Body Works all the time when it exuded heartland hominess. "I was a junkie since I was 12," says Sharrock. But over the years she got tired of products that...
...Segmentation unlocks growth potential," says Fiske. The underlying idea at all the stores is to stock products that don't just make you feel nice (Cucumber Melon bubble bath) but also make you look better (Goldie nail lacquer)--and in the process create a new sort of one-stop shop with a consumer-friendly atmosphere. "What they have recognized," says Donald Trott, specialty-retail analyst at stock-research outfit Jefferies & Co., "is that they have to take it out of the arena of competing with Procter & Gamble...