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...Karan seems right at home in the rough, insular world of Seventh Avenue, it may be because she was born into it. Her father Gabby Faske, who died when Donna was three, was a tailor. Her mother Helen worked as a sales representative and showroom model. Known in the family as "the Queen," Karan's mother was an imperiously demanding woman. Does Karan's childhood explain her drive? After 18 years of psychoanalysis, Karan has either found the answer or stopped asking the question. "I think I was born this way," she says. "I never feel I've done...
...consistently ignored showroom signals about its cars. The company failed, for example, to develop a new sports utility vehicle like the Ford Explorer, which represents one of the hottest market segments. When buyers yearned for minivans, GM simply slapped new plastic panels on a seven-year-old chassis and rolled out the Chevy Lumina All-Purpose Vehicle. Result: while GM has made steady improvements in car quality, its selection and styling have tended to lag far behind its U.S. and Japanese rivals. "GM hasn't listened to its dealers," says an Atlanta Buick dealer. "They haven't paid any attention...
...special status as a stand-alone company within GM has created a snooty attitude on the part of its dealers toward the turmoil in Detroit. "Most of our customers don't know who makes the car," says a Los Angeles Saturn dealer. "So when people come into the showroom and we explain that Saturn is a separate corporation, they think of it as Saturn first and GM second...
...large industries have been holding their own on the job front. U.S. automakers have boosted employment from last year's depressed levels as buyers, lured by discounts on attractive new models, have begun returning to showroom floors. Betting that the turnaround will continue, Detroit has planned its busiest third-quarter production schedule in six years. The biggest employment gains have come in health care, which remains a necessity for Americans even as medical costs soar into the stratosphere. In a similar way, people's demands for education and other public services have boosted jobs in state and local governments even...
...Postal Service are genuinely excited about this. They don't have much else to be excited about, granted, but they're pulling out all the stops for this one. In February, Postmaster General (great name for a band) Anthony M. Frank unveiled the stamp designs on the Showroom stage of the Las Vegas Hilton, site of 839 sold-out performances by the King (someone in the Post Office actually counts these things...