Word: stagnantly
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...money. Boomers spent $42.7 billion on apparel last year, compared with teenagers, who spent $20 billion, according to the NPD Group Inc., a market-research firm. The over-50 cohort has $750 billion in spending power and controls 50% of all discretionary income. Fashion executives, struggling with a stagnant apparel market in recent years, have been eager to find a new niche. "All you have to do is look at the numbers of population and spending power of the boomers," says Wendy Liebmann, president of WSL Strategic Retail. "You just have to say to yourself, Oh, my heavens...
...Crimson was able to hold Brown to just five goals, it couldn’t muster the same level of offensive output it had against Fordham and Iona.“Brown was tough on the perimeter,” Burmeister said. “We were kind of stagnant.” Harvard’s three goals were tallied by senior Greg Valiant, junior John Voith, and Ludwick. Though the loss didn’t necessarily count much in terms of the season, it took Harvard out of contention for the title game. HARVARD 10, FORDHAM 4Eager...
Nice Work if You Can Get It Peter Gumbel's article on increasing employment problems across Western Europe [Oct. 3] perfectly highlighted the plight of a bleak, stagnant, not so efficient European labor market. The reasons lie in outdated and wrongheaded policies implemented by local governments that can't cope with the fast and ever changing rules of the marketplace. In addition, there seems to be an increasing number of young people who are immature, not motivated enough or simply not ready to compete and find a decent job. Discouraged, they rely on poorly paid, insecure jobs or, even worse...
...Nice Work If You Can Get It Peter Gumbel's article on increasing employment problems across Western Europe [Oct. 3] perfectly highlighted the plight of a bleak, stagnant, not so efficient European labor market. The reasons lie in outdated and wrongheaded policies implemented by local governments that can't cope with the fast and ever-changing rules of the marketplace. In addition, there seems to be an increasing number of young people who are immature, not motivated enough or simply not ready to compete and find a decent job. Discouraged, they rely on poorly paid, insecure jobs or, even worse...
...Apple computer store, more liquor licenses, and fewer banks. They also expressed a desire to provide what the business owners termed “anchor” attractions and stores. The business owners said they felt that popularity had declined, that shopping had decreased, and that business was stagnant. In order to remedy this situation, business owners proposed hiring a public relations and media firm to help craft a new image for Harvard Square. The communication firm would craft an image of “The New Harvard Square,” and launch a “media blitz...