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...seat on the board of directors. Since then, the company has announced a number of major changes. On January 30, the company said it would stop selling breakfast sandwiches (in response to criticism that the odor covered up the smell of coffee), slow its rapid pace of opening stores in the U.S., and no longer report comparable-store sales to Wall Street - a sign that the company is serious about investing for long-term growth and not catering to short-term concerns from investors...
...energetic blond with a 20-carat sparkle in her eye, is sitting with her father, Karl Scheufele, in Chopard's New York headquarters several days before the opening of the company's Thierry Despont-designed Madison Avenue flagship. Just for the occasion (it's the brand's 100th store), she's had 20 exceptional pieces of jewelry specially crafted in Chopard's Geneva workrooms, and the pieces are finally starting to emerge?one more extraordinary than the next. There's a necklace of black diamonds, amethysts and sapphires, and another one that features at least 20 emeralds the size...
...signed on as the official sponsor of the Cannes Film Festival and started smothering celebrities like Sharon Stone, Elizabeth Hurley and Charlize Theron in Chopard's "real rocks." One thing led to another, and demand for statement pieces grew along with Chopard's high-jewelry collection. The Madison Avenue store keeps some of these special pieces on the floor. Additionally, Gruosi-Scheufele created a few more accessible pieces to coincide with the New York store's opening. A men's limited-edition tourbillon watch features the city skyline engraved on the back. And for women, the Happy Apple watch...
...might still pay up for a CD; some 2 million people outside North America bought last fall's Long Road out of Eden, for instance, the first studio album from the Eagles in decades. But supermarket muscle has driven down the retail price of compact discs. The only U.S. store selling that Eagles CD was Wal-Mart, for the bargain price of $11.88. The average price of a CD in Europe dropped by 4% between 2003 and 2006, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. One way to maintain price levels is to offer deluxe products that pair a standard CD with a fancy...
...spokeswoman for Shaw’s said the grocery store chain is cooperating with authorities in the investigation, but no charges have been filed yet, according to The Boston Herald...