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Trouble is, the market for back-office systems is rapidly maturing. Most companies that need them already have them; upgrading is costly and generally happens once a decade. The big growth prospects these days are found in the front office: customer-relationship-management (CRM) software, the stuff that helps a retailer tell, for example, whether you're a customer worth pampering. As anyone who has spent hours in customer-service hell knows, these products are not as widely used as they could be: 30% of the FORTUNE 500 has no CRM software. Because it is difficult to operate, front-office...
...Tony Blair and the tacit acceptance of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah, war against Saddam Hussein might not have been possible. "When he needed their help, he made these guys a promise," a senior adviser to the President says. "It sounds like spin, but he takes that stuff seriously...
...bossing around thousands of extras in togas, directors get to re-create a strip of the San Diego Freeway and wreck lots of cars. That's the majesty of being in charge of an action film. In Hollywood you're not a true creator unless you can destroy stuff...
...This is the real stuff of being a father. Data currently unavailable...
...store. Their expectations are created in television and print ads, and the best stores deliver on those expectations. The ones that don't deliver foster a vague sense of unease and resentment. Store designer Richard Russo of Virginia's Hybridia Design cites J.C. Penney's "girl stuff" TV spot in which a hip young mom and her teenage daughter head off for a day of fun at Penney's. While many parents like the value and convenience offered by Penney's, "kids don't feel good about going into that store," says Russo. "It isn't hip like American Eagle...