Word: unsold
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...Abbey. (The group was sold last month to Kendall-Jackson.) In South Africa grape prices have dropped about 30% this year, prompting a hunt by producers for new markets. In the Friuli region of northern Italy, which specializes in Pinot Grigio and other whites, winemakers' cellars are filling with unsold bottles...
...Great American will decide on the state of Tower’s unpaid debts. Contractors like Mure are still waiting on payment for merchandise sold during the past few months. Although Tower no longer has control of its finances, it has invited its consignment contractors to pick up their unsold CDs. Through Tower’s consignment arrangement, John T. Drake ’06—who is also Harvard College’s campus life fellow, or “fun czar”—sold CDs recorded by his rock band, The Blanks. Over...
...hits the ball out of the park; fashion remains a risky go-with-your-gut business. Every six months the creative cycle has to rev up again, and God forbid the brand doesn't hit the right trend one season. The result can be costly, with stores filled with unsold merchandise. The potential for failure is great, "but the upside opportunity is also that great," says James Hurley, who follows the luxury market...
...revival becomes a superb metaphor for a Harvard summer: while playful, young, and confident, it still manages to ask unanswerable questions with colorful hints of philosophical depth. For this reason, it was unfortunate to see some empty seats in the audience. Apparently, there are only a handful of unsold tickets left before the last performance on July 8th, but this cast definitely deserves a full house. Although the script raises more heady questions than it answers, the nimble cast and the flawless crew make up for Gesner’s shortcomings. It’s especially hard to achieve moments...
...late 19th century as a playing-card manufacturer. It's also the main reason the company keeps really large reserves of cash handy, in case things go awry. Look at the disastrous Virtual Boy, a 3-D game system that was released in 1995 and retired, unmourned and largely unsold, in 1996. Look at the name they come up with for their new console. For years it was known by the predictable but perfectly serviceable code name Revolution. It has now been rechristened the Nintendo Wii, an unreadable, unintelligible (that daunting double-i!) syllable. (For the record, it's pronounced...