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Word: valleyspeak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1991-1991
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...Seal's secret: trendy merchandise is constantly turned over, while employees are handed weekly bonuses to help push it out the door. The chain's concept is "multigenerational," which in plain Valleyspeak means that gum- snapping, Walkman-toting ingenues and their miniskirted moms can sport the same fashions, from flowered denim shorts to psychedelic bikinis. "We don't just ask our customers what they want," points out Chilvers. "We spend a tremendous amount of time in the malls, in our competitors' stores. I hang around and watch what they buy, what they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing Wet Seals and Whale Songs | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

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