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...over the--what else?--"everyday low prices!" He zips over to an electronic keyboard selling for $20. "It was three times more a few years ago!" he exclaims. He pauses at a bathroom scale that used to sell for $6 and now is just $2.50. "We found a new vendor," he says. "It's amazing. We're bringing people a great shopping experience!" Chinese customers, piling goods into their shopping carts, seem to agree. In a corner of the food department, Wal-Mart salespeople lead a group of giggling women shoppers in a rousing relay race, transporting small sausages down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wal-Mart Nation | 6/19/2005 | See Source »

...managing director for Greater China and North Asia in Wal-Mart's global-procurement department. So, for factory owners across China, he is, simply put, the man to see. Every day on the fourth floor at company headquarters in Shenzhen, scores of Chinese factory salesmen come to vendor rooms with dreams of landing a contract. They--and the products they make--are a big part of the reason Wal-Mart's prices in its 3,702 U.S. stores are so low. "If you stop stuff from [abroad] coming into the U.S.," Hatfield says, "it would mean $180 blue jeans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wal-Mart Nation | 6/19/2005 | See Source »

Daugherty says when he came to Cambridge in 1991, he started out by distributing coupon books on Brattle Street before becoming a Spare Change vendor. He originally received 10 papers to sell and used the profits to buy 40 more...

Author: By Anne E. Bensson and Anna M. Friedman, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Vendor Asks Square To ‘Spare | 3/23/2005 | See Source »

...when the collector is a design tycoon and lifestyle vendor like Lauren, the real question is how to avoid making the exhibition, which will run from March 6 to July 3, just another branding opportunity for his company. The MFA's answer is to confine Lauren mostly to a big wet kiss of an interview in the catalog, where he offers purring reflections on style, plugs his running shoes and tells us that fashion and automobiles make a perfect fit. In fact, the fashion show he just sent down the New York City catwalks was inspired by his cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby, You Can See My Cars | 2/21/2005 | See Source »

East End Bagels, HUDS’ new supplier, is also the provider to the Ritz and Four Seasons hotels in Boston. The new carrier fills a conspicuous void left by nationwide vendor Finagle-A-Bagel...

Author: By Diane M. Nguyen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bagels Fit for a King | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

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