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...reckons. And both will influence shoppers' behavior to a greater degree. So for lifestyle, read products "that cater for those consumers interested in health and well-being." Take your alarm clock, for one. Instead of a loud buzzer jolting you out of bed, Philips wants to sell you a wake-up light that mimics a sunrise in slowly coaxing you out of slumber. Consumer lifestyle means going beyond "just a company that does flat-screen TVs," Kleisterlee says...
...wasn't long ago that the one thing a hotel didn't promise was the thing it nominally exists to provide: a good night's sleep. Beyond a wake-up call and a chocolate on the pillow, it was all up to the guest. Those days are long gone. Hotels both large and small are engaged in a battle to see who can be the most luxurious, and at the center of the war is the bed. That chocolate is now likely to be imported and artisanally made; the pillow, covered in a 400-thread-count, organically grown cotton case...
...Better Homes and Gardens?), Stallone decided to set the film in Burma, shooting in Thailand and struggling to cast real Burmese, many of whom feared reprisals against family in their home country. Stallone says he regularly got threats from people associated with the Burmese government. "They were like my wake-up calls," he says. "They were very polite. 'This film will not be made, and if it is, people will be killed.'" He borrowed a Thai princess's armored vehicle to travel to the set, and at one point, people who worked with him on the movie say, he wanted...
...preceptor in the Classics Department, changed her Greek Aa textbooks and the timing of quizzes based on student responses.Other professors have also found ways to integrate feedback into their curriculum. Tobias Ritter, whose Chemistry 30 class received a difficulty rating of 4.5 last year, said the numbers were a wake-up call.“I realized that students have a lot of work,” Ritter said,Ritter said that this year he tried to provide “additional help” for his students to ease the workload.But students said they often experience the opposite effect...
...midterm elections should have been a wake-up call for Republicans. Conservatives showed up in the usual numbers to vote for the GOP. But some Republican-leaning independents switched sides, and the Democrats got 57% of all independents. If Republicans don't win some of them back, the GOP is headed for a long spell in the minority...