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...golf stop the slump? Polegato insists that his customers have asked that GEOX create a comfy golf shoe. "Golf is a perfect environment for GEOX technology," he says. "You walk long hours, often on a damp surface, and in warm if not hot climates. Why suffer with your feet? In the third millennium, it is impossible that people still suffer from such a basic problem as sweaty, smelly feet." Right on, Mario. The problem for GEOX, however, is that the world's economy may stink even worse...
...Italian shoemaker, however, could be the company that exceeds expectations. After all, it's been doing just that throughout its brief history. Polegato started the company in 1995, six years after an-hour long walk through the Reno, Nev., desert compelled him to take out a Swiss army knife and poke holes in the rubber soles. He wanted to know if the holes would increase the ventilation in his sweaty feet; turns out they did. Polegato was in Reno to promote his family's Northern Italian wineries, but upon returning to Italy he pursued a ventilation technology (no more Swiss...
...keep them coming back to buy more. "I'm not in the doom camp," said Green in an interview with TIME during New York Fashion Week in February. "We're a $5 billion company, and this is a long-term game. No point in coming here for a walk in the park. We have the right product for this time." (See the top 10 fashion moments...
...Personality offers another theory: it is not necessarily wealth that facilitates procreation but a more basic and deeply ingrained evolutionary trait - having a Type A personality. The study finds that adolescents who say they always take charge, tell others what to do, anger quickly, get into fights easily, and walk, talk and eat fast end up having more kids than others when they grow up. That's true regardless of the kids' performance in school...
...talked a bit about commercial dog-breeding and puppy mills. If you walk into a pet store, what is the chance that you're going to encounter dogs from a puppy mill? Very high. Reputable breeders wont sell to pet stores. The thing to remember is that puppy mills aren't illegal. The term refers to mass breeding facilities and that is perfectly legal. Mass breeders typically sell to pet stores...