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...Whatever happens, Sea the Stars' success has brought out the best in sport. Racehorses aren't rewarded for their efforts with sneaker contracts and salary hikes. In an age of gazillionaire baseball players and soccer stars, a competitor that races for nothing other than a win lifts the image of sport and the spirit of fans. It's what made Seabiscuit so popular during the Depression - and what makes Sea the Stars so illustrious...
Dollar Tree tends to look for locations in suburban shopping areas, near a Walmart, Target, Sam's Club or a large grocery chain, in an effort to lure bargain-seeking customers from these stores. "If we are where the shoppers are anyway, it's a win-win for the customer, and for us," says Reid. Boosting the number of stores may help it steal market share from its chief competitors, Dollar General and Family Dollar, which have also done well in the recession and have significantly more stores than Dollar Tree (around 8,500 and 6,500, respectively). Dollar Tree...
...average Dollar Tree consumer is above $40,000. Nor are these consumers likely to abandon Dollar Tree when times improve - they may simply buy more discretionary items. "Consumers are watching every penny, and this isn't temporary," says Davidowitz, the retail consultant. "Dollar Tree is positioned phenomenally to win...
...might not make a good lawyer, but he sure does know how to win a crowd. And that's called fine acting, my friends...
...President Obama is preparing to ramp up the “good war” in Afghanistan. The United States hasn’t won a ground war in over half a century, and now one of the smartest presidents in modern American history thinks he can win two of them. One struggles in vain to find the logic in this lunacy...