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Could a virtual tailor change those dynamics? Using new software from Archetype Solutions, Lands' End launched a custom-fit service on its website last fall. Customers measure themselves, detail their style preferences and answer questions about their figure. The data yield a precise pattern that gets beamed to factories in Mexico or the Caribbean, and a pair of customized jeans arrives on the customer's doorstep three weeks later. Bass says he expected the custom-fit line would grow to 10% of sales. But a year later, nearly half of all Lands' End pants sold online are custom...
Nonetheless, it should not be my decision. When what is at stake is the survival of the country, personal and family calculation must yield to national interest. And a population fully protected from smallpox is a supreme national interest...
However, while Harvard accepted about the same number of students early this year as last, some accepted students will not attend because of their Early Decision commitments elsewhere. This could decrease Harvard’s enrollment yield from its early pool compared to last year?...
Depending on how many students decline, Fitzsimmons said it was possible that Harvard would admit more Regular Decision applicants than it has in recent years to compensate for a lower early yield...
...said the Regular Decision yield might be higher than in the past, since many of the students who have binding early commitments may be the same students who would have turned Harvard down in April under the old system...