The Mouse that whimpered
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Disneys's retail stores have posted a $34-million decline in sales for the first nine months of 1999, compared to th year-ago period. The company's 714 premium-price retail stores have been losing their market share as consumers turn to discount retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kmart and Target where Disney-licensed merchandise made by main-licensee Mattel are selling at lower prices. The downtrend has been attributed to the large number of Disney stores and to increased competition from other premium-price retail stores.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 1999
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Publishers' bids for book by GE's Welch hit $7 million
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US book publishers have expressed their willingness to pay as much as $7 million for the right to publish the memoirs of General Electric CEO Jack Welch. The price tag, which will be the biggest amount ever to be paid for a non-fiction book, was achieved in under three days in a book auction. The eventual winner in the book auction, which includes audio as well as soft- and hard-cover rights, is now a contest between Warner Books and HarperCollins.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2000
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'Black Enterprise' marks 30 years
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'Black Enterprise' magazine, founded by Earl Graves in 1970, is celebrating its third decade of existence. The magazine was established as a way of giving form to the struggle of African-Americans to move beyond traditional jobs and into corporate America. After 30 years, the magazine reports that African-Americans have moved beyond the career expectation of the 1970s and are represented in almost all business sectors in the US.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2000
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