Going toe-to-toe with the biggies; basketball apparel firm And1 (that's right) thinks it can score

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And1 (Rosemont, PA) is planning for the long term. The sports apparel and footwear designer and manufacturer is not deterred by having begun business in 1996, just when sneaker sales began to slow. The company will resume using basketball players to endorse footwear, after the end of the NBA strike. The privately held company sees no need to appeal to shareholders desires. The company expects 1998 sales to be between 300,000 and 500,000 pairs of sneakers. Overall expected sales, including apparel and footwear will be around $42 million up from $28 million for last year, showing yet another year of growth.

Strategy & planning, Men's & Women's Sportswear, Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing, Other Footwear Manufacturing, Athletic Footwear ex Canvas, Sportswear, Athletic shoes, AND 1

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Her rise to CEO began with an unusual choice: Mathematics

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Frances Reynolds Pierce, chairman, president and chief executive of Data Systems Analysts, made a decision to major in Mathematics in 1959 that led her to the information technology field. The company's revenue jumped from $11.2 million in 1991 when Frances Pierce took over as CEO, to $20 million in 2003.

Prepackaged software, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Management, Officials and employees, Computer software industry, Software industry, Company sales and earnings, Growth, Company earnings/profit, Company business management, Company growth, Pierce, Frances Reynolds, Data Systems Analysts Inc.

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Three generations carry on history of entrepreneurship

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The Longacre family has been involved in farming, raising poultry and fuel distribution in Pennsylvania for decades. The family owns Farm and Home Oil Co., which has about $200 million in annual sales.

Fuel Oil Dealers, Heating Oil Dealers, Pennsylvania, Farm and Home Oil Co.

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