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There was little of that during Cavazos' reign. Although he stumped for "choice" -- a favored Bush approach that gives parents more say over which public school their children attend -- Cavazos never became a bully pulpiteer like his predecessor, William Bennett. Cavazos was handicapped further by Bush's desultory leadership. Since the President announced six national education goals last January, he, Congress and the nation's Governors have done little but squabble over who will assess whether the goals are being met. (Among the targets: every adult must be a skilled, literate worker and citizen; every school must be drug free...
...defeat of the environmental ballot initiatives provides an opportunity for interest groups to rethink their approach to environmental issues. Many citizens are tired of being asked to become lawmakers when they enter voting booths and decide on the merits of intricate policy questions that are supposed to be the province of Congress and state legislatures. Environmentalists might also reconsider their tendency to favor more government regulation as the answer to most ecological problems. In Washington State voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have put curbs on development, partly because they feared it would mean new government intrusions into their...
Leonard Berry, head of Texas A&M University's Center for Retailing, sees a big risk in the "factory-to-you" approach: "Manufacturers must be careful not to cut their own throats. They run the risk of alienating their biggest accounts." The manufacturers take that warning to heart. Most outlets and malls are miles from department-store turf. Women's apparel manufacturer Liz Claiborne placed its 22 outlets 45 minutes to an hour from retailers selling its label. "We are very sensitive to our department stores, since they are the nucleus of the business," says Harvey Jones, ad manager...
...like K Mart and Wal-Mart say they are not threatened by the new invaders, partly because they perceive the discount centers as out- of-the-way places, suitable mainly for tourists or big-haul shopping. Luxury department stores like Bloomingdale's and Saks Fifth Avenue take an elitist approach -- at least publicly -- and shrug off the challenge from outlet malls. "The competition in retail is always fierce, but our customer is not attracted to an outlet mall," says Carol Sanger, vice president of the Federated and Allied Stores chain, which includes Bloomingdale's, Burdine's, A&S and Jordan...
Then there's the "if you can't beat 'em join 'em" approach. Sears and J.C. Penney have placed catalog outlet stores at the new discount malls. Upscale Ann Taylor has two clearance centers at megamalls. Even Saks opened its first outlet in Philadelphia's Franklin Mills. "Like it or not, it's the wave of the future," says Sid Mayer, Saks' senior vice president of merchandise liquidation. "Traditional department stores were in trouble anyhow. Discount malls are a necessary evil...