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...honored bastion of sartorial conservatism -- the merchants of the midrange $400 business garment -- scrambling for a new look and a fresh idea. The trend is against them and so, for the moment, are the numbers. Hartmarx Corp., which owns middle-income retail stores like Wallachs in New York and Baskin in Chicago as well as Hart Schaffner & Marx, purveyors of off-the-peg businessman style for more than 100 years, has been enduring a three-year slump even though it retains an 11% share of the U.S. men's suit market. Brooks Brothers posted a 41% drop in operating profits...
Jeffrey C. Olkin '90 is quoted as saying in a Snapshot about me in the October 15 Crimson, that I wrote a letter to Baskin-Robbins complaining that they would not let me have several free samples. I rarely ask for samples, and definitely not more than...
...however, write a friendly letter to Baskin-Robbins regarding another matter. A friend mentioned that she knew someone spending time in Ecuador who missed Pralines 'n Cream. I wrote to Baskin-Robbins asking how one would get some of this flavor to Ecuador. They sent me an informative letter in return, and they did include a coupon for a free cone. And my friend sent some ice cream to Ecuador. Andrew T. Starr...
Olkin recalls another occassion, when Starr targeted Baskin Robbins, which had a stated policy of unlimited free samples...
...Andrew was in there trying to get his free samples, and they restricted him to two or three--he got irritated, and he wrote a letter to Baskin-Robbins complaining that he wasn't treated properly," says Olkin. The company sent back a certificate for a free cone...