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...safer if gung-ho security types focused on effective methods of tracking terrorists instead of treating even 80-year-old little ladies like potential bombers. Taking a lesson from Israeli security profiling and tracking would be more effective than treating all of us innocent passengers like criminals. Brian Eyler, MOERFELDEN, GERMANY...
Should Geoffrey catch on, it would bolster the conviction of Toys "R" Us CEO John Eyler that it's still possible to combat the low-cost threat posed by Wal-Mart and Target. Geoffrey "is potentially a $1.5 billion business," he says. "The Geoffrey stores are flat-out fun--and it's not clear if going to Wal-Mart or Target is fun." So far, the concept seems to be working. Since Geoffrey opened 14 months ago, Wisconsinites appear to have embraced it, showing up in large numbers and steadily boosting sales, the firm says. Maintenance technician Lonnie Roeder...
...spokeswoman Karen Burk. To its rivals, the depth of its price cuts has come as a shock. The company put the popular Hokey Pokey Elmo on sale at $19.46, 30% less than the list price and reportedly below even the wholesale cost. "Did it catch us by surprise? Yeah," Eyler admits. Still, he adds, since early November "we've been price competitive." That's good news for consumers, the prime beneficiaries of such skirmishing. Target last week reduced the price of its Bratz disco-doll set from $100 to $65, challenging rivals to follow suit. Wal-Mart matched the price...
...higher the price, and the better the quality, the more they are buying. Furs and jewels are selling as if buyers thought minks were becoming an endangered species and South Africa's mines were giving out. Reports John Eyler, merchandising manager for Oregon's Meier and Frank department stores: "We've never sold so much fine china or silver. It's selling like crazy." Adds Lasker Meyer, senior vice president of the Houston-based Foley's chain: "Our big-ticket items have been very strong...
...some patterns do emerge. Davis of Eliot said, "We're out to place nothing less than third in any spring sport." Eliot may meet a strong challenge from Quincy, however, which has many of last year's spring stars returning. "I'd expect we'd be really tough," Steve Eyler, Quincy athletic secretary, said...