Word: withing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Upscale discount megamalls were perhaps inevitable, given these cash-poor yet image-conscious times. Since 1978 the industry has mushroomed from just seven outlet centers to more than 280, with gross sales estimated at as high as $18 billion. Last year sales for outlets and off-price stores rose 10...
The labels-for-less malls may be the only bright spot in what is shaping up as a singularly lackluster Christmas for retailers. Last week Sears, Roebuck, faced with declining sales, announced a salary freeze for 20,000 of its 330,000 employees; Macy's was combatting speculation that recent...
Indeed, as cut-rate malls turn themselves into theme parks, with frills and flourishes and higher overhead costs, their primary advantage -- lower prices -- just might start to disappear. For now, though, did we leave the car by the talking toucan, or was it the pink flamingo?
By actual count -- well, actual approximate count -- the Australian rock band INXS has played 2,000 performances during the past 13 years. And what have its members got to show for it? Folks still have trouble with the name. "In excess" would be phonetically correct, but it lacks the cool...
"Touring is second nature to us, kind of automatic," explains Andrew Farriss, 30, the keyboardist and songwriter of the band. "We started off just playing in public, and our audience got bigger and bigger. Record companies in Australia had to sign us because our live-show following was bigger than...