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Razor-sharp ad ideas
This story starts at a point in time that most observers predicted it would end. The year was 2002. The Internet party was long over. Pets.com and other high-flying digital darlings were defunct. It was the dark days for the few survivors of the dot-com...
Tags: Authors, Microsoft Corporation, Politics, Book, Elections
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Arbitration, Politics, Career and Workplace, University of California, Irvine
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More than a dozen retailers sign on to safety pact; most US brands look for alternatives
AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) — While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, U.S. retailers were scrambling to come up with their own safety plans. A total...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Politics, National Retail Federation, Mangos, United Kingdom
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Prayer service remembers victims of Bangladesh building collapse
NEW DELHI, India -- Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 victims who died in the ruins of the world’s worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at...
Tags: Bangladesh, Plant Openings, Disasters and Accidents, Walmart, New Delhi (India)
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Bangladesh crowd gathers as collapse cleanup ends
NEW DELHI — Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died in the world's worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at the Islamic prayer...Tags: Bangladesh, Plant Openings, Walmart, National Government, Politics
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Bangladesh holds mass prayer at wreckage of building collapse that killed 1,127
Associated PressDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the...Tags: Marks & Spencer Ltd., Labor Legislation, Disasters and Accidents, Career and Workplace, Italy
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Big retailers including H&M, Zara parent agree to new factory safety accord in Bangladesh
AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month....Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Politics, United Kingdom, Work Rules Contract Issues, Sears
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Trader Joe's targeted for meat with antibiotics, candy with lead
Quirky grocery chain Trader Joe’s is dealing this week with some concern over its products, including a public statement from a major advocacy group criticizing the presence of antibiotics in meat and a lawsuit from the state of California...
Tags: Consumers, Kamala D. Harris, Genetic Engineering, Target, Whole Foods Market
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Safeway stock slides as revenue stalls, though profit rises
Safeway Inc. stock slid nearly 20% in morning trading Thursday as the Northern California supermarket giant – facing competition from dollar stores and Wal-Mart – reported flat revenue in the first quarter. The Pleasanton company said...
Tags: Target, JC Penney Company Inc., Safeway Inc., Walmart
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Tesco to pull out of U.S. and sell Fresh & Easy markets
The British are leaving. Five years after launching the Fresh & Easy grocery chain in the U.S., Tesco of England is abandoning its nearly $2-billion gamble. Once called "foolhardy" by investment guru Warren Buffett, the ambitious experiment joins a...
Tags: Dollar General Corporation, Consumers, Whole Foods Market, University of California, Los Angeles, Breads
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Fresh & Easy fail: Tesco exits U.S. after profit tanks 96%
Tesco PLC’s ambitious U.S. experiment -- 5-year-old grocery chain Fresh & Easy -- has failed after costing its British parent billions of dollars, the company said Wednesday. After a strategic review of the brand in the last year, during which...
Tags: Whole Foods Market, Walmart, United Kingdom, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Alltech's 2013 Symposium offers a glimpse of crisis management in a 24/7 world
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Europe's horse meat scandal has put food once more in world news and left a legacy of consumer distrust in the food industry. A host of top players have been caught up in the spiraling scandal including Nestle - the world's largest food...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Food Industry
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