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LensCrafters Inc
LensCrafters Inc. 4000 Luxottica PlaceMason, Ohio 45040U.S.A.Telephone: (513) 765-6000Fax: (513) 765-6249Web site: http://www.lenscrafters.com Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Luxottica SpAIncorporated: 1983Employees: NASales: $1.33 billion (2003)NAIC: 446130 Optical Goods Stores A subsidiary of... Read more |
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Pioneer Electronic Corp
Pioneer Electronic Corporation 4-1, Meguro 1-chomeMeguro-kuTokyo 153-8654Japan(03) 3494-1111Fax: (03) 3495-4428Web site: http://www.pioneer.co.jp Public CompanyIncorporated : 1947 as Fukuin Electric Works, Ltd.Employees : 20,470Sales : |
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Amazon.com
Amazon.Com, Inc. 1200 12th Avenue, Suite 1200Seattle, Washington 98114U.S.A.Telephone: (206) 266-1000Fax: (206) 266-1821Web site: http://www.amazon.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1997Employees: 7,800Sales: $3.9 billion (2002)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: AMZNNAIC: 45411 Electronic... Read more |
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James Howard Meredith
James H. Meredith 1933— Civil rights pioneer, lecturer Used Air Force as Educational Opportunity Integrated Ole Miss ... Read more |
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Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 400 Locust Street700 Capital SquareDes Moines, Iowa 50309U.S.A.Telephone: (515)248-4800Fax: (515)248-4999Web site: http://www.pioneer.com Wholly Owned Subsidiary of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyIncorporated: 1926 as the Hi-Bred Corn CompanyEmployees:... Read more |
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Florence Ellinwood Allen
Florence Ellinwood Allen Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) was a pioneering woman in the U.S. justice system, serving in a variety of roles in the legal profession previously filled only by men. Florence Ellinwood Allen was possibly the premiere pioneer female judge in United States... Read more |
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Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler , 1834-1900, German engineer, inventor, and pioneer automobile manufacturer. His improvements in the internal-combustion engine, made in the 1880s, contributed largely to the development of the automobile industry. In 1890 he founded the Daimler Motor Company at Cannstatt, Germany.... Read more |
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puncheon
puncheon , plank or board made by hewing instead of sawing. American pioneers who could not procure the products of sawmills made much use of puncheons in their log buildings. The puncheons used for floors were split logs hewn smooth on the split side only.... Read more |
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Rochdale Pioneers
Rochdale Pioneers is the name given to William Cooper, Charles Howarth, and the other 26 founders of the Co-operative movement, whose retail shop opened in Toad Lane in 1844. They had been encouraged by a lecture from George Holyoake the previous... |
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Co-operative movement
...ascribed to the ‘Rochdale Pioneers’ who set up the first store to...first hurdle. The Rochdale Pioneers system rendered Co-operation...prevailing social values. After the Pioneers began in 1844 the movement...Co-op also diversified its retail services, went ... |
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cooperative movement
...benefit of their members. The first such movement was founded (1844) in England by the Rochdale Pioneers, who established a cooperative retail society to eliminate the middleman and share profits among its members. The cooperative movement... |
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Cooperative Wholesale Society
...It was a development of the early cooperative experiments of Robert Owen and the Rochdale Pioneers, which encouraged consumers to form their own retail societies and share the profits among themselves, eliminating the middleman. |
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shops
...available for more than bare necessities, towns expanded and retail trade gained in vigour. As shops became more numerous, hence...the Co-operative movement, founded in 1844 by the Rochdale Pioneers. If a retailer opened additional shops, his chain of stores... |
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GERALDINE STUTZ, RETAIL PIONEER.(Company Profile)(Obituary)
...Stutz, who died on Friday at 80, was a pioneer and a risk-taker who transformed Henri...experimented with daring window displays and retail formats, epitomized by the widely copied...lighting, for example, she said in the retail guide book: "This is the most important... |
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A revolution for the '90s As market changes, Hub's retail pioneer faces the...
...king, local merchants started a retail revolution by opening stores that...As it enters its third decade, a retail pioneer is faced with the challenge of reinventing...marketplace's 215,000 square feet of retail space is occupied by chain stores... |
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Retail pioneer Winkler honored by NAMM. (Retailer Update).
HAROLD WINKLER, DIRECTOR of the Harlu Music Group, and a pioneer in the school music business, was honored by NAMM's Museum...of School Music Dealers (NASMD). In 1978 Winkler sold his retail operations to the American Music Group, now a division of... |
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With $22 Million Gift From Retail Pioneer, U-M Health System Launches A....
...The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, being established in the U-M Medical School, is named for the retail pioneer whose funding and vision led to its creation. Mr. Taubman's gift creates an endowment whose earnings will fund... |
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Fry, Inc. Designs New Web Site for Lillian Vernon; New features in proven...
...http://www.lillianvernon.com/ . Lillian Vernon, a pioneer in the direct marketing and retailing industries, selected...generating 50 percent of our total business this year. Fry's retail expertise and technical knowledge helped us create a showcase... |
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Island Pacific Solidifies Partnership with Gabriel Brothers; Retail Pioneers...
...that it has signed a contract with retail pioneer Gabriel Brothers Inc. The agreement...Brothers is a unique off-price retail company that provides its customers...the IP customer, with a strong retail track record and aggressive growth... |
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SoHo: the final step; Last of retail pioneers departing pricey...
...That makes the costs of SoHo's retail space comparable to those in the...square foot. The departure of the retail pioneers is completing SoHo's evolution...Talmadge, Tumi's vice president of retail. The SoHo shop, which opened in... |
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Deep Ellum's retail pioneers. (Deep Ellum-Fair Park neighborhood in Dallas)...
DEEP ELLUM'S RETAIL PIONEERS The site of speakeasies and jazz clubs...studios, nightclubs, restaurants and retail shops, all of which have sprung up...Garratt Design. "I was the first retail place in the neighborhood,' she says... |
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RETAIL PIONEERS; STAKING OUT NEW RETAIL TERRITORIES IS RISKY BUSINESS, BUT...
The importance of location in retail is well documented, but key locations...gentrified, some retailers are opting to be pioneers in neighborhoods -- with hip new lines...Theoharis. They have a combined 15 years in retail, Strasen having worked for Ralph Lauren... |
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A LOSS OF IDENTITY DEPARTMENT STORES LIKE FILENE'S, ONCE RETAIL PIONEERS,...
...century ago in Boston, they were retail pioneers. The Filenes knew back then it...discounters like Costco. In a crowded retail landscape, department stores are...consumer," said John Macht, a retail consultant, who once worked for... |
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