Business Editors ¶ CHESTERTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002 ¶ Announcing the availability of FloTech overfill detection systems, the new state of the art in fuel tanker overfill detection engineering, from Dixon...

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The Seven jeans line is adding up to nothing but legal troubles. ¶ The L.A.-based label has been torn apart as three different business entities are fighting over the brand, which has pulled in $73 million in sales over the past two years. ¶ The cast of characters includes some of the city's most seasoned apparel makers, each claiming a piece of the...

Managers must become proficient cross-cultural communicators if they wish to succeed in today's global environment. The purpose of this article is to synthesize multiple insights--from fields as diverse as anthropology, psychology, communication, linguistics, and organizational behavior--and apply them specifically to managerial communication. ¶ Let's start with two definitions. Culture consists of the values, attitudes, and behavior in a given...

SAN JOSE CALIE--Gary Kremen has prevailed in his two-year legal battle to win back tights to the lucrative and heavily traveled www.sex.com Web domain. A federal judge ruled the site's current operator, ex-convict Stephen Cohen, now residing in Tijuana, Mexico, most likely stole the tights to the domain name five years ago. Kremen's dilemma was the focus last spring of a Brandweek article by Philip Van Munching, who has known him since l981...

With more than 30 million cellular phone users in the United States, its no wonder cellular phones have come so far in such a short time. Lean, light and yet more powerful, cellular phone technology has exploded so fast that some of the latest models are virtually multifunctional machines - but still fit into a shirt pocket without wrinkling it. ¶ A myriad of new features and functions enable you to use a cell phone as a pager, to fax and input data...

PARAMUS, N.J. -- Abercrombie & Fitch Co. introduced a new retail concept, Ruehl, to cater to graduates of its collegiate fashions. While Abercrombie & Fitch caters to the 18- to 22-year-old, attracting a faithful male and female customer base, and the company's newer division, Hollister, has developed a loyal following among high-school aged students of the California surf lifestyle, there hasn't been a division to maintain the interest of...

Organizations in the United States are facing a three-way attack on their most precious commodity--their customers. ¶ On one front, they are faced with increasingly demanding customers, who can easily switch loyalties to a competitor offering better service or prices. On the second front, American companies continue to be challenged by foreign competitors, many of whom bring a rich history of quality and customer service orientation to the...

This article reviews and summarizes two decades of empirical literature ¶ concerned with both direct and moderating variable-based analyses ¶ of the relationship of organizational stress with job...

A good manager uses the right tool to get the job done. Michelle Rowell, a senior marketing consultant with MKF (Motto, Kryla & Fisher, LLP) in Napa, believes MKF has a good tool for a sales and marketing manager. It's the Wine Trends State Report which analyzes the wine market for each of the 50 states by varietal and price. ¶ "The real benefit of the report isn't just the numbers," Rowell pointed out in a telephone interview. "We will work with...