Stores open midnight boost Black Friday hype in 2000s
Retailers push midnight openings and Thanksgiving launches to grab early holiday dollars. CompUSA and BJ's Wholesale Club join the trend, while Wal-Mart and Best Buy resist. Executives cite labor costs and work life balance as challenges, yet KB Toys expands to over 50 midnight stores. General Growth Properties expands midnight openings to seven malls.
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Compusa Inc
Bj’s Wholesale Club Inc
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Michael P. Niemira
International Council of Shopping Centers
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Best Buy Co
Bart Reed
Ernie Speranza
KB Toys
Sharise Monroe
Miami
Wal- Mart
Target Corp
Monroe
General Growth Properties
Birmingham
Ala
Kohl's
Omaha
Neb
Compusa
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Dorothy Bush Koch details life in the Bush family in book event
Dorothy Bush Koch, the lone Bush daughter, promotes My Father, My President at the Miami Book Fair International. The Maryland resident and mother of four discusses her two presidents, Jeb’s governorship, and her father George H W Bush’s Cold War era leadership while recounting 135 interviews for the biography.
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George W. Bush
Jeb
Neil
Marvin
Jeb Bush
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Robert
San Francisco
Wine Institute
George H W. Bush
Congress
CIA
Republican National Committee
Michael Dukakis
President
George H.W. Bush
Simpson interview and book cancelation amid fallout
The article reports on the cancellation of a two part Fox sweeps special and a related book. It notes Goldman and Polak praising News Corp for admitting a mistake while Simpson remains legally muzzled. It cites reactions from critics, advertisers, and Fox affiliates dividing opinions on the televised interview and potential profits.
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Jonathan Polak
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Yale Galanter
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Bill O'Reilly
Fox Network
Brad Adgate
Horizon Media
Nielsen Media Research
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