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Table of Contents

ADVISORS AND CONTRIBUTORS . . . vii

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . viii

CHRONOLOGY . . . . . . . . . x


A

3M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

ABC Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. . . . . . . . . 13

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. . . . . . . . 17

Ace Hardware Corporation . . . . . . . 22

adidas-Salomon AG. . . . . . . . . . 27

Adobe Systems Inc.. . . . . . . . . . 32

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . 37

America Online, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 41

America West Airlines, Inc. . . . . . . . 46

American Airlines, Inc. . . . . . . . . 51

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. . . . . . . 57

American Express Company . . . . . . . 62

American Greetings. . . . . . . . . . 68

American Stock Exchange, Inc. . . . . . . 74

American Suzuki Motor Corporation . . . . 79

Ameritech Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Amoco Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 88

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. . . . . . 94

Apple Computer, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 101

Applebee's International Inc. . . . . . . . 107

Arby's, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Arthur Andersen LLP . . . . . . . . . 116

AT&T Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 120

Avon Products, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . 126

B

Bacardi-Martini U.S.A., Inc. . . . . . . . 131

Barnes & Noble, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 135

BASF Aktiengesellschaft . . . . . . . . 140

Bass Hotels & Resorts . . . . . . . . . 145

Bausch & Lomb Inc. . . . . . . . . . 150

Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. . . . . . . 156

Benetton USA Corporation . . . . . . . 162

Best Buy Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 167

BIC Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Binney & Smith, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 177

Birkenstock Footprint Sandals, Inc. . . . . . 183

The Black & Decker Corporation . . . . . 188

Blockbuster Entertainment Group . . . . . 193

BMW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

The Body Shop International PLC . . . . . 203

The Boeing Company . . . . . . . . . 208

Borders Group, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . 214

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company . . . . . . 219

Brunswick Corporation. . . . . . . . . 224

Bugle Boy Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . 229

Burger King Corporation . . . . . . . . 233


C

Calvin Klein Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 237

Campbell Soup Company . . . . . . . . 242

Canon U.S.A., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 248

Carnival Corporation . . . . . . . . . 253

Cartier, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Caterpillar Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 263

CBS Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 270

The Charles Schwab Corp. . . . . . . . 275

Chevron Corporation . . . . . . . . . 280

Chiquita Brands International Inc. . . . . . 285

Chrysler Motors Corporation . . . . . . . 290

Circuit City Stores, Inc. . . . . . . . . 296

Citicorp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

The Clorox Company . . . . . . . . . 306

Club Mediterranee SA . . . . . . . . . 312

The Coca-Cola Company . . . . . . . . 316

Colgate-Palmolive Company . . . . . . . 323

Columbia Records . . . . . . . . . . 328

Columbia Sportswear Company . . . . . . 332

Comedy Central Inc. . . . . . . . . . 337

Compaq Computer Corporation . . . . . . 342

CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc. . . . . 348

Continental Airlines, Inc. . . . . . . . . 353

Converse, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 358


D

Dayton Hudson Corporation . . . . . . . 364

Deere & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Dell Computer Corporation . . . . . . . 376

Delta Air Lines, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 381

Dole Food Company, Inc. . . . . . . . . 387

Domino's Pizza, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 392

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. . . . . . . . 397

Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. . . . . . . . . 402

DreamWorks SKG . . . . . . . . . . 406

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation . . . . . 410

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. . . . . . 415

Duracell International Inc.. . . . . . . . 420


E

Eastman Kodak Company. . . . . . . . 425

Eddie Bauer Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 435

Esprit de Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 440

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. . . . . . 444

Exxon Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 450


F

Fannie May Holdings . . . . . . . . . 455

FAO Schwarz . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Federal Express Corporation . . . . . . . 465

Fila USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Fisher-Price, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 476

Foot Locker . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Ford Motor Company . . . . . . . . . 487

Fox Broadcasting Co. . . . . . . . . . 494

Frigidaire Home Products . . . . . . . . 499

Frito-Lay, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Fruit of the Loom, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 509

Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . 515


G

The Gap, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Gateway, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . 524

The Gatorade Company . . . . . . . . 529

Geffen Records, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 534

General Electric Company . . . . . . . 537

General Mills, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 543

General Motors Corporation . . . . . . . 549

General Nutrition Companies, Inc. . . . . . 556

Georgia-Pacific Corporation . . . . . . . 560

Gerber Products Company . . . . . . . 566

Gibson Greetings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 571

Gibson Guitar Corporation . . . . . . . 576

The Gillette Company . . . . . . . . . 581

Godiva Chocolatier Inc. . . . . . . . . 588

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company . . 592

Greyhound Lines, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 599

GT Bicycles Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 604

Gucci Group N.V. . . . . . . . . . . 609

Guess?, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 613


H

Hallmark Cards, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 618

Hanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Hard Rock Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . 628

Harley-Davidson, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 633

Harpo Entertainment Group . . . . . . . 639

Hasbro, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

The Hearst Corporation . . . . . . . . 649

H.J. Heinz Co. . . . . . . . . . . . 655

Hershey Foods Corporation . . . . . . . 662

Hewlett-Packard Company . . . . . . . 667

Hilton Hotels Corporation . . . . . . . . 675

Hitachi America, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . 680

Home Box Office Inc. . . . . . . . . . 685

The Home Depot Inc. . . . . . . . . . 690

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.. . . . . . . . . 695

Hormel Foods Corp. . . . . . . . . . 700

H&R Block, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 706

Huffy Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 711


I

IBM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

Intel Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . 721


J

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. . . . . . . . 726

J. Crew Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 731

J.M. Smucker Co. . . . . . . . . . . 735

Johnson & Johnson . . . . . . . . . . 740


K

Keebler Foods Company . . . . . . . . 746

Kellogg Company . . . . . . . . . . 750

Kelly Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 756

KFC Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 761

Kinko's Incorporated . . . . . . . . . 766

Kmart Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 771

Kraft Foods, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 777

The Kroger Company . . . . . . . . . 782


L

The LEGO Group . . . . . . . . . . 787

Levi Strauss & Co. . . . . . . . . . . 793

The Limited, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 798

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. . . . . . . 804

Liz Claiborne, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 809

L.L. Bean, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 814

Lotus Development Corporation . . . . . . 818

Lucent Technologies Inc. . . . . . . . . 823

Lycos Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827


M

Marriott International Inc. . . . . . . . . 832

Mars, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838

Mary Kay Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 843

MasterCard International Inc. . . . . . . 848

Matsushita Electric Corporation of America . . 852

Mattel, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

McDonald's Corporation . . . . . . . . 863

MCI Communications Corporation . . . . . 869

Merck & Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 874

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . 880

Microsoft Corporation . . . . . . . . . 885

Miller Brewing Company . . . . . . . . 890

Milton Bradley Co. . . . . . . . . . . 895

Minolta Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . 899

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. . . . . 903

MTS, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907

MTV Networks Inc. . . . . . . . . . 911


N

NBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916

NEC USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 922

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. . . . . . 926

Nestlé S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . 931

Netscape Comunications Corp. . . . . . . 936

Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite . . . . . . . . 940

Nike, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944

Nintendo of America Inc. . . . . . . . . 950

Nordstrom, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 955

Northwest Airlines Corporation . . . . . . 961

Novell Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 967


O

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. . . . . . . 972

OfficeMax, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 978

Okidata Group . . . . . . . . . . . 983

Olympus America Inc. . . . . . . . . . 987

Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation . . . . . . 992

OshKosh B'Gosh Inc. . . . . . . . . . 998


P

Packard Bell NEC Inc. . . . . . . . . . 1003

Pennzoil Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007

PepsiCo, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013

PEZ Candy, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 1019

Philip Morris Companies, Inc. . . . . . . 1023

Philips Electronics North America Corporation . 1030

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1035

Pioneer North America, Inc. . . . . . . . 1040

Pizza Hut Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 1044

Planet Hollywood International, Inc. . . . . 1048

Polaroid Corporation . . . . . . . . . 1053

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation . . . . . . 1059

Premier Parks Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1063

Princess Cruise Lines . . . . . . . . . 1068

The Procter & Gamble Co. . . . . . . . 1073

Prodigy Services Corp.. . . . . . . . . 1079


Q

The Quaker Oats Co. . . . . . . . . . 1083

R

Random House, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 1088

Reebok International, Ltd.. . . . . . . . 1092

Remington Products Co., L.L.C.. . . . . . 1097

Revlon, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102

Rite Aid Corporation . . . . . . . . . 1107

RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. . . . . . . . 1112

Rollerblade, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 1118

Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited . . . . . 1123

Rubbermaid Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 1128

Ryder System, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1133


S

Saab Automobile AB . . . . . . . . . 1137

Saks Holdings Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1144

Sam Goody . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. . . . . . . 1153

Sara Lee Corporation . . . . . . . . . 1157

Saturn Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1162

Seagate Technology, Inc. . . . . . . . . 1167

The Seagram Company Ltd. . . . . . . . 1172

Sears, Roebuck and Co. . . . . . . . . 1179

Sharp Electronics Corporation . . . . . . 1185

Shell Oil Company . . . . . . . . . . 1189

The Sherwin-Williams Company . . . . . 1194

Showtime Networks Inc. . . . . . . . . 1199

Simon & Schuster . . . . . . . . . . 1203

Snapple Beverage Corp. . . . . . . . . 1208

Sony Corporation of America . . . . . . 1212

Spalding Sports Worldwide . . . . . . . 1217

The Spiegel Group . . . . . . . . . . 1220

Sprint Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224

Staples, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1230

Starbucks Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 1235

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 1240

Subway Restaurants. . . . . . . . . . 1244

Sun Microsystems Inc. . . . . . . . . . 1249


T

Taco Bell Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 1254

Tandy Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1258

Texas Instruments Inc. . . . . . . . . . 1264

Ticketmaster Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . 1270

The Timberland Company . . . . . . . 1274

Time Warner Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1279

Tommy Hilfiger Corporation . . . . . . . 1285

Toshiba America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 1292

Toyota Motor Corporation . . . . . . . 1297

Toys 'R' Us . . . . . . . . . . . . 1302

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. . . . . 1307

Tupperware Corporation . . . . . . . . 1312

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. . . . . . 1318

Trans World Airlines, Inc. . . . . . . . 1323

Tyson Foods, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1328


U

United Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . 1334

United Parcel Service of America, Inc. . . . 1339

United States Postal Service . . . . . . . 1344

Universal Studios Inc. . . . . . . . . . 1351

US Airways Incorporated . . . . . . . . 1357

U.S. Robotics. . . . . . . . . . . . 1362

USA Networks, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 1368


V

Viacom Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1373

Victoria's Secret . . . . . . . . . . . 1379

Virgin Records America, Inc. . . . . . . 1384

Visa International . . . . . . . . . . 1388

Volkswagen AG . . . . . . . . . . . 1392


W

Walgreen Company . . . . . . . . . . 1397

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 1402

The Walt Disney Company . . . . . . . 1407

Warner Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1413

Wendy's International, Inc. . . . . . . . 1418

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. . . . . . . . . . 1422


X

Xerox Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 1428


Y

Yamaha Corporation . . . . . . . . . 1434


Z

Zenith Electronics Corporation . . . . . . 1438


INDUSTRY PROFILES . . . . . . . 1445

DIRECTORY OF SPECIALIZED BUSINESS

WEB SITES . . . . . . . . . . . 1545

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . 1549

MASTER INDEX . . . . . . . . . 1555

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