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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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