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Millionaire Game Developer Claims to Own a Piece of the Moon {Asylum}

Mar 30th 2010 7:30PM OK, I'll play along! He owns the rover, but I say I own the area of the moon that it's parked on! Thus, he is now illegally parked and owes me $25 a day for every day that the rover stays there, so start sending those parking ticket payments pal!

Pay up or move your illegally parked rover you rich idiot! lol!!!

Retailers ditch higher-end fashion plans {BloggingStocks}

May 20th 2008 4:46PM Gonyr24 - Don't get your panties in a bunch, my point was simply that Banan Republic wasn't started as a high end line/store/catalog, but rather to target a market specific niche with a limited line offerring (It only had 2 jungle themed stores to start with). Then after aquisition by Gap, Inc. the brand was repositioned in an attempt to go upscale with men's & women's fashions (suits, dress shirts, etc.) But along the way, they lost touch with the base that made BR work. I had stock in the company for years, until they started to drain my earnings with all the "new ideas" to revitalize the brand(s) once Drexler became CEO (he was better at running the GAP division). About the only thing working for them these days is Old Navy with the low prices, but unfortunately, low quality also - those are facts supported by the 10Q reports and a visit to the stores. PS: this is a blog posting, not a 60 minutes expose!

Retailers ditch higher-end fashion plans {BloggingStocks}

May 20th 2008 4:13PM Banana Republic didn't start out as a high-end luxury brand! It was a store that sold chino's and cotton shirts at low prices, then they opened the GAP brand stores and Banana Republic's went away. Remember the Jungle Themed stores? Kinda hokey, but different than the other mall stores at the time.

The Ultimate Centerpiece {Luxist}

Sep 23rd 2006 12:24AM #15 is dead on! The Lamborghini marquee is a Raging Bull, thus this is a spin on the old adage of "…A Bull in a China shop..." into a modern interpretation by showing how this new (and improved?) China can withstand “Bull”, represented by the Lamborghini Gallardo. A very cleaver marketing concept, too bad it was lost on so many others!