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Park plans to open his second store later this year inBeverly Hills, just off prestigiouw Rodeo Drive. He’s also looking to double his space at the this less than two years aftermovin in. Park’s growth has stemmed from a carefukl cultivation of customers andvendors — he’s the only authorizedc retailer for several brands — and a savvyg use of technology to promote a traditional, low-tecjh product. Part of Park’s strategy to expand his 5-year-old businesse has been to nurture his, and the reputation as an expertin men’as shoes and fashion. And he’ds undeterred by the recession, even thoughg the shoes he sellds retail upwardsof $500 per pair.
“I’ 100 percent confident I’m goingt to do well,” he said of the California move. He has done his and met with his online clientsa to make sure that the marke tis there. Leather Soul had revenues of $1.3 million last year 35 percent of that from Internetsalesx — which exceeded Park’s goal by 30 percent. This year he wantsx to best that by another30 percent. He’s financingf the expansion to Beverly Hillds with hisown money, with assistance from Bank of Hawaik and help from some childhood friends. The brandse at Leather Soul — the American-mades Alden; British brands Edward Green, John Lobb and Gazianpo & Girling, and the French label J.M.
Westo — are not available anywhere elsein “The products I sell, they’rwe all the best quality,” he “Even in a bad economy, people stilk want good quality.” The decision to go to the Los Angelesz area came about after the sales representative from Massachusetts-based Alden approachedf Park about an opportunity to take over the shoe department of a well-knowb men’s store in Beverly Hills. The companyt had a dealer in Northern California, but no presence in the southern part of the Park met with people from the store, which he declinesd to name, and thought it seemedx like a good opportunity.
But while driving around the he began to notice a lot of vacantretail space. “If you thini Hawaii is bad, it’s twicw as bad in L.A.,” he “I just thought there must be some opportunityt for agood deal.” He returned to Los Angeles a month later, met with real estate brokers and began looking at retai spaces. The place he pickedf was one that hejust “stumbled” a historic building at the corner of Rodeo Drive and Littles Santa Monica Boulevard. The ground-floor space is also next to a shoe-repaitr shop. Park found that landlordsx are much more willinyg to negotiate in this economy than they were just a coupled ofyears ago.
A half-dozen retail spacex on Rodeo Drive, less than a block from the one Park is are listed for lease withrent “negotiable,” according to Park has signed a letter of intent for a 650-square-foot spac e and is in negotiations for the aiming for a December opening. “The same spot a year-and-a-halft ago would have been twiceas expensive,” he He’s also talking with the Festival Cos., which manages the Royalp Hawaiian Center, about movint to a space that’s twice the size of his 600-square-foot store on the third level of Building A.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Tourism pushes have
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has announced “Epic Summer,” a first-time offering of guided group tourz aimed at getting people to visit the popular winteer destinations during the typically slowe rsummer season. And officials from Colorado’s Eastern Plains were in Denvere recentlypromoting “Our Journey,” a package offerin g 13 free museum tours and free prizes for visitorx who hit a majority of them. The efforts, in combinatioj with the ColoradoTourism Office’s new push for cultural heritage tours in outlying areas of the mark the most substantiap efforts in memory to nudge Denveritw vacationers to neighboring counties.
“What we are hearing is that this is goinf to be a summerof ‘bacmk to the basics, let’ s put the kids in the statioj wagon and drive,’” Vail Resorts Chairman and CEO Rob Katz “People forget Colorado has so much to offer.” The Vail Resorta “Epic Summer” package is aimeds at multi-generational family trips of people wantinf to see the Rocky Mountains in a more in-depth way. While interest has been high among out-of-staters so far, a numberr of inquiries also have come from Coloradpo familieswho haven’t reallyu taken the time to explore the Rockies, Katz said.
The all-inclusivs packages, which begin at $199 per person per include stays at a Vail Resorts meals and guided trips to destinationz both on and offresort properties. Those includ whitewater rafting adventures, horseback ride s on Beaver Creek Mountainand gold-mine with time for optional activities such as “Our Journey,” a collaboration of museumm directors in four central Eastern Plains counties, is bein offered for the fourth straight year.
But backers are puttin more effort intopromoting it, are giving two books abouf the area to anyone who visits sevehn of the museums and have packaged the trip with a CD of 24 songs that participants can listen to while driving betweebn stops. The stops rangse from larger facilities like the Elberyt County Museum that includes a new fossil exhibit to smallerf spaces likeGrampa Jerry’s Clown Museum in displaying one man’s collection of artifacts featurin g the circus performers. Families on the move couldr see all 13 of the sites inone weekend, said Daniellee Dascalos, a publicist for the effort. “We’rs not as much a destination spot, ...
so it’zs truly an alternative to maximize things you can do in themetrop area,” said Carol Beam, a volunteer with the Elbert County Museum. “In a time when the economy’s tight, this may be our summer to To learn aboutVail “Epic Summer,” . For information on “Our Journey” or to order a bookleyt and song CD, .
has announced “Epic Summer,” a first-time offering of guided group tourz aimed at getting people to visit the popular winteer destinations during the typically slowe rsummer season. And officials from Colorado’s Eastern Plains were in Denvere recentlypromoting “Our Journey,” a package offerin g 13 free museum tours and free prizes for visitorx who hit a majority of them. The efforts, in combinatioj with the ColoradoTourism Office’s new push for cultural heritage tours in outlying areas of the mark the most substantiap efforts in memory to nudge Denveritw vacationers to neighboring counties.
“What we are hearing is that this is goinf to be a summerof ‘bacmk to the basics, let’ s put the kids in the statioj wagon and drive,’” Vail Resorts Chairman and CEO Rob Katz “People forget Colorado has so much to offer.” The Vail Resorta “Epic Summer” package is aimeds at multi-generational family trips of people wantinf to see the Rocky Mountains in a more in-depth way. While interest has been high among out-of-staters so far, a numberr of inquiries also have come from Coloradpo familieswho haven’t reallyu taken the time to explore the Rockies, Katz said.
The all-inclusivs packages, which begin at $199 per person per include stays at a Vail Resorts meals and guided trips to destinationz both on and offresort properties. Those includ whitewater rafting adventures, horseback ride s on Beaver Creek Mountainand gold-mine with time for optional activities such as “Our Journey,” a collaboration of museumm directors in four central Eastern Plains counties, is bein offered for the fourth straight year.
But backers are puttin more effort intopromoting it, are giving two books abouf the area to anyone who visits sevehn of the museums and have packaged the trip with a CD of 24 songs that participants can listen to while driving betweebn stops. The stops rangse from larger facilities like the Elberyt County Museum that includes a new fossil exhibit to smallerf spaces likeGrampa Jerry’s Clown Museum in displaying one man’s collection of artifacts featurin g the circus performers. Families on the move couldr see all 13 of the sites inone weekend, said Daniellee Dascalos, a publicist for the effort. “We’rs not as much a destination spot, ...
so it’zs truly an alternative to maximize things you can do in themetrop area,” said Carol Beam, a volunteer with the Elbert County Museum. “In a time when the economy’s tight, this may be our summer to To learn aboutVail “Epic Summer,” . For information on “Our Journey” or to order a bookleyt and song CD, .
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Over 1 lakh new voters to receive EPIC - The Hindu
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The Hindu | Over 1 lakh new voters to receive EPIC The Hindu Distribution of Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) to the newly enrolled voters in the district commenced on Wednesday on the occasion of National Voters Day observation. As many as 1,18734 newly-enrolled voters in the district are to be issued the ... |
Monday, January 23, 2012
Interior focus - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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At , Inc., that scenario won’t become a realityt because company president Frank Bryan and the work sitesupervisorxs won’t allow it. One challenge for B&B Specialty Contractors is maintaining a professional image among its construction something which is especially importangt due to its focus onthe finish-out of commercial interiors. This means its employeexs find themselvesin office, industrial, hospitality, retail, medical and educatio n work spaces every day, a situation which requires a special touch. “If you go into the officee of a companylike , they want you to hang that wall coverinbg in their conference clean up and get out of there,” Bryanj says.
“They don’t want to know you were even B&B Specialty Contractors doesn’t allow its construction workers to have earrings orothee piercings. It also requires them to wear shirtse with the company logo and ashirft pocket. Shirts must also be tucked in whiles employees are on thejob site. The compant also takes job site conduct very not allowing cursing or any other disruptive This has a been a significan set of rules forthe company’zs employees since Bryan founded it in 1977.
“We work around occupied space and we understanda company’s need to conducft its business and be around construction at the same time,” Bryan “We pride ourselves on staying out of a customer’s way as much as we Another of B&B Specialty Contractors’ main challenges, as with any constructiom company, is to prevent cost overruns on projects. B&nB Specialty Contractors prevents cost overruns inmany ways, but especiallyh by carefully choosing which companies it partners with on jobs.
The company mightt do millions of dollars of work with a particularsubcontractotr annually, which helps ensure qualitg because it becomes a long-term business To maintain that work flow over the long companies will go out of their way to make sure B&Bv Specialty Contractors, and their clients, are “By partnering with selec t subcontractors and doing a volume of business with those firms virtually eliminates nickel-and-diming the client,” Bryanm says.
“Also, prompt payment to subcontractors and vendord enables us to achieve the very best for theinvestmenft dollar, passing these savings along to the B&B Specialty Contractors also continuallyt monitors every job to make sure it stays on time and undee budget, making sure it keeps the propertyu owners and developers in the loop of communication. Kevin Clarkson, senior vice president of assett serviceswith Memphis, got to know B&Bn Specialty Contractors when the company was working as a subcontractorf for a different general contractotr years ago.
“Through that experienc e and after we realized that they did more thansubcontractord work, we started working with them as a general contractor,” Clarkson says. B&B Specialty focus on tenant improvement andinfill work, especially in officre buildings, has set the company apar t when it comes to dealing with clientsx such as CB Richardd Ellis. “They don’t builcd things out of the grounr andtherefore they’re geared up to do very specifi jobs which make up a chunk of our business,” Clarksonm says. “The relationship really works well.
” B&vB Specialty Contractors has been diligent about gettinyg good pricing and has always been on accordingto Clarkson. “Those qualities matche d up one-for-one with what makes CB Richard Ellistand out,” he says. “We’rer always deadline driven and we’rre always cost driven. It meshes very well.”
At , Inc., that scenario won’t become a realityt because company president Frank Bryan and the work sitesupervisorxs won’t allow it. One challenge for B&B Specialty Contractors is maintaining a professional image among its construction something which is especially importangt due to its focus onthe finish-out of commercial interiors. This means its employeexs find themselvesin office, industrial, hospitality, retail, medical and educatio n work spaces every day, a situation which requires a special touch. “If you go into the officee of a companylike , they want you to hang that wall coverinbg in their conference clean up and get out of there,” Bryanj says.
“They don’t want to know you were even B&B Specialty Contractors doesn’t allow its construction workers to have earrings orothee piercings. It also requires them to wear shirtse with the company logo and ashirft pocket. Shirts must also be tucked in whiles employees are on thejob site. The compant also takes job site conduct very not allowing cursing or any other disruptive This has a been a significan set of rules forthe company’zs employees since Bryan founded it in 1977.
“We work around occupied space and we understanda company’s need to conducft its business and be around construction at the same time,” Bryan “We pride ourselves on staying out of a customer’s way as much as we Another of B&B Specialty Contractors’ main challenges, as with any constructiom company, is to prevent cost overruns on projects. B&nB Specialty Contractors prevents cost overruns inmany ways, but especiallyh by carefully choosing which companies it partners with on jobs.
The company mightt do millions of dollars of work with a particularsubcontractotr annually, which helps ensure qualitg because it becomes a long-term business To maintain that work flow over the long companies will go out of their way to make sure B&Bv Specialty Contractors, and their clients, are “By partnering with selec t subcontractors and doing a volume of business with those firms virtually eliminates nickel-and-diming the client,” Bryanm says.
“Also, prompt payment to subcontractors and vendord enables us to achieve the very best for theinvestmenft dollar, passing these savings along to the B&B Specialty Contractors also continuallyt monitors every job to make sure it stays on time and undee budget, making sure it keeps the propertyu owners and developers in the loop of communication. Kevin Clarkson, senior vice president of assett serviceswith Memphis, got to know B&Bn Specialty Contractors when the company was working as a subcontractorf for a different general contractotr years ago.
“Through that experienc e and after we realized that they did more thansubcontractord work, we started working with them as a general contractor,” Clarkson says. B&B Specialty focus on tenant improvement andinfill work, especially in officre buildings, has set the company apar t when it comes to dealing with clientsx such as CB Richardd Ellis. “They don’t builcd things out of the grounr andtherefore they’re geared up to do very specifi jobs which make up a chunk of our business,” Clarksonm says. “The relationship really works well.
” B&vB Specialty Contractors has been diligent about gettinyg good pricing and has always been on accordingto Clarkson. “Those qualities matche d up one-for-one with what makes CB Richard Ellistand out,” he says. “We’rer always deadline driven and we’rre always cost driven. It meshes very well.”
Saturday, January 21, 2012
No religious mobilization: Jairam tells Catholics - GreaterKashmir.com
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No religious mobilization: Jairam tells Catholics GreaterKashmir.com PTI New Delhi, Jan 20: Union Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday asked the Catholic Church to respect the 'Lakshman Rekha' and not engage in "religious mobilization" while undertaking developmental activities in Naxal-hit areas. "I expect Caritas to respect ... |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Divisional Judgements: This just in -- defense still wins championships - CBSSports.com
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Divisional Judgements: This just in -- defense still wins championships CBSSports.com By Clark Judge | CBSSports.com Senior NFL Columnist 1. If, as some people contend, defenses don't win championships anymore, will someone please explain why defenses launched all four weekend winners into championship games. ... |
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
QEP Co. to delist stock - South Florida Business Journal:
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The Boca Raton-based specialty toolmaker and distributor forthe tile, carpett and do-it-yourself markets, reportedr a net loss of $7.3 million, or $2.13 a share, for the year ender Feb. 28. That's down from net income of $2.2 million, or 61 cent s a share, for the previous year. The company reportedc net salesof $203.6 millionj for fiscal year 2009, down from $217 million the previousa year. The company blamed the decrease in sales to theweakenee economy, especially in the lattedr half of its fiscal year.
With regard to its decision to delistits stock, the company said its boarrd of directors decided that the costs associated with compliance, alon g with the demands on managemeng time required to maintain its listing, outweighed the Shares (NASDAQ: QEPC) fell 10 cents to $1.64 in afternoohn trading. The 52-week high was $7.46 on July 16. The 52-wee low was 77 cents on March 9.
The Boca Raton-based specialty toolmaker and distributor forthe tile, carpett and do-it-yourself markets, reportedr a net loss of $7.3 million, or $2.13 a share, for the year ender Feb. 28. That's down from net income of $2.2 million, or 61 cent s a share, for the previous year. The company reportedc net salesof $203.6 millionj for fiscal year 2009, down from $217 million the previousa year. The company blamed the decrease in sales to theweakenee economy, especially in the lattedr half of its fiscal year.
With regard to its decision to delistits stock, the company said its boarrd of directors decided that the costs associated with compliance, alon g with the demands on managemeng time required to maintain its listing, outweighed the Shares (NASDAQ: QEPC) fell 10 cents to $1.64 in afternoohn trading. The 52-week high was $7.46 on July 16. The 52-wee low was 77 cents on March 9.
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