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From a cartoon mouse to a global giant: how Walt Disney conquered the world

Inside Retail

Buyouts and a cultural behemoth In 2006 Disney bought Pixar, in 2009 it bought Marvel and in 2012 it bought Lucasfilm. Since 1986, Disney have tried to keep it out of circulation, although clips can be found online. These acquisitions solidified Disney’s position as the brand leader in the entertainment industry.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

cities,” says Steve Kaufman, former Editor-in-Chief of VMSD from 1998 until 2009. Within a few short months of its debut, circulation grew into the tens of thousands. Stores, the Visual Directors’ Team used video conferencing to share strategies and selling techniques throughout the entire far-flung organization.

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Manchin’s New Bill Could Lead to One Big Climate Win

Robinson Meyer

In 2009, Skelly set out to connect the wind farms of the Oklahoma panhandle with transmission lines in Tennessee. The most important of the three changes might be the final one, the question of who pays for a new line, Rob Gramlich, the founder and president of Grid Strategies and one of the country’s foremost transmission lobbyists, told me.

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