OPERATING EFFICIENCY; Don't Get Trapped in the Skills Gap (D. Edelman & J. Levitan); Make in a Week What You Sell in a Week (N. Fiske); Price by Design, Not by Default (M. Grindfors, et al.); Building Partnerships Through Discovery (R. Padgett & P. Siegel); When to Deconstruct (D. Edelman & D. Heuskel); Starting Fresh: Taking a Value Appproach to Costs, (K. Helmkamp & J. Chapuis); The Power of Direct Story Delivery (M. Gjaja & H. Vogel); RETAILING; Reinvigorating the Core: The Retailer's Challenge (F. Barber); Capturing the Missing $30 Billion (R. Lesser & C. Cotney); Inner Cities Are the Next Retailing Frontier (M. Porter, et al.); Levels of the Game in Frequency Marketing (T. Breazeale & T. Chassaing); A Frontline Without Limits (A. Miles & Y. Morieux); Systematic Value Creation in Retail (M. Krentz & K. Waddell); MARKETING AND SELLING; From Lone Rangers to the New Selling Elite (C. Costa, et al.); The Research Advantage: The Marketplace Meets Management (J. Everett); Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Neglected Customers (D. Nelson); To Your Health (F. Barber); THE CONSUMER; Segmenting for Innovation (J. Everett & P. Siegel); Winning a Segment-of-One at a Time (D. Edelman & S. Malak); Consumer Distemper (D. Pecaut & J. Dea); Customer Retention: Beyond Bribes and Golden Handcuffs (T. Chassaing, et al.); One Size Doesn't Fit All (J. Everett & B. Hulit); THE BRAND; Total Brand Management (D. Edelman & M. Silverstein); Brand Renaissance (D. Pecaut); The Brandnet Company (A. Mei-Pochtler & P. Airey); Experience Your Brand (G. Stalk); Creating a Flawless Brand Experience (M. Silverstein); The CEO as Total Brand Manager (G. Stalk); Managing Brands for Value (R. Bixner, et al.); E-COMMERCE; Boom or Bust On-Line (T. Chassaing, et al.); Branding on the Internet: Navigating Around the Hype (D. Goldstein, et al.); Serving the E-Generation (D. Edelman, et al.); Myths and Realities of On-Line Retailing (D. Pecaut); Winning on the Net: Can Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Succeed on the Internet? (J. Davis & S. Gunby); GLOBAL MARKETS; Global Conquistadors (P. Siegel & M. Silverstein); Meeting the Local Challenge in China (J. Wong & M. Bvkkerink); The Uncompromising Asian Organization (M. Bvkkerink & W. Hamid); Rediscovering the Asian Promise (W. Hamid & D. Young); STAYING AHEAD; Believing in Growth (J. Chapuis); The Paradox of Success (B. Jones & M. Silverstein); Achieving Domain Expertise (B. Jones & M. Silverstein); Seeds of Destruction (M. Silverstein & E. Huet); Manage Your Value (M. Deimler & J. Whitehurst); Six Challenges for the New Millennium (M. Silverstein); Index.