INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures; numbers followed by n indicate notes.

accessories

Ace Hardware

acesulfame-K

acquisitions

escalation traps and

proliferation traps and

Acrobat Reader

Adam’s Stride brand

Adobe

advertising. See also marketing

Geico insurance company and

redefining value to neutralize discounters using

Sears and department store proliferation and

Affinity Neighborhoods

AgustaWestland

airline industry

Allstate

aloft (hotel chain)

AMD

apparel industry. See fashion industry

Apple

appliance stores

Armani

Armani Casa

Armani Exchange

Armani Fiori

“Armani Lifestyle,”

artificial sweetener industry

Asia, chip industry in

aspartame

AT&T

auto industry

high-end designers and

low end of market and

proliferation in

response ...

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