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Article: A Mart For All Seasons.(Denver, Colorado, merchandise mart)
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- ColoradoBiz
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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THE DENVER MERCHANDISE MART HAS WEATHERED CHANGE AND CONTROVERSY, AND BUCKED A NATIONWIDE TREND.
By necessity, Darrell Hare is a practitioner of the art of management-by-wandering-around.
As president and general manager of the Denver Merchandise Mart, Hare has to cover a lot of ground. His daily schedule includes countless crisscrossings of the 841,000-square-foot complex, putting out fires, glad-handing tenants and exhibitors, and generally keeping an eye on things.
At the Gift, Jewelry and Resort Show, for instance, Hare was up early and making the rounds. In the Forum area, set up that morning for a buffet-style breakfast, he was reassured ...