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Article: REI's X-TREME SPORTS RETAILING.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- August 1, 2000
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REI store manager Bob Voltz sports a shaved head these days, courtesy of a wager. Voltz bet his hair that sales at Recreational Equipment Inc.'s fourth flagship store at Platte River and Cherry Creek would exceed projections. Voltz, a 21-year REI veteran, estimates that first-year sales for the new store will exceed $25 million.
The new store has to do well. Rehabilitation of the Tramway Cable Building, former site of the 99-year-old Forney Transportation Museum, was REI's most expensive. The Seattle-based outdoor goods cooperative spent more than $28 million to convert the building, so dilapidated it had a reputation for dropping the occasional brick to the ...
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Article: NORFOLK SOUTHERN VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM E. VOLTZ DIES OF A ...
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June 24, 1993 ;
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... ... June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- William E. Voltz, 56, vice president of Merchandise Marketing ... suddenly today at his home in Virginia Beach. Voltz began his railroad career in 1962 with ... Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982, Voltz became regional sales manager in Detroit ...
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