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Article: Stillwater company gains national recognition
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 11, 2006
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Stillwater-based Southwest Bancorp Inc. has quietly been growing
its nonbanking subsidiary for several years, garnering national
retail clients such as Hollywood Video, Payless Shoe Source and Wal-
Mart by word of mouth.
The books being sold off Barnes & Noble's shelves? They're there
in large part because of Business Consulting Group Inc. By
streamlining and correcting stocking processes under BCG's direction,
the national bookseller improves its bottom line. Other companies
hear about it and seek out the same.
BCG's capital is intellectual in nature, Southwest Bancorp
spokesman Jerry Rackley said. So what they sell is their expertise
and time, which is different from the bank's model for ...