For example, the American department store Saks Fifth Avenue recently chose Shepard Fairey's design company to create window displays and shopping bags.

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Saks sales are up, its profit margins have widened, and the company mostly talks optimistically about the holidays and the New Year.

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Saks management has been adept at merchandising and marketing and it is helping to offset this headwind and keep the company growing.

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Prince Waleed bin Talal , a Saudi prince whose company interests encircle Euro Disney, Michael Jackson, Saks Fifth Avenue, the George V hotel in Paris and Canary Wharf in the Docklands of London, has built up a 5% stake in Apple Computer in recent weeks.

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