As temperatures rise and summer beckons, many workers may begin to question just what defines casual in business-casual dress codes?
Crouched behind a hut, the stealthy marketers, dressed in business-casual camouflage, assess their weapons for sending outbound messages.
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Even younger residents drop off-the-cuff references to figures like Paul Revere in their casual bar-room banter.
She got me thinking that while the aesthetic can seem very lived-in and casual, it requires a good deal of consideration to really pull off.
We were the first to warn that North Face wasn't likely to stick to plan and successfully exploit its brand name in the casual-wear market (Oct. 21, 1996).
For two years now, that basic, terrestrial formula was enough to make Angry Birds the de facto king of mobile gaming, and a stand-in for a casual gaming revolution that was gripping phone users and proving a full-fledged commercial phenomenon.
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It said young people were also more likely to work in part-time, casual or seasonal jobs.
Neal Conan arrived for work in our downtown Washington studios in a casual polo-style shirt and a baseball cap.
Beef bourguignon can now be found at practically every turn in Burgundy, where it is more common in casual spots than fine-dining restaurants.
It all started with Rose Bakery -- the bastion of the UK cafe scene in Paris -- which kicked off the trend for casual, homely fare with a British accent back in 2002, when their first branch opened in the south Pigalle area (46 rue des Martyrs, 9e, 01-42-82-12-80).
Mantles Restaurant, the on-site eatery, offers farm-to-fork cuisine in a casual yet sophisticated setting that would not be out of place in New York City.
Lee claims well-timed investing in startups in Android, casual and social gaming, social networking and more recently, e-commerce.
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The company, a fast-growing casual-dining chain and a leader in the grill and bar space, operates 700 company-owned and franchised restaurants across 41 states.
In the new tradition of fast-casual dining, you get on line (which often spills out into the street) to order and the food is brought to you at large communal tables.
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Since these are for the most part produced in Rio de Janeiro and feature characters drawn from the upper-middle class, they tend to reflect a world where good-looking white people in expensively casual clothes flit around in a perpetual summer, attended by maids.
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"He took a great interest in us, " says Reinstein, who intends to expand his fast-casual restaurant into a chain of 500 or more in a decade.
Beach points out the future of turn-based strategy gaming is already playing out in other casual games like "Words With Friends, " where players take turns playing a "Scrabble"-like game with opponents.
It specialises in three main areas - traditional dating, casual dating and niche dating sites.
But momentum for its buttoned-down casual look peaked in the late 1990s, and Gap has lost market share to tough new rivals like Abercrombie ( ANF), J.
This advice is as old as the interview process itself, but many candidates still fail to follow it, especially in the casual world of tech start-ups: Send a thank-you note.
Cohen blames Johnson for adding Stewart to a mix of in-store shops including hipper fare like casual clothing brand Joe Fresh, kitschy homewares line Jonathan Adler and niche womenswear designer Nanette Lepore.
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You're not being judged at office parties in most cases but you will be scrutinized if you drink too much alcohol, make off-color remarks, dress inappropriately (casual-Friday attire is safe) or behave in a manner that wouldn't fit in your workplace.
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Bo kho was practically everywhere in Saigon, from open-air markets and casual cafes to private homes.
Yum Brands is also combining Pizza Hut with a fast-casual chain called Pasta Bravo in test markets.
Bourdain took the stage with a beer in hand -- a rarity even for this casual event -- and the resulting conversation was freewheeling, funny and a little profane.
The Seattle-based casual games publisher, founded in 2002, has nearly 500 employees and boasts more than 2, 500 games in its online catalog.
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What Nintendo has done very well with the Wii is get a lot of new casual players involved through innovation in non-traditional hardware.
If a modest recovery continues in the U.S., top casual-dining chains stand to prosper and having two good brands is gold for a franchisor.
None of the journalists in the huge pack in Perugia over the years made any but the most casual efforts to uncover the life story and habits of small-time break-in artist Rudy Guede, whose fingerprints were in the murder room, who never denied being there as Kercher was bleeding to death, and who has been convicted of murdering her in a separate trial.
Geox, a casual-footwear brand, is based in the sports-shoe cluster in Montebelluna but manufactures abroad.
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