If the board is asleep at the switch with respect to investments, trust me, they are not minding the store in other areas.

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This sort of gut intuition can only be discovered and experienced when brand owners are truly in touch with the IP and minding the store.

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The crisis in the credit markets has raised all sorts of questions about who was minding the store while the mortgage bubble grew out of control.

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