Sneakernomics: Solutions For The Run Specialty Business

After several years of strong sales growth in the run specialty channel, that trend has now slowed. While the run specialty business is only a small portion of the overall running market, the channel controls tremendous mindshare. In order for the industry’s running business to improve, we need run specialty to […]
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Phaedra Corso named UGA Foundation Professor of Human Health Phaedra Corso, Ph.D., MPA, professor of health policy and management in the University of Georgia College of Public Health, has been named the inaugural UGA Foundation Professor of Human Health. The professorship was approved by the Board of Regents at its September 2013 meeting and became effective Jan. 1. read more...
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