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- <text id=91TT1726>
- <title>
- Aug. 05, 1991: Business Notes:Marketing
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Aug. 05, 1991 Was It Worth It?
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 49
- Business Notes
- MARKETING
- Hot As A Pistol
- </hdr><body>
- <p> When Larami, a Philadelphia toy company, introduced its
- Super-Soaker water gun this past spring, it was a success. But
- sales over the past few weeks have been so overwhelming that the
- item is completely sold out in stores. "We've sold millions,"
- says company spokesman Bob Lieberman. "We have three factories
- in China working 24 hours a day, and we still can't keep up with
- the demand." They're also becoming hot in Europe and Japan.
- </p>
- <p> The gun gets its power from air pressure--not batteries.
- Just pump it up to get a totally awesome line of water.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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