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'three companies to
join Buxton client list '
Fort Worth,Texas—New clients education retailer in the country,
are continually attracted to two dis- and has more than 140 years of
tinguishing Buxton specialties: its serving K-12 schools,teachers,and
cutting-edge customer identifica- parents.Operating nearly 70 stores ,
tion analysis customized to meet in 20 states,J.L. Hammett turned
the specific elements of a client's to Buxton's extensive customer re-
concept and the company's firm search services. '
commitment to customer satisfac- Shoe Carnival is one of the fastest
tion. Three companies to join Bux- growing retailers of family foot-
ton's distinguished client list wear with such brands as Nike,
include: JoeAuto, Shoe Carnival New Balance, Skechers, Rockport,
and J.L.Hammett. Reebok and Timberland, among
"All these companies have the others. With more than 235 stores
same goal—to achieve retail mar- and an aggressive growth plan,
keting success," says Tom Buxton, Shoe Carnival is using Buxton's ex- '
President and CEO. "The most im- tensive customer identification re-
portant thing in any business is the search to further strengthen its
customer.The better you know who retail presence. In 2001,Shoe Car-
your customer is,the better you can nival was recognized as one of
sell your product. Buxton provides Forbes Magazine's 200 Best Small
the tools and information necessary companies in the United States and
for companies to be able to identify Footwear News' Chain Retailer of '
their target audience." the Year.
first- Since its founding in 1994,Buxton
Houston-based JoeAuto, a
of-its-kind auto service and repair continues to be a leader in customer
company that puts more control research and analysis for the retail ,
into the hands of the customer, industry, and has provided more
opened its first Dallas-Fort Worth than 600 companies,including Pier
Metroplex location in Plano in 1 Imports and The Container Store
2003. Using valuable consumer with its pioneering advanced tech- t
data provided by Buxton, JoeAuto nologies to identify retail locations
is able to fulfill its expansion plans. with the greatest potential for suc-
J.L. Hammett is the number one cessful growth.
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I-lorses run afoulcity
livestock
1 By ELLENA F.MORRISON The owner says want to do that."
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER he will fight what The council declined to
EULESS — Steve Symonds he believes is an arbitrary review its livestock ordinance
apparently does not have room ordinance in Euless. during its pre-council meeting.
1 for a Texas tradition in his back No vote was necessary.
yard. horses had to go. "An ordinance is an ordi-
Symonds keeps horses, like But Symonds vows to battle nance,"said Councilman Charlie
1 many families did a decade ago, what he believes is an arbitrary Miller. "We have to enforce the
a practice becoming increasingly city ordinance with no basis in ordinance."
difficult as shrinking pastoral what is good for the animals or
patches give way to burgeoning the neighborhood.
1 suburbia. "I am a fighter," he told the Steve Symonds usually kept up to
After a neighbor complained City Council on Tuesday. "I've four horses at his Glade Road
late last year,he learned he's vio- got no choice left but to fight property in Euless, but the city
lating city rules. Some of the the City Council, and I don't says his lot is too small.
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ply and requested that he horseback riding lessons to
1 clean up the area. children on the property.
Euless resident Meda Gor- Symonds collected 37 signa-
don, who lives behind and tures from neighbors attesting
down the street from that the horses are not a prob-
1 The Euless livestock ordi- Symonds, said the horse area lem.
nance requires animals to be is filthy. Symonds has housed "We feel like you can have
kept a minimum of 100 feet almost a dozen horses at once horses in a small, confined
from any houses. No more in the past,she said. area as long as they are fed
1 than one animal for every 0.5- "In the summertime, they and watered," Symonds said.
acre tract is allowed,according never clean up the manure. "Our horses are nice and
to the ordinance.With the set- The smell is atrocious," Gor- plump."
back, Symonds has legal room don said. "When it rains, Symonds received a notice
1 for one horse. manure-laden water runs of violation in December from
Symonds, who owns a 1.56- down the alley. It's not a safe the city,but so far no citations.
acre tract off Glade Road, environment. It's unsightly. It City Manager Joe Hennig said
habitually keeps up to four ruins property values." Tuesday that animal control is
' horses on his lot, although he Symonds, who purchased prepared to issue citations if
has only one now. City offi- the property in 1995, said the code violations are not
cials informed Symonds that horses are well-looked after addressed.
1 he needs to mov; a fence far- and the area maintained. His Ellena F.Morrison,(817)685-3888
ther onto his property,to com- daughter, Stephanie, offers emorrison(a)star-tel egram.eom I
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Krispy Kreme plans
to double factor size
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By ANDREA JARES
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER EM The factory in
Euless is trying to
EULESS—The Krispy Kreme {
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doughnut factory in Euless is keep up with demand, even '
w churning out more than a quar- leasing temporary space in a
ter-million doughnuts a day. But local mall.
'yip?jar that's still not enough to meet
yy'y'y � demand from customers at the room for more doughnut-making
grocery and convenience stores lines and give delivery trucks
the factory supplies. more room so they can expand
So, a little less than two years their routes.
after the 15,000-square-foot facto- West said he isn't sure when
ry opened at 1350 Westpark Way, the company will be able to
the company is planning to dou- break ground on the expansion
ble its size, said Todd West, who but that it can't come soon
oversees operations in North enough."I need it now,,
Texas. The need for more space is so
STARTELEGRAMARCHIVES The expansion will provide
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' urgent, he said, that Krispy '
Kreme has temporarily leased
space at the North Hills Mall '�-
in North Richland Hills fora
secondary distribution center.
The powerful smell of
freshly baked doughnuts fills M
the interior of the mall,but
' none are available to hungry
shoppers or mall walkers.The
hundreds of boxes of dough-
nuts that go through there `s
every day are headed for con-
STAR-TELEGRAM Krispy STAR TELEGRAM ARCHIVE/RODGER MALLIPON
enience and grocery stores I
Kris Kreme has six stores in the Metroplex, including this one in
a 35-county area that stretches southwest Fort Worth,and plans to open four or five more.
from the Oklahoma border to
Tyler in the east and Hillsboro meals, according to a report with its debut in Arlington,+
in the south filed Dec. 17 with the Securi- Krispy Kreme went on to open
' The North Texas market ties and Exchange,Commis- outlets in Grapevine, Frisco,
has been a particularly hot one sion. southwest Fort Worth, Dana's
for-the company, which has "The way to think about it and,most recently,.Irving.
seen abundant growth nation- is there is so much sweets con- The expansion isn't of er
' ally, said Andrew Wolf, equity sumption that you can have in yet, West said. Besides adding
analyst with BB&T Capital a day and they want a shot at to delivery routes, the compA-
Markets in Richmond,Va. that,"said Wolf,whose compa- ny plans to open another four
' Business has been so good, ny has done corporate and or five stores in the area,fie
in fact, that Krispy Kreme investment banking for Krispy said.
bought out its franchises in Kreme. "They have a product "We want everyone to
North Texas and Louisiana last that they can do that with." experience a hot glazed
June. Generally, if the compa- Krispy Kreme opened the doughnut,"West said.
ny buys the stores, they are Euless factory in March 2002, Krispy Kreme has been a
going to be even more keen on giving the company what major area employer and a
expansion,Wolf said. seemed like plenty of space for great corporate citizen since
' On Tuesday, Krispy Kreme all the doughnut-making it they opened in Euless,said Bill
reported that sales increased planned to do in North Texas, Ridgway, Euless economic
nationally by 26.6 percent in West said. "We did not know development director.
the fiscal year that ended Feb.1. that business was going to be On Jan. 27, the Euless City
' And the North Carolina- this good." Council approved the zoning
based doughnut maker Since opening its fust store change Krispy Kreme request-
expects consumers' appetite in North Texas in April 1999, ed for property to the north`9f
' for the pastries to continue to Krispy Kreme has expanded the factory, according to the
increase, based on the twin not just its own stores but also Planning and Zoning Depart-
trends of more two-income its presence in area grocery ment.
families and more families and convenience stores. Andrea Jares,(817)685-3851
' relying on restaurants for After creating traffic jams ajares@star-telegram.com
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Briefs
' Strong winds cause Tarnant County College
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brief power outages Autopsy yields s clues OKs property tan.freeze High winds knocking tree into�11eSS man's death
Tarrant County College
branches into power lines The cause of death of a trustees followed the lead of
caused scatteredower out- Euless man whose remains
p were found several county municipalities
ages Thursday afternoon in Jan.4 in an isolated Thursday night when they vot-
' Northeast Tarrant County, area of Dallas/Fort Worth Air- ed unanimously to freeze
authorities said. port has been listed as unde- property taxes for disabled
Some downed lines termined,according to an homeowners and those 65 and
appeared to be near the autopsy by the Tarrant County older.
' Euless/Grapevine line,said Medical Examiner's Office. The 7-0 vote was taken at
Christine Cox,a Euless Fire The skeletal remains and the TCC Northeast Campus in
Department spokeswoman. clothing of Terry Fuller Jr.,26, Hurst.
' A few thousand TXU cus- were found near Airfield Drive Communities throughout
tomers were affected,but 80 and South 20th Street by a res- the Metroplex such as Col-
percent of the outages were cue team training on airport leyville,Euless,Haslet,Hurst,
repaired within 30 minutes, property. Mansfield,Roanoke,Southlake
' TXU spokesman Drew Dou- Fuller's family reported him and Trophy Club have adopted
glas said. missing in January 2003,after the freeze,and board President
Mike Keefer,emergency he left the Euless apartment J.Ardis Bell said college
management coordinator in where he lived,police said. trustees were happy to follow
' Grapevine,'said authorities in The complex is in the 1100 suit
his city were dispatched to at block of Bear Creek Parkway, "We figure this will help:'
about a mile from where his he said.
' least one incident of downed remains were found,police Each taxing district has the
lines Thursday afternoon. said. option of implementing the
High winds throughout the -Domingo Ramirez Jr.
freeze under the law made
Metroplex on Thursday were
possible through a constitu-
primarily responsible for the
' outages,but a failed cable at a bamendment approved
y voters
substation also contributed to by voters last fall.
Douglas said.
the problem, Each county,municipality
and junior college district must
Douglas suggested that area
' decide whether to adopt the
residents check their trees to
make sure that no branches are freeze or put the issue out for a
in danger of falling.TXU will vote it receives a petition by
' 5 percent of registered voters.
remove branches that may eon Tinsley
damage power lines.For infor- -
ination,call(800)233-2133.
-Ben Tinsley