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French cognac at $15.00 Cdn. for 11/2 oz. would discourage even a heavy drinker. That‘s for hospitality. The great event in Prague was the reopening of the department store Maj into a Kâ€"Mart. Is Kâ€"Mart trying to change into something between a discount and sort of departmental store? Well, they are open. The physical restoration not only of Prague but of other towns forges ahead so apart from the sooty industrial suburbs, the previous drabness has gone. As a matter of fact, the inner cores of most towns are like jewels. The hospitality industry has not stood behind either. The previously low prices have now become ridiculously high, especially in the brand new hotels and in the luxury class older ones, yet the service has not caught up with our standards. An open buffet breakfast at Cdn. $15.00 would be high even if the fried eggs weren‘t stone cold, the fruit fresh and the coffee served in a can and not measured out in a cup (one cup only). aving recently returned from Prague three years after I first went there to do some consulting, tremendous change has taken place, mostly for the better. Ford giving Olympians super sendoff Monday And then on Mon., Feb. 7th, at 6 p.m., the CN Tower will "flip the switch" for their new lighting program â€" dramatically setting the tower ablaze in lights. As a part of this new program and in honor of the Canadian Olympic Team, the tower‘s new image will symbolize a giant Olympic torch from Feb. 7th to 27th during the games. Retailing changes transforming Prague Ford of Canada is the exclusive automotive sponsor of the Canadian Olympic Throughout this week, "Go For The Gold" banners will be available at the tower for people to sign. Commemorative Olympic lapel pins will be given to each person signing a banner. Ford of Canada and the CN Tower will team up to give Canada‘s Olympic team a spectacular sendoff for the Lillehammer Winter Olympics. * Low mortgage rates * Low down payments and use of RRSP‘s * Redlistic home prices * Numerous buying and selling opportunities * Growing consumer confidence Call me to explore the cost differentials involved in such a move. IN TODAY‘s MARKETPLACE . The Czech Republic has a free currency policy. This means that any merchant can import anything from anywhere and some do. Of course, there are "buts". It took me a better part of half a day to find a pair of black shoe laces. First, you have to find what kind of they attract crowds and they sell lots of merchandise. The rest of the retail scene is also changing. Some of those awful "fashion" imports from Turkey are making room for Italian, Austrian and other west European designs. The stores too are changing. Even some of the preâ€" war elegance is returning but you have to look for it. You will not find it in that traditional upside down "T" formed by the horizontal Wenceslaus Square and the vertical base of the Moat, the street of October 28 and the National street. That‘s tourist territory. There is nothing elegant about hordes of people. Peter Tesar is president of the Oakvilieâ€"based Retail Services Institute. stores sell them. Shoe stores â€" that‘s logical. Forget about the allâ€" encompassing Drug Store. Two did not have them at all â€" waiting for the last three weeks. One had all kinds but not black, one had black but only five feet long (that is long) and in the fifth one, I was able to find a pair that suited me, but it was the one and only. Similar things happen in the most basic, therefore, to us, unexpected situations. Having now spent a month as a retail consultant to the Republic‘s largest ironmonger I can understand the reasons. It is relatively easy to buy computers. 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