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<br /> Publisher's Statement<br /> Celebrating Our 19th Year!<br /> <br /> The Retail Observer, Inc.<br /> <br /> 5542 Monterey Road #258<br /> San Jose, CA 95138<br /> 408.281.4409 · 800.393.0509<br /> Fax 408.360.9371<br /> Email: info@retailobserver.com<br /> Website: www.retailobserver.com<br /> <br /> To receive a copy of the<br /> Retail Observer online, go to<br /> www.retailobserver.com/subscribe/<br /> <br /> Eliana Barriga<br /> Publisher and Creative Director<br /> Moe Lastfogel<br /> Director of Sales and Marketing<br /> Chuck Edmonds<br /> Editorial Advisor<br /> Terry Price<br /> Art Director<br /> Graphics De<a title="December '08 page 1" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=1">TheRetailObserverDecember, 2008 The </a> TheRetailObserverDecember, 2008 The <a title="December '08 page 2" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=2"></a> <a title="December '08 page 3" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=3"> Publisher's StatementCelebrating Our 19th</a> Publisher's StatementCelebrating Our 19th<a title="December '08 page 4" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=4">LAKEVIEW APPLIANCE DISTRIBUTING MILE</a> LAKEVIEW APPLIANCE DISTRIBUTING MILE<a title="December '08 page 5" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=5"></a> <a title="December '08 page 6" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=6">1A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY—BY MOE23</a> 1A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY—BY MOE23<a title="December '08 page 7" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=7">RICH IN TRADITION AND HISTORYLASTFOGEL </a> RICH IN TRADITION AND HISTORYLASTFOGEL <a title="December '08 page 8" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=8">12345DR: We feel we were “Green” before gre</a> 12345DR: We feel we were “Green” before gre<a title="December '08 page 9" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=9">South America show great potential for new subsid</a> South America show great potential for new subsid<a title="December '08 page 10" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=10">8 THE RETAIL OBSERVER DECEMBER 2008</a> 8 THE RETAIL OBSERVER DECEMBER 2008<a title="December '08 page 11" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=11"></a> <a title="December '08 page 12" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=12">NEWS NEWS NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NEWS</a> NEWS NEWS NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NEWS<a title="December '08 page 13" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=13">powerful heat distribution; and the patented Extr</a> powerful heat distribution; and the patented Extr<a title="December '08 page 14" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=14"> MANUFACTURER'S NOTESCELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS W</a> MANUFACTURER'S NOTESCELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS W<a title="December '08 page 15" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=15"> TASTEPERFE</a> TASTEPERFE<a title="December '08 page 16" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=16">NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWSNEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS</a> NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWSNEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS<a title="December '08 page 17" href="http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/d10da7ae?page=17">which has been operating since January 2003. 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