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Non-Tech : RAINFOREST CAFE

RAIN 3.928

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Jan 9 9:30 AM EST

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To: Chuck Irwin who wrote (3034)	8/25/1997 10:19:00 PM
From: Cody Goebel	of 4704

I am a recent RAIN investor and this is my first post here, although I have been following the thread for about a month and did some obligatory back-reading of prior posts. I took my family to the Tyson's Corner outlet last month and we had a good time (Maya a little too scary for the 4-year old but he was captivated by the gorilla family!) I look at this investment as an attempt to catch a Starbucks-type train. However, I see the great attention paid to same-store sales for RAIN and I know this often drives retail oriented stocks. However, my personal impression is that the novelty of RFCs practically guarantee that they will be overly busy for a certain period after their opening but that drop-offs in business are inevitable for such places. As has been noted, this may be the pattern most applicable to the mall-based stores--at least those that are not highly tourist oriented like MOA. Anyway, I ask the very knowledgeable contributors here their opinions on how much the stock will depend on ever-increasing same store sales or will just opening units that are profitable and grow with population or the general economy be enough to sustain and drive appreciation?

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