Jim Kenney, president and chief executive at Sephora.com in San Francisco, attributed the shift to the completion of "the first phase" of the Sephora campaign, which generated awareness of the Sephora brand, stores and Web site through ads by DDB New York centered on colorful ink blots.
The company, which spends about $20 million annually to advertise consumer and professional products like film, cameras and printers, attributed the shift to the closing of its previous agency, Angotti, Thomas, Hedge in New York, which was merged with a sibling, Gotham Inc. in New York, by the Interpublic Group of Companies.
They also attributed the shift to a number of other factors: resistance from key Latin American governments to tougher action; Mr. Fujimori's ample financial reserves, which would make sanctions less effective; and discomfort with the leader of Peru's opposition, Alejandro Toledo, whom they see as too weak and inexperienced to lead a successful drive to restore democracy in Peru.
In a telephone interview Ms. Hadid attributed the shift to building to the commitment of her staff for the last five years.
John Challenger, the chief executive of Challenger, Gray, attributed the shift to a rebounding economy.
Jones attributes the shift to various effects of climate change: stronger storms, a loss of sea ice, a warmer ocean, and a rise in sea level.
Some movie executives attribute the shift to the popularity of reality television and others to the expanding definition of documentaries to include narrative, nonfiction entertainment.
Mr. Smith attributes the shift to the ascension of Lloyd C. Blankfein, a former trader, as chief executive, as well as the changes wrought by the financial crisis on Wall Street.
We conclude that all the recombinants carry the D. melanogaster AT-rich region and attribute the shift in the size of the fragment (from 11.5 to 13.3 kb) in recombinant 3 to loss of the EcoRI site at position 5343 as demonstrated by sequencing.
