The WoRD Business Digest, Women's Resource Directory A forum for the sharing of information and news among businesswomen. Contents NEWS Beverly Lyle Appointment Regional Administrator for Region VI U.S. Department of Labor. I do not view it as a job. I view it as a passion. With Russia's Financial Crisis By Anita Louise Photo by Marjon Bryan Istanbul.
Women entrepreneurs dominate the Russian wholesale district in Istanbul.
The sidewalks are stacked with merchandise, on display or packed for the cargo express. Leather goods such as shoes, bags and jackets are the predominate goods sold, but other textiles such as jeans, backpacks, and men and women's clothing are also in demand. The buyers fly in and spend a week or more choosing their purchases. Then they personally oversee the packing and loading of their goods onto the cargo express trucks that will take them to their destination in Russia. We talked with a woman from Kazan who had left her career as an aerospace engineer to try her hand at entrepreneurship.