Ross Rubin is director of industryanalysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group and a contributing editor for LAPTOP.
Richard Perks, director of Retail Research at industryanalysis company MINTEL, said Europe's luxury brands have remained relatively unaffected by reduced retail spending because the global consumer base for luxury goods is growing.
The CEO and director of research for Zpryme, a market intelligence and analysis firm for the utility and smart grid industry, said someone appears to have made a mistake in their estimate of how much energy the building's electrical infrastructure could handle.