Citi already had both and shared many of the same retail markets with Wachovia.
The company also has plans of entering the retail markets of Serbia and Ukraine.
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Analysts took them to task for not expanding the discount brokerage into red-hot retail markets like mortgages and boat loans.
Analysts were looking for better growth in luxury retail markets as the U.S. and European economies improve.
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Hence, we expect Amazon to increase its share in US retail markets by about a percentage point this year.
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All else equal, it is presumably attracted to relatively thriving retail markets, with robust sales and hence strong employment.
De Beers is confident that the exceptional growth in retail markets in India and Asia will continue to drive demand for diamonds.
For example, in France and the Netherlands, two of the bigger retail markets, 70-90% of mutual funds are sold through banks and life insurers.
Wal-Mart is also looking to bulk up in developed retail markets like Japan where it operates more than 400 stores under the Seiyu banner.
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The businesses that take this broader and longer view are those that are also being rewarded in the retail markets and on the stock exchanges.
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Our closest aggregate measure of demand for the FSC products is the demand for Chain of Custody certificates, required of companies processing certified wood and fiber for products taken to retail markets with the logo.
Officials in California reformed the wholesale and retail power markets, but neglected the grid.
If the Dresdner plan now goes ahead, Germany's retail financial markets will take a big stride towards Allfinanz: the provision of banking, insurance and asset management by single institutions.
Back in December I wrote here about the widespread substitution of cheaper species of fish for more expensive and desirable ones, a daily bait and switch that routinely goes on at retail fish markets, in restaurants and especially in sushi places.
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And you can see how some of those consumer trends resonate in the retail and wholesale markets serving them.
Because of its exposure to customers serving both the retail and corporate markets, Flextronics has an up-close view of the market for technology products.
Atti was developed with the help of the Utah State University to help develop the edutainment content and expects to see this hit retail in overseas markets sometime in the first half of the year.
Such signs of resistance to economic liberalisation, compounded recently by concerns over tight liquidity and a rigid exchange rate, have dampened both retail and stock markets, as well as the foreign investment that Egypt badly needs.
"I doubt if we will see a rush of IPOs for the rest of the year, given the poor retail participation in markets, " said Avinash Gupta, vice president of research at Globe Capital Market Ltd. in New Delhi.
Robert Gannicott, Harry Winston chairman and CEO, said changes in both luxury retail and the diamond markets, as well as the need for cash, led to the decision to sell its luxury retail operation.
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That unsubsidized price is still too high to compete in most markets with retail electricity without subsidy.
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India is seen as one of the most coveted emerging markets for retail within the next 20 years.
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It continues to be available in many markets through retail, distributors and carrier partners such as Optus in Australia.
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Get real when you go local Most companies would prefer to maintain 100 percent ownership of their retail stores in new markets.
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The first of its kind map enables consumers to find retail locations, farmers markets, farms and restaurants selling meat from animals raised without antibiotics.
"There is value in the market for very well-located retail assets in secondary markets, where there are high barriers to entry and good demographic fundamentals, " he says.
The new boss says that risk appetite at the investment bank will be dialled back up again in due course, and that more capital will flow to other businesses such as retail banking in emerging markets, consumer credit and private banking.
Americans lament India's slow pace in opening its retail, insurance and banking markets.
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And it has at least two different store-in-store concepts that it is pushing with major retail outlets in key growth markets.
For example, the company hopes that it will be able to benefit from SpectraLink's strength within key vertical markets such as retail, hospitality and health care.
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