Nikki Baird, managing partner at RSR Research, also expressed bewilderment over the partnership, seeing little benefit for Best Buy.

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He's second-in-command at RSR Partners, the mid-sized search firm that Mr. Reynolds started in 1993 after leaving Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.

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Porsche today unveiled its 918 RSR, a single-seat hybrid racer that will set the tone for its racing technology over the next decade.

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The 918 RSR is a mid-engine coupe based, as expected, on the 918 Spyder Porsche unveiled last year and that will be produced in limited numbers next year.

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Posting in a recent RetailWire online discussion, Paula Rosenblum, managing partner, RSR Research, found weakness in the assumption that Walmart could scale down to run a small format competitive to dollar stores.

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