The first widely watched economic report this week comes on Wednesday with retail sales.
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Thursday should be interesting, with retail sales, producer prices, and jobless claims all out at 8:30 a.m.
That unsubsidized price is still too high to compete in most markets with retail electricity without subsidy.
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Rangers said the partnership with Puma complemented its existing merchandising joint venture with retail giant Sports Direct.
In Lampert, Sears does not receive a skilled turnaround CEO or a man immensely familiar with retail.
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However, the U.S. market doubled over the past three years with retail investors selling all the way up.
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The dollar faces a round of challenging data on Thursday with retail sales and producer prices on the scorecard.
With retail investors leaving the stock, institutional investors have picked up the trade.
And with retail spending up for the wealthy and the not-so-wealthy, all this exhortation to buy seems to be working.
Thanks in part to falling module prices, solar is today cost-competitive with retail electricity rates in at least 20 states.
This week the calendar is pretty light with retail sales, import, and export prices, as well as business inventories on Wednesday.
Chinese consumer spending actually strengthened this summer, with retail sales rising by 17% in real terms in the year to August.
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But that slice is one of the company's most profitable, with retail markups two to three times cost, and sometimes higher.
Wearing a polo shirt in his office rather than the Hawaiian look of the desk staff, Sun sees similarities with retail.
According to the Eurostat data, Spain saw the biggest fall, with retail sales down 10.5% compared with the same month last year.
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Most online forex traders have accounts with retail off-exchange forex brokers, most of whom only offer trading in the forex spot market.
But with retail operations the size of three football pitches, it's also home to one of the most potentially lucrative commercial complexes.
There is a full economic calendar this week, with retail sales, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, and business inventories out on Monday.
This breaks with retail dictum, which calls for putting everyday staples on the edges to force customers to walk past other merchandise.
While BlackBerry phones may have gone out of favor with retail customers, they are still the smartphone of choice for many companies.
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To be sure, no one is writing off China's retail sector, with retail sales still growing at 12.8% year over year in April.
Russian shoppers are spending, as well, with retail sales rising nearly 10% from December 2010 and 8.6% higher than they were in November.
It says economic activity has weakened across the US in the past two months, with retail sales, and vehicle sales in particular, "down significantly".
For the auto industry as a whole, fleet sales are generally less profitable, or potentially even outright unprofitable, compared with retail sales to individuals.
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For the fiscal fourth quarter Asia was the major culprit with its operating margin declining 590 basis points with retail down 120 basis points.
Making the diverse pieces of a megabank work together profitably has proved harder still when it comes to dealing with retail and small-business customers.
Remote storage is becoming a standard for most enterprises and has even gained traction with retail customers with services like iCloud, Dropbox, Skydrive and Google Drive.
With retail investors looking for a one-stop-shop for all their financial transactions, and with forex trading becoming increasingly popular, Schwab cannot afford to be left out.
Coolness-crazy Apple has found itself with retail space in some expensive areas of the U.S. No doubt the stores are generating a buzz and corresponding sales.
Financial institutions, particularly those with retail branches, were strong supporters of local community and economic development programs, since such efforts could visibly benefit customers and staff.
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