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Over the long run, if costs of fuel stay high or go higher, then the higher costs will be reflected at retail (level),

Pacific has quietly grown with key retail customer partners to become the leading salad and fresh-cut fruit and vegetable provider to supermarket delis in the western United States.

Our priorities for 2006 will include completing the transition to a fully competitive retail market in Texas, converting to an open model in our wholesale business, improving the commercial capacity factor of our generating plants and managing our collateral exposure to reduce postings by $1 billion by year-end.

Our plans for this property are to take this plant and do some extensive demolition, taking down some of the higher structures. We'll be creating space for marina business, selling boats and boat storage behind it, retail in the center section, and the rest will be for offices.

Our sales results reflect our conscious strategy to reduce our reliance on the less profitable daily rental portion of our fleet business and focus our efforts to grow the retail side of the business.

Our forecasts do not anticipate any major increase in retail price inflation ever again. Over the last 10 years, we calculate that women have doubled the average number of items they buy themselves in a year.

Our goal is to convert the traditional retail online photo site into a cross media environment for the ordering of photos and music. We will take the traditional photo site, which has the capabilities to process photos and other related photo merchandise, and combine it with the ability to order music and other content, such as videos and games, for on-demand production on a CD or DVD within an hour - all new revenue streams for the retailer.

Our goal is to NOT have that become a retail center.

Our core business has been really strong. That's to say, just our retail stores grew at 6 percent year over year. And again, this was a depressed quarter. We've actually been 7 percent or more in most quarters and we expect it to be that way during the fall period. That's one of the strongest performances in all of retailing. So our core retailing business remains exceptionally strong.

Our core beverages, coupled with a strong holiday promotion, drove results in our retail stores, while solid growth in licensed locations led to the increase in our specialty business revenues.

Overall it looks okay, with earnings in line with expectations. Barclaycard is as bad as people thought it would be and retail is better than thought.

Overall this latest outturn is consistent with the recent favorable trend in consumer sentiment and would suggest solid gains in retail sales in the coming months.

Overall, the retail sales report was a strong suggestion that the economy remains robust, particularly when you take out the autos component. It suggests that we're going to see a good read on GDP growth, even with the higher oil prices.

Overall retail sales growth in December should be robust.

Our Victoria's Secret retail stores sell lingerie and beauty products only.

Our 1998 performance is particularly rewarding given the highly competitive retail environment and the incremental costs associated with our transformation initiatives, ... These initiatives strengthen Liz Claiborne's leadership position in the apparel industry and position us for continued growth into the millennium.

Robust demand for loans in retail and further penetration in the lucrative Balkan markets helped bring about the jump in profit.

Retail sales figures for January indicate that the momentum that built in the months preceding Christmas was not maintained into the new year.

Retail sales excluding autos and gas held up strongly, while industrial production advanced albeit at a less than expected pace. Both sets of numbers, however, are likely to weaken when the next round of monthly data comes in.

Retail sales are expected to be down, but worry about Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index releases Thursday and Friday could keep any bond market rally in check.

Retail sales -- a little disappointing when you look outside autos. All in all, it suggests moderate growth in consumer spending.

Retail results will also be closely watched. One other factor we're watching related to oil is the effect the high prices could have on consumer spending.

Retail prices may stabilize more than fall in the next couple of weeks. We're not ruling out further price increases should spot prices increase, but the retail price should be stabilizing over the next several weeks.

Retail prices are going to vary among regions but for all practical purposes $3 is a floor.

Retail planning has a very long lead time and it's tightly controlled,

Retail is here to stay, even with the opportunity to shop online. The retail environment is certainly a fast-paced, changing environment. I know in our company, it offers a very solid career path, both within the community you are currently living in, and opportunities to relocate. It is just a neat field to get into and I think it is competitively salaried.

Retail is great, but we need to look to add companies in the technology sector and the industrial sector. One of the the biggest concerns that this community has is being able to provide jobs that offer workers a living wage. Industry jobs and technology jobs can do that.

Retail is competitive, so we have to keep up with those changes. But our brand, our characters give us an advantage that no other retailer has.

Retail is a pretty simple business, but what adds complexity is the size and scale. We couldn't do it without technology.

Retail is actually the fastest-growing segment of digital printing right now. Early adopters were more techno-savvy, spent a lot of time fiddling with images, printing some but not all of them. As that mainstream consumer has moved to a digital camera, they want to be able to get their high-quality prints as easily as they've been used to.

Retail is actually the fastest growing segment of digital printing right now.

Retail investors here as well as some European investors appeared to buy banks actively.

Retail investors are value-hunting now. The asset managers and any institutions with money are starting to come back in.

Retail investors are notorious for not getting paper filings because they are difficult to obtain. Most people buy something with no clue as to what they are buying.

Retail investors are good at bottom-fishing at a time of an event-driven sell-off, like the one last week.

Retail investors appear to be slower to commit funds to the market this time, ... The market's momentum and volatility has caused some investors to step aside as the market has worked lower.

Retail, in general, is a very strong market for us. Our retail draw extends from Dodge County to over to the coast. (These retailers) just continue to complement our retail offerings, which is a very good thing.

Retail hiring between October and December was by far the smallest in years. We wonder if those 'not hired' for Christmas will 'not be let go,' as traditionally would happen, in January. If so, that will look like a gain in the seasonally adjusted numbers.

Retail helps the stadium. The stadium helps the retail.

Retail has already had a long run. Offices must still get out of the starting blocks but I am expecting offices to be better performers.

Retail gasoline prices have moved higher against a backdrop of increased crude oil prices. A year ago, crude oil traded at $49 a barrel and gas prices averaged $1.792--49 cents lower than the current average of $2.283. This week, crude hovers around $66 a barrel.

Retail gasoline prices have gone up 15 cents in the past two weeks. The increases can be traced to investor speculation leading to higher prices for both crude and wholesale gasoline. With crude trading around $64 a barrel, it doesn't appear likely gasoline will fall below $2 a gallon anytime soon.

Retailers are really getting squeezed especially in the largest retail sector, which is the supermarket sector. In the discount sector, Sears and Kmart would be at significant risk.

Retail banks are the best way to play the improving consumer environment, and investment banks have been performing well on the back of a strong market.

Retail banking remains a concern, as does unsecured lending. However, with bid speculation helping the valuation, this should provide support for the share price.

Retail banking is a distribution game. The models for best practices in distribution are companies like Wal-Mart and the niche retailers.

Reruns is not located in a typical retail environment. People are expecting to see a lawyer's office, not a kids' shop, in that part of town.

Remember, there are still over 2 million unemployed workers and over 5 million are on part-time jobs. Christmas will be moderately better simply because last year was so bad. But unless this jobs picture improves, it's hard to say that the retail industry has finally turned the corner.

plays itself out on Main Street U.S.A. in the form of muted retail sales.

Really, it's entirely the very strong investment we made to build up an industry-leading dot.com position. Our normal retail profits are up materially from the prior year. This decline simply reflects the very significant investment we've made over a six-quarter period to build up our dot.com business. And as we announced, we're already seeing terrific rewards from that.

Reflecting solid consumer spending, the real estate and retail sectors are likely to lead the improvement in the overall non-manufacturing sector.

Refiners are selling off all supplies of winter grade fuel in advance of next Tuesday's deadline. That has put extra supply on the market, sending prices lower. Motorists can expect to see prices stay near current levels for a couple of weeks. After that, with the extra winter grade supply used up, motorists should expect more upward pressure on retail gas prices.

Recent data on retail sales, dwelling approvals and credit suggests the economy entered 2006 with improved momentum in domestic demand.

President Chen's latest policy initiative will only increase cross-Strait tensions. The tax season approaches and this will draw liquidity away as retail investors sell.

Our party's position is clear. We are opposed to FDI in retail sector. The Government says it will allow FDI in branded goods. But it is a loose term as anything can be branded. We want the Government to specify the items where FDI is allowed.

Our party's position is clear. We are opposed to FDI in retail sector.

Our partnership with Costco is a giant step forward in our strategy to increase retail coverage and charge volume and to expand the number of customers we serve.

Our outlook for the balance of the year remains quite cautious as we continue to face the uncertain economic environment, and as we rebound from the Sept. 11 event, ... Our team remains focused on maximizing our operating performance in this challenging retail environment by executing our customer focus strategy while appropriately adjusting operating expenses, inventory and capital spending.

Our record third-quarter retail earnings were fueled by industry-leading comparable-store sales and illustrate our ability to execute in this market sector,

Particularly during the remainder of the current financial year, I see very few encouraging signs within the retail industry that would indicate an imminent end to the difficult trading conditions and strong competition that we are currently experiencing,

Parrish needs closer access to doctors, dentists and restaurants. Accepting the retail means we have to accept the homes, so it's a double-edged sword for us.

Our organic revenue growth was 2% in the quarter, which was a bit stronger than expected in Fire and Security but weaker in Healthcare, primarily due to the challenges we are facing in our retail business. Electronics continued to grow at the 3% pace we had anticipated,

Our members stress that competition in the world of retail is intense and (they) resolve most problems without burdensome regulation that can be counter-productive. If state regulation becomes too burdensome or punitive, merchants will stop selling them.

Optimism abounds on the market. Retail investors expect an influx of funds from institutions and the government to lure overseas-listed blue chips back to mainland markets.

People have become accustomed to the convenience of shopping for cell phones and pagers at retail stores. Now they can switch and start saving money in less time than it'll take to drink their cup of coffee.

Survey data shows a further deterioration in business optimism and retail demand.

Stable demand and rising land values have placed upward pressure on pricing resulting in a 14.4 percent increase in average asking rates in only six months. With robust sales activity and mom-and-pop operators seeking expansion opportunities, we believe there is room for additional increases in newly constructed retail centers.

Starting in the late 1980s, employees and prospective employees in the retail sector stopped looking at retail as a career opportunity. They look at it as a temporary stopover until something better comes along. When this happens, everybody loses -- employees, customers, stores, etc.

Some of the negativity is lessening, but we've got to take small steps before we run as far as this type of investor is concerned. The retail investor is not usually the leader of the pack. This is not a group that's going to be waving the green flag in front of the bull and saying 'Let's go!'.

Some of the this may be attributed to the removal of the quotas and some to the strength of retail sales.

National retail is Target and Wal-Mart, and we'll never have that kind of retail here, not that we'd turn them away, but because there is no place to put it. We'd have to rezone West Berkeley to accommodate that kind of store, and we won't do that. It's got to be relatively small shops, most likely independent.

Local market sentiment was also buoyed by overseas investors, who had placed large net buy orders ahead of the market opening today. This helped prompt retail investors here to step up purchases.

Looking at November and December together, it seems that retail sales held up pretty well during the holidays, although last month consumers shifted their purchasing power to other categories such as furniture and home goods.

Looking ahead, this supports our view that, despite the apparent rebound in retail sales over the Christmas period, broader consumer spending will remain soft.

Look for retail investors and brokerage dealers to pinpoint individual shares that are liquid and carry a theme.

Margin pressures were intense in the fourth quarter due to the weighting of video products in our sales mix as well as the highly promotional retail environment, ... These pressures will ease somewhat as the current video cycle matures,

Marks & Spencer has got its act together, ... There has been a UK retail boom in December but January has gone off to a slow start.

I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.

I think people are trying to drive the market higher. They're coming in on what have been some of the better groups, that being retail and technology still.

I think retail is going to be a very tough place to make money. What's worrying the market now is -- if the Fed is successful in slowing the economy, what does it mean for profits going forward? And that is apparent - that's more clearly an issue in retail than anyplace else. But it is an issue in the market itself that you're going into a period here where profit growth may decelerate; in fact, could flatten out as you have volume gains decelerate in a slowing economy, but cost increases embedded in from the period when you had a strong economy; and that's not exactly a great prescription for profits, and I think that's troubling the stock market,

I think clearly the retail employment number is goofy. I think when that number is revised and we look back several months, we'll eventually see a gain.

I think high-end retail sales will get a boost from this news.

It creates the office space we want and supports that office space with a sizable retail development.

Joining forces with Cardinal Health supports Kinray's mission to help retail independent pharmacies serve as an integral provider of care for our evolving health care system.

Management has done a really good job of delivering. Their business mix is still very favorable for where I think incremental growth will be next year, meaning equities, M&A and retail brokerage.

Most retail sales were relatively decent, but were achieved with the help of deep markdowns which will show up as heavy pressure on gross margins, and that is going to be reflected in the earnings,

We now expect that the slowdown in retail that everyone's experienced since the attack of Sept. 11 will result in our reporting a small loss for our retail stores for the December quarter rather than the break-even results we had previously expected,

The acquisition of Stanley Leisure's retail operations substantially enhances our market position,

The appointment of regional CFOs is a natural step in the regionalization process we announced last November. Under John's leadership, this will create a very strong finance team that will improve our finance systems and analytical capabilities. Additionally, each of these regional CFOs possesses significant automotive retail experience and will be located with our regional vice presidents. This will enable them to support our regional vice presidents in standardizing and unifying our key operating processes, improving our cost structure and our overall efficiency levels.

The arrival of Tiffany is a significant event for The Fashion Mall and indeed, the entire Indianapolis retail community, ... It again validates one of our core strategies - that the world's greatest retailers want to be at truly preeminent retail properties.

The arrangement capitalizes on our strong current retail trading position and will enhance future revenue streams through greater availability and continuity of the quality and range of Rangers product.

The American consumer is also the American worker, ... and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is going to be hard to buy any retail goods.

That's the most ominous finding. That could have a fairly significant effect on the state's economy if retail spending starts to be hit.

Most of the jobs are entry-level: tellers, assemblers and retail sales,

merchandising practices at the wholesale and retail levels.

We haven't yet seen the negative effect of gas prices on consumer spending. It's certainly not here in these numbers. That doesn't mean it's not there. Certainly the weekly retail sales numbers have been sluggish.

We haven't seen retail competition take off here or anywhere around the country.

You'll have to rent a shop, open a retail display area, buy the refrigerators and equipment and subscribe to a wire service,

While women are still the majority of shoppers, I think men hold out a hope for a better retail year.

While (Wilma won't affect) the oil sector, expect the insurance, retail and construction sectors to be heavily traded this week. With the October Consumer confidence and home sales due out later, the U.S. market could well end up deep in the red as inflation keeps the pressure on.