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retail

[ree-teyl, ri-teyl] / ˈri teɪl, rɪˈteɪl /


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"Hobby spending is a small amount of overall retail sales, but it's a good gauge of whether consumers have any money leftover in their budgets."

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Canadian retail sales figures for June are released Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Perhaps the best news was a 0.5% increase in sales at bars and restaurants, the only major service category in the retail report.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

They were distributed to stores and retail consumers in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Mississippi.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

As Burry lived his life by e-mail, he inadvertently kept a record of the birth of a new market from the point of view of its first retail customer.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

She has just sold a replica of a Loewe t-shirt, which usually retails at $500, for $17.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

The 14-inch MacBook Pro, which once sold for $1,700, now retails for $2,000, while the iPad Air increased from $600 to $750.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

To illustrate, consider a scenario in which you purchase an iPhone 17 standard model, which retails for around $800, with bitcoin that you purchased for half its current price.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

The MoonSwatch boosted demand for the Omega Speedmaster, which currently retails for around $8,000, among a new generation of consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

It is usually finished twenty-seven inches wide and retails at fourteen cents to twenty cents per yard.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley

Joe Jones, who helped to invent the device in the late 1990s and has written a book about the experience, said it succeeded because iRobot kept it affordable: The first generation retailed for about $200.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

They retailed for $399 and reportedly sold out immediately, or at least orders for them did.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2024

The Ocean’s base model retailed for $38,999 with the highest trim version going for more than $60,000, until a series of sharp price cuts.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2024

We asked industry expert Chris Grayer to price-up the cost of making a light brown, mini bodycon dress - with a rouched detail - which Boohoo retailed at £15.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2023

An ounce of phosphorus retailed for six guineas–perhaps five hundred dollars in today’s money–or more than gold.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The $13 billion figure shows the strength of the company’s railroad, energy and manufacturing, service, and retailing units.

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

"But if you go to some places over in Europe and the States, the cost of a simple lettuce could be $2.99. In the UK, it's retailing at 80p to £1."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Moreover, a wide array of indexes moved higher on the month, including truck transportation of freight, fuels and lubricants retailing, health, beauty, optical goods and legal services.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Yet the company stagnated while Amazon ate its lunch, first dominating online retailing, then entering and succeeding at a diner menu of related businesses, from logistics to cloud computing to on-demand streaming media.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

“Well,” Dad said, leaning back, “it's very good of you and Alice to worry, Brian, but the retailing sector is holding its own and Greenland is robust.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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