retail
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But retail businesses have in many cases lost the consumer trust that originally made their catalogs a promise of consistency and quality.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The 29-year-old civil servant left the retail car park at 13:30 and staggered through her front door at 23:00.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Bean could see that the future of mail-order retail was online, even if many of their customers remained staunchly analog.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Goldman Sachs’ basket of retail favorites, for the first time since early May, is now underperforming the S&P 500 over 52 weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Fifty thousand pounds in modern money, using a retail price index, but £725,000 in modern money using an average wage multiplier.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The company did not immediately respond to questions from AFP on plans for a potential new generation of aibo, or on sales in the United States, where it retails for more than $3,000.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 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
In the world of men’s fashion, Florsheim is a widely available and decidedly midtier option; it typically retails for about $145.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 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
"Reynardine," by Donn Byrne, retails with haunting charm the friendship between the Fitzpauls and the fox, in an instance that tests the friendship.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Marshall, Edison
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
His latest pick, an embossed biker jacket from American fashion house Tom Ford, retailed for almost $9,000.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
He retailed to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey from Aleppo.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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De la Espriella, a 47-year-old criminal defense lawyer with a side hustle in online fashion retailing, talked little about economics on the campaign trail.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Berkshire reported higher profit from its railroad and energy units as well as its manufacturing, service and retailing arm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
The retailing industry enjoyed several tailwinds coming into 2026, including larger tax refunds and easing tariff pressure.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 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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