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Word: retail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...almost all Harvard students have walk-men, no matter what they have in their rooms. Walkmen, which retail from $20 to $150, are probably the biggest sellers among students, say managers at several local sterco stores...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: The Music Lover's Dilemma: CD or Not CD | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...Radio Shack, compact disc players, which retail for $200 to $249, are among the fastest selling items. "They're the best game in town," says salesman Todd M. Foley...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: The Music Lover's Dilemma: CD or Not CD | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...highway leading from the township. The unrest forced most people to abide by the work stoppage. In Soweto, road traffic halted and shops remained closed. The Labor Monitoring Group, an independent agency in Johannesburg, reported that 72% of Sowetans who work in manufacturing and 85% employed in the retail sector did not show up for their jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Battle At the Burial Grounds | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...sell his vision of the lush life, Lauren is building an ever larger retail network. The designer now sells his products in 48 franchised Polo shops, 132 department store boutiques and 16 discount outlets. In April he opened what his company calls the world's largest one-designer store, Polo/ Ralph Lauren, in a 20,000-sq.-ft. renovated mansion on Manhattan's tony Madison Avenue shopping strip. The Polo palace, which is the first retail store Lauren has owned outright, represents a gamble that one designer can produce enough strong-selling goods to support a department store-size emporium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...champion for well-bred suburbanites who felt manipulated by European couturiers. "Nobody is impressed with elaborate clothes anymore," he declared in 1974. "A girl who is solid doesn't want to be known as a fashion lady." Today his quietly elegant womenswear collections bring in about $210 million at retail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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