Word: retail
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...signed opinion piece on Page Two of the March 11 Crimson incorrectly asserted that prices at The Harvard Cooperative Society "are at the high end of the retail spectrum," that The Coop "is not saving its members money," that "retail markup for book sales is on the order of 100 percent," and that the Coop is "poorly managed...
...Wursthaus and Cardullo's added that Charles Square establishment's would have to be "extremely expensive" to meet their high overheads.CrimsonDavid S. HilzenrathMiss Teen Massachusetts rides through the Square in an open limousine during a parade celebrating the grand opening of the $75 million Charles Square hotel condominium-office-retail complex. Despite cloudy skies and gusting winds, hundreds of Cantabridgians, including House Speaker Thomas P O' Nell Jr., lined the streets of Cambridge to watch the extravaganza. The parade featured exotic cars, celebrity look-alikes, musicians, street performers, and dancer from the Harvard-sponsored City step troupe...
...devices to Reagan. The new aids, made by Starkey Labs Inc., the Minneapolis manufacturer of his old aid, are half-inch-long devices called intracanal aids, meaning that they go inside the ear canal. The battery-operated devices are scheduled to go on the market next month at a retail cost of $900 to $1,100. Dr. John William House, the President's ear doctor, prescribed the second aid to balance Reagan's hearing by slightly increasing the volume level in his left ear. Reagan's right ear, House says, is 35% impaired, while his left ear is 5% impaired...
PCjr's share of the retail personal-computer market slipped from a peak of 17% in December to only 4% in February, an intolerable level for IBM. In addition, the competition promised to get tougher. Atari and Commodore are expected to introduce higher-quality home computers this year priced at less than $1,000. For IBM, it must have seemed like a good time to disinherit Junior...
...that was convertible into 20% of the stock in Millard's company. Last week a California jury ordered Millard to pay up, and the verdict may cost him $525 million, or 2,100 times the original loan. Reason: Millard built a sister company of IMSAI into ComputerLand, the giant retail computer chain (1984 revenues: $1.4 billion), and 20% of ComputerLand's stock is worth a fortune...