Word: retail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week brought fresh evidence that consumer spending, which fueled the first year of the recovery, continues strong. The Government reported that retail sales jumped 2.2% in January, to a record $104.4 billion, for the best gain in eight months. Included was a healthy 1.2% increase in auto sales. Consumers showed their confidence last December by adding an unprecedented $6.6 billion to their debt. Moreover, Americans' personal income last month rose...
Vote getting in the Granite State is retail business. The state is so tiny (267,000 Democratic and independent voters) and the campaign season so long that the candidates must harvest votes household by household. Factory workers can hardly punch the clock in the morning without first having to shake a candidate's hand, and registered Democrats are not surprised to get several calls a night from the 1,000 or so phones working the state for different camps...
Last month, Apple Computer announced that it would provide Harvard and 23 other universities with its Macintosh computer for about $1200--half the standard retail price...
Three weeks ago, a New York Times article described a deal between several universities. Harvard among them, and Apple Inc. whereby new Macintosh computers will be sold to students substantially below their retail value...
Harvard students can take delivery of the units at reduced prices as a result of a deal with Apple Computer Company completed last month. The agreement will provide Harvard and 23 other universities with large quantities of the Macintosh, which they will resell to students at approximately half the retail price...