Word: retail
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...generation, Veterans Day has become a mere break in the work-week, and even perhaps a scheduling annoyance because it does not allow us to get away for a three-day weekend. Yet, as Veterans Day slowly becomes another retail holiday with little significance, we risk losing any sense of not only the Harvard soldiers that fell, but also of any connection to the duties of service and sacrifice for our country...
Over at his healthy garmentmaker, Supreme International, "there's been no cancellation of orders," says Feldenkreis, "and there has been no notice that the situation is getting worse at the retail level. We are not projecting a slowdown in our sales." The domestic retailers to which Supreme International sells do not seem alarmed. If anything, the Asian debacle is working to their advantage: Feldenkreis, who buys 85% of his clothing and raw materials from Asia, says the crisis there has actually reduced his costs. Absent traditional warning signs, what is he supposed...
...concerned that Vail Resorts, one of the largest U.S. ski operators, is seeking to singlehandedly control the area's economic life. The firm has expanded its real estate ventures and has branched into the kind of non-ski businesses that were traditionally run by ski-town locals, including retail shops and a controversial entertainment complex called Adventure Ridge. "It's drawing people away," as many as 1,200 a night, says Jonathan Staufer, owner of a local cookware store. But most such complaints were quieted last week. Even Staufer, one of the more persistent critics, says the fires were...
...first Divx (pronounced "div-ex," it stands for digital video express) players began shipping to retail stores nationwide this month. Since Divx can run the old DVD disks while performing other amazing digital tricks, I suspect the new format is going to cause some confusion among the folks who are supposed to be trading in their VCRs for digital video decks this holiday season. Let's see if we can fine-tune the picture...
...backend, there's a database of content such as retail products or newspaper articles. In the middle, there's the that operates on the backend--performing searches, for example, and delivering data to the front end-the browser...