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...Blankfein even seemed to show some support for a consumer financial-product regulator, saying he thought there should be more attention paid to how financial markets interact with the retail market. But when it comes to more restrictions on the way large Wall Street firms like Goldman do business, Blankfein said there were already too many constraints. He said that since his firm began to be regulated by the Federal Reserve and not the Securities and Exchange Commission - a switch that happened when Goldman became a bank-holding company in late 2008 - the oversight of his firm had increased...
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...place feels like a jewelry store. Wood furnishings give the display that luxury vibe; sterling-silver pieces sit inside glass-enclosed cases. But at the Art of Shaving, a 14-year-old retail outlet that sells high-end grooming products, shoppers aren't searching for diamonds and pearls. It's the razors that rule the room...
...taking a bet on the blades. The maker of mass-market products such as Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste and Ivory soap purchased the Art of Shaving in June for an undisclosed sum. P&G's move surprised some analysts, as it represented the company's first real foray into retail, which has struggled during the downturn. "You kind of wonder what they are doing here," says Linda Bolton Weiser, equity research analyst at Caris & Co. "When companies start to veer off their main focus, it often doesn't work...
...perhaps give its products a more premium cachet. "This is alternative marketing, just another way to promote the Gillette brand," says William Chappell, an analyst for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. "P&G has already done everything you can think of with traditional marketing. This isn't a core push into retail. Now, if you tell me that they are selling Tide and Pampers as well as Gillette, that's a different story." (See the worst business deals...