Word: retailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When supply is abundant, prices fall; when there is scarcity, prices rise. Ominously, the huge U.S. seizures in the past few months, along with the Colombian government's crackdown on the Medellin cartel, have done almost nothing to boost the price of the drug on either the wholesale or retail levels. Contends Glen Levant, the deputy police chief in Los Angeles: "Surely this must validate our belief that there is much, much more cocaine in the pipeline than anyone thought...
...projections of the cocaine supply, which still amount to guesswork, nonetheless indicate that the Government's longtime effort at interdicting shipments has been largely ineffective. In fact, smugglers have become so efficient and so numerous that since 1981 the median national retail price of cocaine has declined from $115 a gram...
Carpenter, which leases the site from Harvard, wants to convert the ground floor to retail shops...
...feel that [mid-Cambridge] is a largely residential area, with some office and retail space," said Mass. Ave. resident Terry Crystal. "The zoning that's in there presently does not protect that atmosphere...
...ultimate in modern packaging: the Electronic Bible. This is not a new translation but a hand-held computer containing the entire scriptural text in either the King James or the Revised Standard Version. The item, manufactured by New Jersey-based Franklin Computer, will go on sale in selected retail outlets next week. Price...