Word: retailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meantime, U.S. consumers should expect a break in their energy bills. But retail prices take about 45 days to respond to crude-oil declines because the fuel currently on sale was made with more expensive crude. The average U.S. price for regular unleaded gasoline is now $1.15 per gal., already down from a peak of $1.41 in 1981. While most filling stations have made no dramatic cuts yet, some experts think that the price could fall to 90 cents by late spring...
Business has blossomed for dealers in floral products in recent years. U.S. retail sales of cut flowers have increased from $2.9 billion in 1981 to $3.7 billion in 1985. Revenues for FTD, the long-distance delivery network, have been growing by more than 10% annually, reaching $551 million...
University stores sold 3700 personal and microcomputers to students and assorted departments during the 1985 fiscal year, according to the OIT. Prices for hardware purchased through the University average between 30 and 40 percent below the manufacturers' suggested retail price...
Expository writing book orders account for approximately $20,000 of retail sales each semester, Marius said...
...zoning package, known as the Harvard Square Overlay District, also would loosen parking requirements and allow retail stores in some areas where they are now barred...