Word: retailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city as popular as Cambridge, demand for retail housing is greater than supply. That means that in an unregulated market, with fewer than 1 percent of rental apartments vacant, market rents would skyrocket...
...chatter when inserted into a battery-operated player called Sportstalk. On tiny vinyl records that have been laminated on the back of each baseball card, players from Hank Aaron to Los Angeles Dodger Kirk Gibson reminisce for some two minutes apiece about their famous moments on the field. The retail price for the machine with four cards will be $28; additional four-card packs will sell for $5. The toymaker has already received 400,000 orders for Sportstalk from such retailers as Toys "R" Us and Child World...
...issue is developer Graham Gund's plan's to construct a six-story complex of retail shops and offices at the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Arrow St. While members of Gund's staff have said they are merely trying to construct a structure that will mix well architecturally with the neighborhood, residents have said the complex threatens the character of the neighborhood. And they have charged that the city's Planning Board has no jurisdiction over the the project, called Zero Arrow Street...
Self said he could not comment on the company's dealings with the city because he only oversees the architecture and construction of the building. But he said he thought the retail aspect of the project "is the most volatile issue because of resident opposition...
...index for finished goods, items one stop short of the retail level, stood at 111.0 in January, meaning a hypothetical selection of goods that cost $100 in 1982 would have cost $111 last month, up one dollar from the previous month...