Word: retailing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...That's the day the euro is scheduled to be introduced for retail purchases. The transition to the new currency will surely go smoothly, though there is the potential for at least minor confusion and delay. Only after you spend some time examining the photograph do you realize that it's a gently absurd, tongue-in-cheek version of what could go wrong. But of course, spending time chuckling over this image is the whole point. At the bottom are the words "On Europe. On Time." Yes, that Time. Welcome to our new advertising campaign. The bakery scene...
There are some clear victories. The company is providing materials, photofinishing and patented technology to many of the same online players that were supposed to destroy it only a year ago. And like Fuji, it is selling its retail partners on do-it-yourself picture kiosks and professional digital minilabs that can easily scan traditional film onto the Net and convert digital shots into hard copies...
...Prices are going up, retail gas prices. Obviously, refineries and capacity issues are part of the problem. But OPEC is also part of the problem...
...Maybe you've heard we're worried about the economy these days, and that consumers - who account for two thirds of U.S. economic activity - are the ones who have to save us. Consumer confidence is already on a slippery slope, having dropped in six of the past seven months. Retail sales are off, unemployment is up, and whether or not the Fed's continued rate-cutting can provide sufficient reassurance to get the stockbrokers back in off the ledges, the average American will almost certainly be watching his wallet very carefully this summer. How carefully could be the difference between...
...August. Forty to 50 outlets are to launch in the U.K. and Ireland within the next seven years. "Our objective is that in the next five years international development will represent about 50% of the company's total revenue," says Rick Barnett, MAGI's senior vice president of retail development...