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...case is giving the law's many foes plenty of ammo. France's Visible Hand Who's better positioned to set prices - the market, or French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy? Consumer groups and even some supermarket chains have long complained that a 1996 law designed to protect small retailers has hiked prices. Last week Sarkozy agreed, but instead of changing the "Galland law," he brokered a deal between retail chains and suppliers that will cut the price of some 4,000 items, from baby food to toilet paper, by an average of 2% in September and another 1% in January...
...campaign stop in Eastbourne, on England's south coast, when he propelled himself out of a minivan to press the flesh. Though once famously skewered by another Tory minister for having "something of the night" about him - an allegedly dark and devious side - Howard, 62, appeared invigorated by sunny retail politics, chatting with local councillors and police, and grabbing passersby to ask, "Are you going to vote Conservative?" In this crowd, mostly elderly and white, the answer was usually...
...Retail stores are having a tough time,” she said. “The reason [the Commission] approved the request was they like to help businesses...
...Allston life group endorsed the idea of encouraging retail along North Harvard Street and other major Allston roadways...
...million-a-year business. In 1999 he launched Drunknmunky, an Asian-influenced men's street-wear line that pulls in the bulk of the company's revenue. Battling low-cost production from competitors in China and elsewhere, Kim decided to pursue the higher profit margins in design and retail. "That's where I believe the industry is going: either you're a brand or you're dirt cheap," he says...