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...that 1996 Honda Accord you've been eyeing? Or what kind of gasoline mileage it gets? Just log onto Edmund Publications http:www.enews.com/magazines/edmunds) which gives the invoice price of an LX sedan with standard features and antilock brakes as $17,531, in contrast to/ a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $19,840. The same listing notes that the midsize auto with automatic transmission gets a thrifty 23 m.p.g. in city driving and 31 m.p.g. on the open road...
...which sells books, comics, compact discs and tapes, described past months as busy, but said recent sales were only "mediocre" at best. The employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, attributed the low sales not only to competition from the larger music stores but also to a generally slow retail season...
...employee at In Your Ear, another small music retailer, reported a similarly unremarkable "so-so" retail season since Christmas...
...high competition in the music retail business stems from the nature of the clientele, according to Smith...
When the arcade first opened in the fall of 1993, HPRE--which was then Harvard Real Estate (HRE)--went out of its way to entice merchants to the arcade by creating the impression of considerable retail potential. HPRE wined and dined prospective merchants and threw a huge gala opening. Irma B. King Licorish, proprietor of the Caribbean-African Creations kiosk, said she feels Harvard "enticed us in here under false pretenses...