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Chromebook Cr-48 prototype
The Cr-48 was intended for testing
only, not retail sales. Google
addressed complaints that the
Operating System offers little
functionality when the host device is
not connected to the Internet,
demonstrated an offline version of
Google Docs, and announced a 3G
plan that would give users 100 MB of
free data each month, with additional
paid plans available from Verizon.
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Data mining Business
1
Another example of data mining, often
called the market basket analysis,
relates to its use in retail sales
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E-commerce - Timeline
1
2012: US eCommerce and Online Retail
sales projected to reach $226 billion, an
increase of 12 percent over 2011.
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Microsoft Office - Licensing
1
In addition to ing retail sales and sitewide installations, Microsoft offers a
"Home Use Program" (HUP)
permitting employees of a
participating organization access to
home-use Microsoft Office products.
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Encyclopædia Britannica - Digital encyclopaedias on optical media
1
Encarta was the top-selling multimedia
encyclopaedia, based on total US retail
sales from January 2000 to February
2006
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Diamond
1
According to the Rio Tinto Group, in
2002 the diamonds produced and
released to the market were valued at
US$9 billion as rough diamonds, US$14
billion after being cut and polished,
US$28 billion in wholesale diamond
jewelry, and US$57 billion in retail
sales.
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Seiko Epson - 20th century
The purpose of the program was to
help improve sales, improve retail sales
reps' knowledge of Epson products and
to address Epson customer service in a
retail environment
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PepsiCo
As of January 2012, 22 of PepsiCo's
product lines generated retail sales of
more than $1 billion each, and the
company's products were distributed
across more than 200 countries,
resulting in annual net revenues of $43.3
billion. Based on net revenue, PepsiCo is
the second largest food & beverage
business in the world. Within North
America, PepsiCo is ranked (by net
revenue) as the largest food and
beverage business.
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PepsiCo - Products and brands
1
PepsiCo's product mix as of 2012 (based
on worldwide net revenue) consists of 63
percent foods, and 37 percent beverages.
On a worldwide basis, the company's
current products lines include several
hundred brands that in 2009 were
estimated to have generated
approximately $108 billion in cumulative
annual retail sales.
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Ford Motor Company
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Fleet sales of Ford for the same period rose 35% to
386,000 units while retail sales increase 19%
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Chevrolet - Thailand
1
Production, Retail Sales and Registration of
Chevrolet brand in Thailand during 2011 (Units)
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Chevrolet - Thailand
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ModelProduction
Retail Sales
Registration
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Doritos - History
According to Information Resources
International, in 1993, Doritos earned $1.3
billion in retail sales, one-third of the total
Frito-Lay sales for the year
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James R. Biard - Life and career
1
Bob’s mother, Mary Ruth Biard (née Bills),
worked as a retail sales person at the
Collegiate Shop in downtown Paris
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Apple Specialist - History
1
Before the introduction of Apple retail
stores, the Specialist resellers,
typically locally owned small
businesses, were primary
contributors to retail sales channel
and user support for the computer
manufacturer among other Appleauthorized resellers and Value-added
resellers.
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Web application
1
Common web applications include
webmail, online retail sales, online
auctions, wikis and many other
functions.
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Retail - Global top five retailers
1
Retail Sales Rank Company
Country of Origin2010 group
revenue (US $mil)
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Retail - United States
1
The United States retail sector features
the largest number of large, lucrative
retailers in the world. A 2012 Deloitte
report published in STORES magazine
indicated that of the world's top 250
largest retailers by retail sales
revenue in fiscal year 2010, 32% of
those retailers were based in the
United States, and those 32%
accounted for 41% of the total retail
sales revenue of the top 250.
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Retail - United States
Since 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau has
published the Retail Sales report every
month. It is a measure of consumer
spending, an important indicator of the US
GDP. Retail firms provide data on the dollar
value of their retail sales and inventories. A
sample of 12,000 firms is included in the final
survey and 5,000 in the advanced one. The
advanced estimated data is based on a
subsample from the US CB complete retail &
food services sample.
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MakerBot Industries - Services
1
In November 2011, MakerBot began its
first retail sales of Thing-O-Matic through
AC Gears in New York City with a
permanent display
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University of Cincinnati - Dining
UC placed third in
the category of
'Retail sales – Single
concept'.
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Telecommunications in Iran - Consumer electronics
1
The digital consumer technology sector is
expected to see retail sales in excess of
$24 billion by the end of 2008.
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Electronic commerce - Timeline
1
* 2012: US eCommerce and Online Retail
sales projected to reach $226 billion, an
increase of 12 percent over 2011.
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Feature phone - Market share
1
During the mid-2000s, best-selling feature
phones such as the fashionable flip-phone
Motorola Razr, multimedia Sony Ericsson
W580i, and the LG Black Label Series not
only occupied the mid-range pricing in a
wireless provider's lineup, they made up the
bulk of retail sales as smartphones from
BlackBerry and Palm, Inc.|Palm were still
considered a niche category for business
use. Even as late as 2009, smartphone
penetration in North America was low.
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Windows XP
1
Direct Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEM and
retail sales of Windows XP ceased on June 30,
2008
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Windows XP - Support lifecycle
1
The company stopped general licensing of
Windows XP to OEMs and terminated
retail sales of the operating system on
June 30, 2008, 17 months after the
release of Windows Vista. However, an
exception was announced on April 3,
2008, for OEMs installing to ultra low-cost
PCs (Netbook|ULCPCs) until one year
after the availability of Windows 7 (that is,
until October 22, 2010).
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Virtual good - Virtual goods purveyors
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*Cellufun[http://www.usatoday.com/t
ech/products/2009-12-23-virtualretail-sales-avatar_N.htm Unlike
reality, virtual retail sales are hot,
especially for avatars] USA Today, 23
Dec 2009
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Vendor - History
1
'Vendor' is often a generic term, used
for suppliers of industries from
Retailing|retail sales to
manufacturers to city organizations.
'Vendor' generally applies only to the
immediate vendor, or the organization
that is paid for the goods, rather than
to the original manufacturer or the
organization performing the service if
it is different from the immediate
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Fastenal - Canada
Entering the market in
1994,[http://investor.fastenal.com/common/do
wnload/download.cfm?companyid=FASTfileid
=275734filekey=1ECE2010-CC49-4A73B1D471B033E9E1A9filename=2008_Presidents_L
etter.pdf President’s Letter to Shareholders
(2008)] Fastenal Official Site as of 2009
Fastenal had retail sales outlets in every
province and two Canadian distribution
centers.
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Web apps
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Common web applications include
webmail, online retail sales, online
auctions, wikis and many other
functions.
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Portal 2 - Sales
1
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews said
that, based on NPD Group data, the
outage did not seriously affect retail sales
of software, but some developers did
report drops in sales
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Office of Fair Trading - Reputation
1
* Oil companies retail sales / petrol - in
October 2008 the UK Prime Minister
Gordon Brown threatened oil
companies with an OFT investigation
unless lower oil prices were passed to
consumers; this was despite several
OFT investigations in the past giving
the industry a clean bill of health.
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Black Friday (shopping) - United States
The news media usually give heavy
play to reports of Black Friday
shopping and their implications for the
commercial success of the Christmas
shopping season, but the relationship
between Black Friday sales and retail
sales for the full holiday season is quite
weak and may even be negative
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Retailer - United States
1
The United States retail sector features the
largest number of large, lucrative retailers in
the world. A 2012 Deloitte report published in
STORES magazine indicated that of the
world's top 250 largest retailers by retail sales
revenue in fiscal year 2010, 32% of those
retailers were based in the United States, and
those 32% accounted for 41% of the total
retail sales revenue of the top 250.Deloitte,
Switching Channels: Global Powers of
Retailing 2012, STORES, January 2012,
G20.
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Indie game - Industry
1
The expansion of Internet allowed games
to be online distribution|distributed online
moving beyond retail sales
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Plug-in hybrid - Production models
1
Retail sales of the BYD Qin began in Costa
Rica in November 2013, and sales in other
Latin American countries are scheduled to
begin in 2014. The start of retail sales in the
Chinese market was rescheduled several
times, and deliveries began in mid December
2013. The Cadillac ELR was released to
retail customers in the U.S. in December
2013. The ELR is a limited production luxury
car|luxury coupé that shares the powertrain
of the Chevrolet Volt and has an all-electric
range of about .
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Ford Fusion Energi
1
The Fusion Energi is a plug-in hybrid
unveiled at the 2012 North American
International Auto Show, and retail
sales in the U.S
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Feed-in tariff - Oregon
1
The aggregate cap was
divided, based on 2008
retail sales revenue
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BYD F3DM
A testing program was launched in the
U.S. on December 2010 with the
participation of the Housing Authority of
the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). The
F3DM was expected to go on sale in the
U.S. in 2012 at a price of before any
Government incentives for plug-in electric
vehicles#United States|government
incentives. In October 2011 BYD
announced that retail sales will be delayed
due to the lack of charging infrastructure.
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BYD F3DM - United States
1
The F3DM was scheduled to begin retail
sales in the U.S. in 2012 at a price of
before any Government incentives for
plug-in electric vehicles#United
States|federal and local incentives. In
October 2011 BYD opened its
headquarters in Los Angeles, a year
behind schedule, and announced that
retail sales will be delayed due to the lack
of charging infrastructure.
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Natural gas - United States
1
In the United States, retail sales are often in
units of therms (th); 1 therm = 100,000BTU
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Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV - Plug-in hybrid
1
The European version was unveiled at
the 2013 Geneva Motor Show and was
slated be released for retail sales in
July 2013
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Ford Motor Corporation - North America
1
Fleet sales of Ford for the same period rose 35% to
386,000 units while retail sales increase 19%
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BMW i3 - Europe
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Since July 2013 a total of 801 units have
been registered in Europe through
November 2013, including press fleet
vehicles and dealer demonstrators,
and just over 400 units corresponds to
retail sales. Germany is the leading
market.
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Plug-in electric vehicle
1
, there are over 30 models of highwaycapable plug-in electric passenger
cars available for retail sales, mainly
in the United States, Japan, Western
Europe|Western European countries
and China
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BYD e6 - United States
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However, in October 2011 BYD opened its
headquarters in Los Angeles, a year
behind schedule, and announced that
retail sales will be delayed at least for 18
months due to the lack of charging
infrastructure.
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Lexus - 2000s: Global reorganization
The Altezza and Aristo were
previously exclusive to Japanese
Toyota retail sales channels called
Toyota#Japan|Toyota Vista Store, the
Windom was exclusive to Toyota
Corolla Store, the Celsior and Harrier
were exclusive to Toyopet Store, and
the Soarer was previously available at
both Toyota Store and Toyopet Store
locations
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All-electric car - 1990s to present: Revival of interest
1
The Smart electric drive, Wheego Whip LiFe,
Mia electric, Volvo C30 Electric, and the Ford
Focus Electric were launched for retail
customers during 2011. The BYD e6,
released initially for fleet customers in 2010,
began retail sales in Shenzhen, China in
October, 2011. The Bolloré Bluecar was
released in December 2011 and deployed for
use in the Autolib' carsharing service in Paris.
Leasing to individual and corporate
customers began in October 2012 and is
limited to the Île-de-France area.
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Mitsubishi i MiEV - Australia
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Retail sales to the public
began in August 2011
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Mitsubishi i MiEV - Canada
Retail sales of the i-MiEV began in
December 2011 at a starting price of ()
before any Government incentives for
plug-in electric
vehicles#Canada|government
incentives available in Ontario and
Quebec. Cumulative sales through
February 2013 reached 228 units.
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Mitsubishi i MiEV - Spain
1
Retail sales began in December 2010
and the i-MiEV price starts at before
sales tax or any Government incentives
for plug-in electric
vehicles#Spain|government incentives
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Mitsubishi i MiEV - Japan
1
Mitsubishi reduced the price of the
vehicle by () to just below two days
before it went for retail sales in Japan
in April 2010 to compete with the
Nissan Leaf
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Ford Taurus - Initial discontinuation and revival
1
Production of the Taurus wagon was
discontinued on December 8, 2004;
sedan retail sales halted after a short
2006 model year, and the Taurus
became sold exclusively to fleet
vehicles|fleets in the United States,
while still being sold to retail
customers in Canada
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Encyclopædia Britannica - Digital encyclopaedias on optical media
1
Encarta was the top-selling multimedia
encyclopaedia, based on total US retail
sales from January 2000 to February
2006
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Chevrolet Spark EV - Spark EV
1
Retail sales began in South
Korea in October 2013
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Hybrid electric vehicle - Canada
Residents of Ontario and Quebec in
Canada can claim a rebate on the
Provincial Retail Sales Tax of up to $2,000
CDN on the purchase or lease of a hybrid
electric vehicle
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MakerBot - Services
1
In November 2011, MakerBot began its
first retail sales of Thing-O-Matic through
AC Gears in New York City with a
permanent display
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Bolloré Bluecar - Retail version
1
In February 2013 Bolloré announced it
was discontinuing the leasing
program and began retail sales of the
Bluecar starting at a price of () before
the value added tax and the
Government incentives for plug-in
electric vehicles#France|government
bonus, plus a monthly fee of () for the
batteries
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Nissan Leaf - History of development
1
A week later, on August 2, 2009, Nissan
unveiled its production version at its
Yokohama headquarters and
committed to begin retail sales in both
the North American market and Japan
at end of 2010.
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Neat ethanol vehicle
Government policies and
technological advances also allowed
the country to achieve a landmark in
ethanol consumption, when ethanol
retail sales surpassed 50% market
share of the gasoline-powered vehicle
fleet in early 2008
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Massachusetts - Taxation
1
The state imposes a 6.25% sales tax on
certain system design/computer software
services and retail sales of tangible
personal property—except for groceries,
clothing (up to $175.00), and periodicals
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Colorado - Economy
1
Colorado's state sales tax is 2.9%
on retail sales
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Ethanol fuel in Brazil - History
The rapid adoption and commercial
success of flex vehicles, as they are
popularly known, together with the
mandatory blend of alcohol with gasoline
as Common ethanol fuel mixtures#E20,
E25|E25 fuel, have increased ethanol
consumption up to the point that by
February 2008 a landmark in ethanol
consumption was achieved when ethanol
retail sales surpassed the 50% market
share of the gasoline-powered fleet
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Lausanne - Economy
1
In the tertiary sector; 8,520 or 12.4% were in wholesale or
retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2,955 or 4.3% were
in the movement and storage of goods, 4,345 or 6.3% were in
a hotel or restaurant, 4,671 or 6.8% were in the information
industry, 6,729 or 9.8% were the insurance or financial
industry, 8,213 or 11.9% were technical professionals or
scientists, 5,756 or 8.4% were in education and 14,312 or
20.8% were in health
care.[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%
20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1prod=06secprod=2openChild=t
rue Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB
Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA
2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] accessed 28 January 2011.
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Pasta - Market
In the European Union, total pasta
sales in 2008 were US $8.361 billion, of
which $5.722 billion was for dried
pasta, $2.244 billion was for fresh or
chilled pasta, and $395 million was for
canned or preserved pasta. In 2009,
retail sales of pasta represented a
$2.809 billion market in Italy, $1.402
billion in Germany, and $1.179 billion
in France. Fresh pasta represented a
$996 million market in Italy in 2008.
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Processed food - Retail
In some instances, retail sales of
convenience foods may provide higher
profit margins for food retailers compared
to the profits attained from sales of the
individual ingredients that are present in
the convenience foods.
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Apprenticeship - Austria
The five most popular trades are: Retail
Salesperson (5,000 people complete this
apprenticeship per year), Clerk (3,500 / year),
Car Mechanic (2,000 / year), Hairdresser
(1,700 / year), Cook (1,600 /
year).http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistike
n/soziales/genderstatistik/bildung/043955.html There are many
smaller trades with small numbers of
apprentices, like EDV-Systemtechniker
(Sysadmin) which is completed by fewer than
100 people a
year.http://www.berufslexikon.at/pdf/beruf_pdf
.php?id=114berufstyp=1
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Non-store retailing
However, it still only represents six per
cent of all retail sales in for instance the
United Kingdom
(http://rd.kpmg.co.uk/mediareleases/20981
.htm)
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London - Economy
1
London is a major retail centre and in
2010 had the highest non-food retail
sales of any city in the world, with a
total spend of around £64.2billion
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Travel website - Service providers
1
Individual airlines, hotels, bed and
breakfasts, cruise lines, automobile
rental companies, and other travelrelated service providers often
maintain their own web sites
providing retail sales. Many with
complex offerings include some sort
of search engine technology to look
for bookings within a certain
timeframe, service class, geographic
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Agribusiness
In agriculture, 'agribusiness' is the
business of agricultural production. It
includes crop production (farming and
contract farming), seed supply,
agrichemicals, agricultural machinery|farm
machinery, distribution, processed
food|processing, marketing, and retail
sales.
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Taxation - Sales taxes
1
Retail organizations
contend that such
taxes discourage
retail sales
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Taxation - Sales taxes
1
In the United States, there is a growing
movement for the replacement of all
federal payroll and income taxes (both
corporate and personal) with a national
retail sales tax and monthly tax rebate to
households of citizens and legal resident
aliens
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T-Mobile US - Awards
1
Power annual awards in the areas of retail
sales satisfaction, wireless customer care,
and overall customer satisfaction
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Atari ST - Debut
Although Atari was out of cash and its
employees feared that Jack Tramiel would
shut the company down, the 520ST
shipped during spring 1985 to the press
and developers and then in early July
1985 for general retail sales, saving the
company
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Radiohead - In Rainbows, independent work and pay what you want (2005–08)
1
1.2million downloads were reportedly
sold by the day of release, but the
band's management did not release
official sales figures, claiming that
the Internet-only distribution was
intended to boost later retail sales
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Billboard 200 - Nielsen SoundScan
Since May 25, 1991, the Billboard 200's
positions have been derived from Nielsen
SoundScan sales data, contributed by
approximately 14,000 music sellers.
Because these numbers are supplied by a
subset of sellers rather than record labels,
it is common for these numbers to be
substantially lower than those reported by
the Recording Industry Association of
America when Gold album|Gold, Platinum
and Diamond album awards are
announced (RIAA awards reflect
wholesale shipments, not retail sales).
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List of battery electric vehicles - Full-sized cars
1
* BMW i3 - Retail sales began in Europe in
November 2013. The electric car is
available with an optional gasolinepowered Range-extended vehicle|range
extender that increases the all-electric
range|range from to . The U.S. release is
scheduled for the second quarter of 2014.
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List of battery electric vehicles - Full-sized cars
1
* Volkswagen e-Up! - Retail
sales began in Europe in
October 2013.
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Renault Fluence Z.E. - Markets
1
The Fluence Z.E. is available in several
European countries and also was sold in
Israel through the Better Place network.
Since retail sales began in 2011, a total of
3,487 units have been sold worldwide
through April 2013, of which, 2,047 units
were registered in Europe through April
2013. and around 1,000 units were sold in
Israel through May 2013.
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Plug-in electric vehicles in Japan - Introduction and sales
Retail sales to the
public began in April
2010
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Geneva - Economy
In the tertiary sector; 16,573 or 14.4%
were in wholesale or retail sales or the
repair of motor vehicles, 3,474 or 3.0%
were in the movement and storage of
goods, 9,484 or 8.3% were in a hotel or
restaurant, 4,544 or 4.0% were in the
information industry, 20,982 or 18.3%
were the insurance or financial industry,
12,177 or 10.6% were technical
professionals or scientists, 10,007 or 8.7%
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Economy
Calgary benefits from a relatively strong
Labour economics|job market in Alberta, is
part of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor, one
of the fastest growing regions in the country.
It is the head office for many major oil and
gas related companies, and many financial
service business have grown up around
them. Small business and self-employment
levels also rank amongst the highest in
Canada. It is also a major distribution and
transportation hub with high retail sales.
1
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Brig, Switzerland - Economy
1
In the tertiary sector; 970 or 17.7% were in wholesale or
retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1,137 or
20.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 436
or 8.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 98 or 1.8% were in
the information industry, 234 or 4.3% were the
insurance or financial industry, 522 or 9.5% were
technical professionals or scientists, 458 or 8.4% were
in education and 1,042 or 19.0% were in health
care.[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/Germ
an_06%20%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1prod=06secprod=2openC
hild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB
Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und
NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] accessed 28
January 2011
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Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
1
General Motors began deliveries of the
Chevrolet Volt in the United States in
December 2010, becoming the first
plug-in hybrid available for retail sales
in the American market
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Bern - Economy
1
In the tertiary sector; 11,396 or 10.4% were in wholesale or
retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 10,293 or 9.4%
were in the movement and storage of goods, 5,090 or 4.7%
were in a hotel or restaurant, 7,302 or 6.7% were in the
information industry, 8,437 or 7.7% were the insurance or
financial industry, 10,660 or 9.7% were technical
professionals or scientists, 5,338 or 4.9% were in education
and 17,903 or 16.4% were in health
care.[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%
20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1prod=06secprod=2openChild=t
rue Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB
Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA
2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1–3] accessed 28 January 2011
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Honda Civic GX
1
It was previously available for retail sales
in four states (California, New York, Utah
and
Oklahoma[http://automobiles.honda.com/ci
vic-gx/ 2011 Honda Civic GX Overview]
honda.com, see lower left), but as of
October 18, 2011, the Civic GX is
available to retail consumers in 35 states
throughout the U.S
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Honda Civic GX - History
1
Since December 2010, the GX is available
for fleet sales in all 50
states.[http://automobiles.honda.com/civicgx-fleet/refueling.aspx Honda GX Fleet
Info site] Retail sales were expanded to 35
states in the fall of 2011.
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View-Master - 1919–56: stereoscopic sightseeing
The View-Master was marketed
through Ed Mayer's photo-finishing,
postcard, and greeting card company,
Sawyer's Service, Inc. known
eventually as Sawyer's, Inc. The
partnership led to the retail sales of
View-Master viewers and disks. The
patent on the viewing device was
issued in 1940, on what came to be
called the Model A viewer. Within a
very short time, the Viewmaster
quickly took over the postcard
1
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Bex - Economy
1
In the tertiary sector; 201 or 21.1% were in wholesale or
retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 56 or 5.9%
were in the movement and storage of goods, 137 or
14.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 0.8% were in the
information industry, 5 or 0.5% were the insurance or
financial industry, 86 or 9.0% were technical
professionals or scientists, 82 or 8.6% were in education
and 146 or 15.4% were in health
care.[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_0
6%20%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1prod=06secprod=2openChil
d=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB
Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und
NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] accessed 28
January 2011
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Great Depression - United States
By May 1938 retail sales began to
increase, employment improved, and
industrial production turned up after June
1938.Maurice W
1
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Eaton's - Suburban competition
1
With the advent of urban sprawl, most
Canadian downtown shopping districts
(which were historically dominated by
Eaton's) had to increasingly share retail
sales with growing suburban shopping
areas, where Eaton's was just one of
many competitors.
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Prefabricated home - Manufactured homes
Manufactured homes are typically
purchased from a retail sales company,
initially assembled by a local contracting
company, and follow-up repairs performed
by the manufactured home company
under warranty.
1
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ESS - Other uses
1
* Same store sales, a
measure of retail
sales
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Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta - The party under Peter Lougheed and
Don Getty
In power, the Progressive Conservatives
fought a long battle with the federal
government over control of Alberta's natural
resources (particularly oil). The oil industry
provided the Alberta government with large
revenue surpluses that allowed it to maintain
Alberta as the only province or territory in
Canada without a provincial retail sales tax.
Alberta experienced a large development
boom, particularly in Calgary, in the 1970s
and 1980s.
1
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Prince Edward Island - Economy
Prince Edward Island has Canada's
highest provincial retail sales tax rate,
currently (2008) established at 10%. The
tax is applied to almost all goods and
services except some clothing, food and
home heating fuel. The tax is also applied
to the Federal Goods and Services Tax
(Canada)|Goods and Services Tax.
1
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Ace Hardware - History
1
Ray Griffith is the President and CEO
of Ace Hardware Corporation and has
served in that position since taking
over for Dave Hodnik in 2005. Hodnik
had served as Ace's leader since 1996.
David Ziegler serves as Chairman of
the Board. Ace Hardware Corporation
now does over $3 billion in hardware
sales annually and had $12.5 billion in
retail sales during 2007.
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Public finance - Public finance through state enterprise
1
The Soviet Union
relied heavily on
turnover taxes on
retail sales
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Smart Grid in China - Accommodation of energy generation and storage options
1
With the advantage to storage energy, Smart
grid can decrease costs for wholesale
operations by lowering the demand for
generation when marginal production costs
are greater than revenues from retail sales.
Similarly minimizing purchases or maximize
production when wholesale prices are high,
and reducing transmission loads when and
where congestion costs are high. This can be
accomplished by utilizing demand response,
distributed storage, and distribution voltage
controls to reduce net demand.
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Sick leave - United States
1
The Act defines “service worker” as an hourly or nonexempt employee who is primarily engaged in one of
68 occupations including: Food Service Manager,
Medical and Health Services Manager, Librarian,
Pharmacist, Physician Assistant, Registered Nurse,
Home Health Aide, Nursing Aide, Orderly and
Attendant, Security Guard, Cook, Food Preparation
Worker, Bartender, Fast Food and Counter Worker,
Waiter, Waitress, Dishwasher, Host, Hostess, Janitor,
Usher, Lobby Attendant, Ticket Taker, Barber,
Baggage Porter, Bellhop, Concierge, Cashier, Retail
Salesperson, Courier, Secretary, Administrative
Assistant, Computer Operator, Data Entry and
Information Processing Worker, Bus Driver, Taxi
Driver, and Chauffeur
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Recession - Definition
The NBER defines an economic
recession as: a significant decline in
economic activity spread across the
economy, lasting more than a few
months, normally visible in real GDP,
real income, employment, industrial
production, and wholesale-retail sales
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. - American Express
1
In 1980 most department stores did
not accept American Express cards —
Gerstner acted on this and by 1985
retail sales were the second most
common use of the card, following
airline tickets
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Meyrin - Economy
1
In the tertiary sector; 3,671 or 30.1% were in wholesale
or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1,984 or
16.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 1,145
or 9.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 396 or 3.2% were
in the information industry, 366 or 3.0% were the
insurance or financial industry, 835 or 6.9% were
technical professionals or scientists, 261 or 2.1% were
in education and 1,466 or 12.0% were in health
care.[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/Germ
an_06%20%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen/06.2%20%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1prod=06secprod=2openC
hild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB
Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und
NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] accessed 28
January 2011
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Microsoft Works - Works Suite
1
In addition to retail sales, Works Suite was
included with the purchase of a new PC by
several PC manufactures, notably Dell and
Gateway, Inc.|Gateway. Works Suite was
discontinued after the 2006 edition. Works
was later bundled with Word as Works
Plus 2008, but made available only to
OEMs.
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Morges, Switzerland - Economy
1
In the tertiary sector; 1,597 or 27.0% were
in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of
motor vehicles, 227 or 3.8% were in the
movement and storage of goods, 502 or
8.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 236 or
4.0% were in the information industry, 328
or 5.5% were the insurance or financial
industry, 474 or 8.0% were technical
professionals or scientists, 556 or 9.4%
were in education and 1,286 or 21.7%
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Packard Bell - Computers: the new Packard Bell
However, Compaq overtook it in retail
sales in mid-1996, and cemented its lead
the next year with the release of a $999
PC in March 1997.
1
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World music market - 2005
1
Interim physical retail sales
in 2005. All figures in
millions.
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Nordstrom
As of 2012, it is the fifth-largest U.S.
department store company by retail sales
and is the thirty-fourth largest retailer in
the United States in 2013 in terms of
revenue.http://www.stores.org/STORES%
20Magazine%20July%202012/department
-stores http://www.stores.org/2012/Top100-Retailers
1
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Sears
As of 2012, it is the fourth-largest U.S.
department store company by retail sales
and is the 12th-largest retailer in the
United States, leading its competitor
Macy's in 2013 in terms of revenue.
1
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Music recording sales certification - History
At the industry level, in 1958 the
Recording Industry Association of
America introduced its gold record
award program for records of any
kind, LP record|albums or single
(music)|singles, which achieved one
million dollars in retail sales
1
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Music recording sales certification - RIAA certification
Like many record industry awards and
rankings, the measurement is based on
wholesale shipments to all types of retail
outlets, and is not based on actual retail
sales or financial transactions. As a result,
an early award or ranking for a new
release reflects only the distributor's
market power expectations.
1
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Hermès - Beginnings in the 19th century
1
Hermès's son, Charles-Émile Hermès
(1835–1919), took over management
from his father and moved the shop in
1880 to 24 rue du Faubourg SaintHonoré, where it remains today and
where the new leader introduced
saddlery and began retail sales. With
the aid of sons Adolphe and ÉmileMaurice Hermès, the company catered
to the élite of Europe, North Africa,
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Overstock.com - Business model
In addition to its direct retail sales,
Overstock.com began offering online
auctions on its website on September 24,
2004, known as Overstock.com
Marketplace and later O.co Marketplace.
This service was retired in July, 2011.
1
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The Home Depot - History
1
Its 2005 sales totaled US$91.8 billion
(US$77.0 billion in retail sales).
Despite the 10% increase in revenue,
it dropped three spots to No. 17 on the
2007 Fortune (magazine)|FORTUNE
magazine's Fortune 500|FORTUNE
500 list (it was No. 13 in 2005 and No.
14 in 2006). The Home Depot owned
EXPO Design Center, a chain of home
decorating and appliance stores, but
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The Home Depot - Canada
1
As of 2007, RONA pulled ahead of The
Home Depot in total retail sales, due to
aggressive consolidation efforts by
RONA, combined with the loss of The
Home Depot's industrial supply
division, HD Supply, in July 2007
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Nokian Tyres - Passenger car tyres
1
Winter tyre sales have a strong seasonal
characteristic with 30% of retail sales
occurring in the ten days after the first
snowfall, thus presenting challenges in
production and delivery.
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Office - Middle Ages
1
As mercantilism became the dominant
economic theory of the Renaissance,
merchants tended to conduct their
business in the same buildings, which
might include retail sales, warehousing
and clerical work. During the 15th
century, population density in many
cities reached the point where standalone buildings were used by merchants
to conduct their business, and there was
a developing a distinction between
church, government/military and
commerce uses for buildings.
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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria - Sales
As estimated by Carol Pinchefsky from
Forbes.com, digital sales of the game
outnumbered the retail sales by nearly 4:1
in the first week of sales.
1
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General Motors Corporation - All-electric vehicles
1
Retail sales began in South
Korea in October 2013
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Werner Erhard - Critics and disputes
Psychiatrist Marc Galanter (MD)|Marc
Galanter described Erhard as a man with
no formal experience in mental health, self
help, or religious revivalism, but a
background in retail sales.Marc Galanter:
Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion|Cults:
faith, healing, and coercion
1
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Productivity paradox - Online commerce
1
Despite high expectations for online retail
sales, individual item and small quantity
handling and transportation costs may
offset the savings of not having to maintain
bricks and mortar stores. Online retail
sales has proven successful in specialty
items, collectibles and higher priced
goods. Some airline and hotel retailers
and aggregators have also witnessed
great success.
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Dale W. Jorgenson
His research has also been used to
advocate for the FairTax, a tax reform
proposal in the United States of
America|United States to replace all
federal payroll and income taxes (both
corporate and personal) with a national
retail sales tax and monthly tax rebate to
households of citizens and legal resident
aliens
1
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Foreign exchange market - Economic factors
* Economic growth and health: Reports
such as GDP, employment levels, retail
sales, capacity utilization and others, detail
the levels of a country's economic growth
and health. Generally, the more healthy
and robust a country's economy, the better
its currency will perform, and the more
demand for it there will be.
1
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National Bureau of Economic Research - Recession markers
1
In contrast, the NBER defines a recession
as a significant decline in economic
activity spread across the economy,
lasting more than a few months, normally
visible in real GDP, real income,
employment, industrial production, and
wholesale-retail sales
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National Bureau of Economic Research - Announcement of end of 2007–2009 recession
1
A recession is a period of falling economic
activity spread across the economy,
lasting more than a few months, normally
visible in real GDP, real income,
employment, industrial production, and
wholesale-retail sales
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Abuse of dominance - Other examples of monopolies
1
* AAFES has a monopoly on retail sales at overseas
U.S. military installations.
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Playboy Enterprises - Playboy Licensing
The Licensing segment licenses the
Playboy name, the Rabbit Head design
and other images, trademarks, and
artwork to “appear on a wide range of
consumer products including apparel,
accessories, footwear, lingerie, jewelry,
fragrances and home fashions.” Its
licensed products generate “more than
$1 billion in global retail sales in more
than 150 countries and territories.”
Spirits and vapor products are among
Playboy’s latest licensing ventures. The
spirits are made by VuQo.
1
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Social structure of the United Kingdom - Lower middle class
1
The British lower middle class primarily
consists of office workers and their
families living in less affluent suburbs.
They are typically employed in
relatively unskilled service industry
jobs such as retail sales, travel agents,
factory and other industrial building
owners and low level civil service jobs in
local and regional government. Prior to
the expansion in higher education from
the 1960s onwards, members of this
class generally did not have a university
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List of financial crises in the United States
The NBER defines a recession as a
significant decline in economic activity
spread across the Economy of the United
States|economy, lasting more than a few
months, normally visible in real gross
domestic product (GDP), real income,
employment, industrial production, and
wholesale-retail sales.
1
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Chevy - Thailand
1
'Production, Retail Sales and Registration of
Chevrolet brand in Thailand during 2011 (Units)'
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Victor Lebow - Price Competition in 1955
1
Lebow's best-known words were published
in the Spring 1955 issue of the Journal of
Retailing. The paper discussed the cost of
maintaining the American lifestyle in 1955,
and the effect this cost had on retail
profits. According to Lebow, the large
cover charge taken out of retail sales
revenue would result in severe competition
at the retail level, and that retail markups
would be widespread. Under the heading,
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Economic indicator
1
Examples: unemployment rate, quits rate,
housing starts, Consumer Price Index (a
measure for inflation
(economics)|inflation), Consumer
Leverage Ratio, industrial production,
bankruptcies, Gross Domestic Product,
broadband internet access|broadband
internet penetration, retail sales, stock
market prices, money supply changes.
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Economic indicator - Coincident indicators
1
There are many coincident economic
indicators, such as Gross Domestic
Product, industrial production, personal
income and retail sales
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Sales tax - Types
1
A conventional or retail sales tax is levied
on the sale of a good to its final good|final
end user, and is charged every time that
item is sold retail
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Sales tax - Types
1
*Retail sales tax: a tax on sales of retail of
tangible personal property to final
consumers and industrial
users[http://taxhistory.tax.org/Civilization/D
ocuments/Sales/hst6646/6646-1.htm
Manufacturers, wholesale and retail sale
taxes]
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Heart monitor - History
1
The first wireless EKG Heart rate monitor
was invented in 1977 as a training aid for
the Finnish National Cross Country Ski
team and as 'intensity training' became a
popular concept in athletic circles in the
mid-80s, retail sales of wireless personal
heart monitors started from 1983
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RG146 - Structure
For this reason investment banks
generally concentrate on having a retail
sales team for financial products
consisting exclusively of Tier 2 advisers
1
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Target Corporation - Environmental record
1
[http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/light/conserve/
sustainability/studies/cv5_ss.htm
Sustainability: High Performance Buildings
Deliver Increased Retail Sales]
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Inland Empire - Retail
1
In fiscal year 2006, retail sales in San
Bernardino County grew by 11.9 percent
to $31.2 billion, while sales in Riverside
County were up 11.3 percent to $29.6
billion.
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American Fork, Utah - Demographics
1
In 2007 there were 2,754 businesses in the city, with
total retail sales over $724 million.
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Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area - Urban decline and rise of
the suburbs
Not only was there a shift in
population and manufacturing to the
suburbs, there was also a shift in retail
shopping as well; retail sales in the
cities declined 1 percent between 1972
and 1987, having increased 63 percent
in the suburbs
1
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EDHEC - Corporate
1
Commodities Derivatives Group's main
activities include: event-driven trading (US
labour figures, inflation, retail sales, etc.),
spread trading (mainly long/short
Platinum-Palladium spread), momentum
strategy (Wheat, soybeans, palladium,
cotton, oats) and some speculative bets.
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College Station, Texas - Post Oak Mall
1
Over 75 percent of retail sales in the Brazos
Valley come from sales at the mall's stores.
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Cars
Related merchandise, including scale
models of several of the cars, broke
records for retail sales of merchandise
based on a Disney·Pixar film, bringing an
estimated $10 billion in 5 years since the
film's release
1
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Baggage - Hand luggage (carry-on)
1
They claim that it is affecting their dutyfree and other airport retail sales and is
reducing their revenues.
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Wholesale - Taxes
1
[http://taxhistory.tax.org/Civilization/Docum
ents/Sales/hst6646/6646-1.htm Federal
Manufacturers', Wholesale, and Retail
Sales Taxes] from TaxAnalysts.org
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Economics terminology that differs from common usage - Recession
(NBER): ...a significant decline in
economic activity spread across the
country, lasting more than a few months,
normally visible in real GDP growth, real
personal income, employment (non-farm
payrolls), industrial production, and
wholesale-retail sales
1
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Diwali - Fiji
1
On the commercial side, Diwali is a
time for many retail sales and
giveaways
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Drug policy of the Netherlands - Recent developments
1
By allowing possession and retail sales of
cannabis, but not cultivation or wholesale,
the government creates numerous
problems of crime and public safety, he
alleges, and therefore he would like to
switch to either legalising and regulating
production, or to the full repression that his
party (Christen-Democratisch Appèl|CDA)
officially advocates
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Ad valorem tax - Sales tax
A conventional or retail sales tax
attempts to achieve this by charging
the tax only on the final end user,
unlike a gross receipts tax levied on
the intermediate business who
purchases materials for production or
ordinary operating expenses prior to
delivering a service or product to the
marketplace
1
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Legality of cannabis - Attitudes regarding legalization
1
Thus, an excise tax on the retail sales of
marijuana could raise at least $1.3 billion a
year in revenue.
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Cosmetics - Cosmetic industry
In Germany, the cosmetic industry
generated €12.6 billion of Retail
sales#Retail Sales|retail sales in 2008,
which makes the German cosmetic
industry the third largest in the world, after
Japan and the United States
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Ten year occupational employment projections - Employment projections
for each of four
occupations—
registered nurses, retail
salespersons, home
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List of confidence tricks - Jam Auction
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In this scam, the confidence artist
poses as a retail sales promoter,
representing a manufacturer,
distributor, or set of stores
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Entertainment One - History
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Entertainment One began operations in
1973 in Ontario, Canada, as Records on
Wheels Limited (‘ROW’), founded and
operated by Vito Ierullo and Don Ierullo,
focusing on retail sales of recorded music
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Entertainment One - eOne Family
In the UK, eOne Family (formerly E1
Kids) creates, produces and distributes
children’s entertainment with partners
including Nick Jr and Channel 5
(UK)|Channel 5, in 190 territories
including the U.S., Scandinavia, France
and Germany. eOne Family’s Peppa Pig
franchise is one on the most popular
pre-school brands in the UK,
surpassing over £100 million in retail
sales in the 2009 financial period.
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Sickleave - United States
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The Act defines “service worker” as an hourly or
non-exempt employee who is primarily engaged
in one of 68 occupations including: Food Service
Manager, Medical and Health Services Manager,
Librarian, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant,
Registered Nurse, Home Health Aide, Nursing
Aide, Orderly and Attendant, Security Guard,
Cook, Food Preparation Worker, Bartender, Fast
Food and Counter Worker, Waiter, Waitress,
Dishwasher, Host, Hostess, Janitor, Usher, Lobby
Attendant, Ticket Taker, Barber, Baggage Porter,
Bellhop, Concierge, Cashier, Retail Salesperson,
Courier, Secretary, Administrative Assistant,
Computer Operator, Data Entry and Information
Processing Worker, Bus Driver, Taxi Driver, and
Chauffeur
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Late-2000s recession in Europe - Eurozone
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Retail sales fell by 0.6 percent in June
from the May level and by 3.1 percent
from June in the previous year
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Late-2000s recession in Europe - Spain
This included a 17.9
percent drop in retail
sales of household goods
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Late-2000s recession in Europe - Sweden
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In October retail sales dropped 0.6
percent in the month, and household
consumption fell 0.2 percent in the
third quarter
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Post-80s - Little emperors
Having grown up in times of modern
consumerism and popular media, rather
than the ideals of the cultural revolution,
many single-children are inclined to spend
large amounts of money on themselves
and thus a cornerstone of retail sales.NHK
World, Japan 7 Days, Matter of Fact:
Cause for Celebration aired February 20,
2010
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Energy in the United States - Consumption
400.4 B kWh or 9.8% were
system[http://www.eia.gov/electricit
y/annual Retail Sales] retrieved 20141-17 usage (138 B kWh) and system
loses and unaccounted loads (262.4 B
kWh)
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Economy of Greece - Strengths and weaknesses
As a result of the on-going economic
crisis, industrial production in the country
went down by 8% between March 2010
and March 2011, One of the sectors
hardest hit has been the garment industry,
a traditional mainstay of the economy.
while the volume of building activity saw a
reduction of 73.1% between January 2010
and January 2011. Additionally, the
turnover in retail sales saw a decline of 9%
between February 2010 and February
2011.
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List of African-American inventors and scientists
Two years later the Super Soaker
generated over $200 million in retail
sales and became the best selling toy
in America
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Consumer Electronics Association - CEknowhow
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CEknowhow consists of free retail sales
training. The curriculum is designed to
keep sales staff up-to-date with the latest
trends in consumer electronics.
CEknowhow training covers all major
consumer electronics technologies in a
brand-neutral manner.
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Economic history of the United Kingdom - The 2008 recession and quantitative easing
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Figures in fact showed no growth in retail
sales in September 2009, and a 2.5%
decline in industrial output in August
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Vermont - Economy
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One measure of economic activity is
retail sales. The state had in 2007. In
2008, 8,631 new businesses were
registered in Vermont, a decline of 500
from 2007.
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Special assessment - Special assessment district
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The commercial properties would be
assessed because surveys would
illustrate that retail sales depend upon
adequate parking for customers
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Benjamin Gitlow - Early life
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Following his blacklisting from the retail
sales industry, Gitlow worked briefly as a
cutter in the garment industry before
entering the world of radical journalism in
1919.
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John Ashcroft - U.S. Attorney General
While Attorney General, Ashcroft
consistently denied that the FBI or any
other law enforcement agency had
used the Patriot Act to obtain library
circulation records or those of retail
sales.
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Bait-and-switch
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'Bait-and-switch' is a form of fraud used
in retail sales but also employed in
other contexts. First, customers are
baited by merchants' advertising
products or services at a low price, but
when customers visit the store, they
discover that the advertised goods are
not available, or the customers are
pressured by sales people to consider
similar, but higher priced items
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Scrapbooking - United States
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The scrapbooking industry doubled in
size between 2001 and 2004 to $2.5
billion with over 1,600 companies
creating scrapbooking products by 2003.
Creative Memories, a home-based
retailer of scrapbooking supplies
founded in 1987, saw $425 million in
retail sales in 2004. Creative Memories
parent company did file Chapter 11 in
2013 and became the bankruptcy with
the largest debt in the Twin City
area.DeYoung, Dirk. , ,
Minneapolis/St.Paul, 18 December 2013.
Retrieved on 8 May 2014.
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Hillsboro, Oregon
In addition to high-tech industry,
sectors important to Hillsboro's
economy are health care, retail sales,
and agriculture, including grapes and
Oregon wine|wineries
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