It's not just retail. It's bridal retail. It's more demanding. It's one-on-one attention. Lots of these girls need to be guided into their dresses. ... If it was that easy, I wouldn't be here.

Barbara Schlaff

The key was the weak retail sales report that helped bond yields come in.

Alec Young

If the retail sales number is a little lighter than forecast, that may be seen as bullish for stocks in that it takes the edge off the inflation issue.

Stephen Leeb

Our partnership with CVS has been crucial, ... They are visionaries, and their involvement in support of retail-based health care has been huge.

Michael Howe

By including a retail real-estate developer in a partnership to make an offer for HBC, a financial player would avail himself of the expertise to examine every property and store lease and determine alternative strategies for each piece of real estate before making an offer.

David Brodie

What we've seen over the past few months is a very gradual recovery in retail sales. We're likely to see a continued recovery in coming months, but nothing dramatic.

Michael Penn

The Indian retail market is gradually but surely opening up, while China's market becomes increasingly saturated.

Fadi Farra

In today's retail environment, competition comes from every conceivable retail format. To succeed, we have to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively against players at all levels of the retail demographic. There is no question that this is a bold and exciting move, and one I believe will have a positive impact on competitive retailing for American consumers in the longer term.

John Dunham

The dollar has shown not a great deal of reaction largely because the retail sales headline data looked pretty bad but the revisions to the prior data pretty much offset that.

John Beerling

Retailers came out with pretty good reports. One would think we'll see a pretty good retail sales number, and that would give support to the market, absent much higher core inflation numbers.

John Augustine

Specialty retail is about discovery and excitement, but I walked into the Gap, and it didn't say anything.

Stephen Hoch

If we were to look 15 years down the road, I believe Waldo Road will be a significant retail destination.

Grant Thrall

Cornerstone will offer convenient, superior retail and dining options to hundreds of thousands of people who pass through the intersection every day.

Don Provost

We were obviously disappointed by sales for this holiday season, particularly because we had been outperforming the retail sector as a whole for the previous nine months.

Leonard Riggio

The idea is to be proactive and anticipate an oversupply of one market sector. We're concerned that the restaurants will displace some of the small retail [shops]. It could affect other businesses, too, based on parking. It will restrict the conversion of apartments into offices or retail or restaurants.

Phil Ehlinger

These stocks are mostly bought by retail investors. When these stocks approach high double digits, they become less attractive to retail investors.

Jonathan Cohen

We have no plan to phase out all sales of VCR machines at this time, ... However, many customers are opting to purchase our dual machines (which retail for about $150) that play both DVD and VHS formats.

Brian Lucas

As consumers are clearly changing their spending attitude, the retail sector may continue to benefit.

Haruki Takahashi

Some analysts are trying to dismiss the retail sales as an aberration but the market will have a reality check this week on the New Zealand rate outlook with the consumer prices index.

Danica Hampton

For this market to really push on we need to see unemployment trends drop, so that the retail sector can be certain of making a contribution to the recovery of the U.S. economy.

David Buik

Retailing is retailing, and Kmart was not where it should have been. From that point of view, I think that new blood has got to be a benefit.

Jeffrey Edelman

A growing percentage of trading closed-end funds is occurring electronically and away from the exchange floor. NASDAQ is well designed to trade closed-end funds. NASDAQ's electronic trading is efficient, translating into excellent retail investor access. And NASDAQ Market Makers are well qualified to address the nuances of trading closed-end funds.

Bruce Aust

The boundaries on publishing, retailing and distribution are getting blurred. We can't rely any longer on the traditional assumption that we're a publisher, he's a retailer, we won't retail, he won't publish. We'll have to accommodate one another.

John Makinson

With the real estate property and valuations continually increasing in that area we just can't continue to operate that kind of retail store. We weren't able to secure another lease that was acceptable to us and acceptable to the owners.

Matt Hall

The retail came more out of a necessity of a failing property. He and his son were able to effectively turn it around and built what later became Dayton's.

Mike Woll

The Salem store has proven to be too small to display the full range of the product categories our other retail stores carry.

Bill Wells

Today's retail sales report does not alter, in any way, our expectations for the Bank of Canada to continue lifting rates up to a more neutral level of four per cent by the end of April.

Carl Gomez

We're working on driving retail traffic.

Tom Lasorda

If this is just a variation of the millions of ideas already out there, no one is going to be interested. There are too many calendars chasing too little retail space. There's going to be fallout in the industry.

Tom Burke

This company provides products that customers use in retail locations everywhere in the United States on a daily basis.

Mike Rumbolz

In China and most of the Asia/Pacific region, it is important to note that the market for PC-based POS systems is quite a bit different than the other parts of the world. While in more mature markets the POS systems are predominantly retail-hardened devices, the growth in China and most Asian countries is coming in the form of low-end PC POS devices and PC-on-Cash Drawer devices.

Greg Buzek

We will never, ever build commercial or retail space where those towers once soared to the heavens. We will build a memorial that will make our entire nation proud.

Kevin Rampe

This area lacks retail office space. Right now the choice people have for their businesses is St. Louis or Washington. Why not let them fill in here.

Fred Thatcher

We are very pleased with our first quarter results. The company's strong performance demonstrates the benefits of our continued diversification and enhanced operational focus. This past quarter we had particularly strong results in Retail Banking and Card Services.

Kerry Killinger

At the retail level, they're seeing new customers, not avid cyclists. Now the question becomes 'How long does it last?

Tim Blumenthal

Somebody's starting to look at what the outside of a building looks like. Most big box retail is butt ugly.

Paco Underhill

That will continue to be argued and debated. Some think it's been the worst thing, but in terms of being a successful enterprise, it has maintained a retail element downtown.

Ken Blackman

Supermarkets seem to be providing the winning combination of affordability and convenience in an increasingly competitive home entertainment retail environment.

Lucy Burton

After several strong months of retail sales growth, it seems clear that the economy is picking up momentum just in time for the holidays.

Rosalind Wells

They talk about getting to know and understand the retail environment here. You couldn't ask for anything better, from a landlord's perspective.

Don Foster

It's not easy to set up a policy. There's too many variables. Each project brings different things to the table. ... Most cities now are struggling with what to do with incentives for retail.

John Page

This really helps our retail base.

George Halk

An extremely competitive retail market is pushing extensive discounting and large volumes of wine at low prices, and New World competitors from South America and South Africa are also impacting on the market.

Trevor O'hoy

Contrary to rumours in the marketplace we are not delaying the scheduled USA launch, we are committed to the October 22, 2005 release date, and the product will be available in all 50 states well in advance of the Christmas retail season.

Carl Freer

You and I can't just start a music retail store and expect to be successful.

Craig Bibb

The deal makes sense to us at first pass given Adidas' stated goal of increasing market share in the U.S. and its rivalry with Nike. On the margin this looks like bad news for Nike, which has dominant share in major retail accounts.

Lizabeth Dunn

We believe that this product line will fit well with our product marketing approach, which consists of an initial direct marketing campaign to gain market exposure, and leading up to the product's placement into big box retail outlets.

Bob Harrick

Jeanne is an outstanding retail and management talent who has developed successful brands and programs in both traditional and online retail channels.

Lee Scott

Retailers need to make raving fans of their customers, and they need to dominate their competition. Retail intelligence can help them do that.

Lori Schafer

This portfolio gives commercial buyers a chance to pick up retail properties with great returns.

Mark Kleynhans

Korea was a cheap market, with a strengthening domestic economy and the impetus of large amounts of domestic retail buying due to structured savings products.

Spencer White

It will grow customer traffic to the whole business retail area, and draw shoppers from adjacent areas like Highland and Milford who might not normally come into Hartland.

Fred Dillingham

We endured many significant challenges in the second quarter, in particular, a soft U.S. retail market for athletic footwear and apparel. Despite these challenges, we met our bottom line expectations as we began to see an impact from our efforts to control expenses in a weak retail environment.

Philip Knight

We're slowing them down a little bit. Or at least we're diverting them. My legitimate e-commerce customers and my legitimate retail customers know that I'm trying. And that gives them a little more faith in us.

Peter Capolino

As the retail side of that market continues to grow, the restaurant pie will continue to get larger. Where retail follows rooftops, restaurants follow retail.

Jonathan Nance

The most important commodity today is not money, but time. People want as little difficulty as possible getting to work, entertainment, retail and restaurants.

Steve Bottfeld

We're eager to retail the cars because we're uncertain from week to week what they're worth.

Steve Rogers

He certainly knows what it takes to make a good shopping center work. We assume it will be a good quality retail store coming to the Orange area.

Bobby Fillyaw

Conchita brings tremendous retail management and tenant relations expertise to our team, and knows how to make a shopping complex run smoothly and efficiently. She did an outstanding job in her previous position.

Barbara Campbell

We are confident in the integrity of our retail network and their respect for the Saturn pricing philosophy.

Jill Lajdziak

A retail store is the last step but that's the goal.

Rick Bisesto

Our retail [comparisons] for the quarter reflect solid promotions and merchandising that were particularly effective during a more heavily consumer-based holiday season.

Steve Odland

It's pretty well-documented, the impact of big box retail on the local business community.

Mike Byerly

We're one of the only retail businesses where the price is preprinted. You can't raise prices because the price is on the book, and you certainly can't raise it when the other guy is discounting it.

Hut Landon

Sentiment will swing back in favor of a Federal Reserve rate hike in August if June retail sales rebound.

Marc Chandler

The fact that Softbank drew active buying even after it entered ex-dividend shows strong interest for equity investment by retail investors.

Haruki Takahashi

[The additional cost -- $737,000 --] is not money the college has to spend on this project, ... It jeopardizes the entire project, at least the retail (portion).

John Fry

The expansion in retail lending, the lower provisions and costs are the main drivers for the return to profitability.

Dimitris Haralambopoulos

It's a good idea, consistent with the best traditions of retailing in this country, and would result in a more affordable service for all with more programming options.

Charles Dolan

Combined with the fact that today's retail sales data point to a surge in July personal consumption, this means that the consumer entered Q3 with substantial momentum.

Joshua Shapiro

It's bad news. We were hoping to open up a retail store, a low-cost vaccination and spay and neuter clinic, too.

Chief Robert Lopez

Making sure people know about options to the high-priced brand name drugs could mean a world a difference for many New Yorkers, especially those who pay full retail for their drugs. We are fighting to ensure the drug that ends up in your medicine cabinet is the very best one for you.

Lois Aronstein

The properties are located in three heavily developed commercial, retail and entertainment zones that feature a prosperous and regular clientele.

Guy Charron

There is no stopping consumer spending. The kind of money Reliance is pumping in shows its confidence in the retail story in India.

Viswanathan Vasudevan

Retail doesn't work here. The only way you can have an inward-facing mall is because it is so busy on the streets, there is nowhere to go but inside. That's not the problem in downtown St. Louis.

John Steffen

The bottom line is New York retail has it all, no matter what your tastes. And our new shopping guide will help you find it all - from the best deals to the finest luxury items.

Tim Zagat

There is a huge big thing happening so we are obviously looking at expanding our retail presence.

Atul Chand

With this move, Washington Mutual?already the second largest home lender in New York?acquires a broad retail footprint to complement our existing mortgage business.

Kerry Killinger

We should see some small increases in retail sales over coming months, but without a decent pickup in the labor market and incomes, we won't see much of an improvement.

Dominic White

More importantly it's names like Wal-Mart. [Wal-Mart] is a sentiment indicator for the whole retail sector.

Katie Townshend

I think some of these things have brought about growth in the retail sector.

Jerry Bach

A flatter retail market in the new year, there's no doubt the economy is slowed down.

Barry Hellberg

The holographic disk promises to retail for $100, and by 2010, it will have capacity of 1.6TB each. That's pretty inexpensive. Even this first version can store 300GB per disk, and it has 160MB/sec. data throughput rates. That's burning. Then combine it with random access, and it's the best of all worlds.

Ron Tarasoff

We're probably talking about retail getting above $3 a gallon. The real issue is just getting those refineries back online. If we see them come back up relatively quickly, it will trim the market back down . . . possibly before the retail prices catch up.

Michael Burdette

I think there's a sense that with oil prices as high as they are, that's carrying over to the consumer, which you're seeing in the retail sales.

Joe Sunderman

Further downstream in the oil chain, retail, marketing and petrochemicals suffered as a result of rapidly rising raw material costs.

Thierry Desmarest

Retail sales figures for January indicate that the momentum that built in the months preceding Christmas was not maintained into the new year.

Richard Lowe

Retail reform is long overdue.

Anne Jones

We did not effectively manage our licensing program, ... While we negotiated good deals, introduced great products in the marketplace, we failed to provide the retail marketing support and monitoring that was needed.

Linda Mcmahon

Marks & Spencer is moving into the era of modern retailing. The marketplace is so fast-moving now, that if you take your eye off the ball for even a couple of seasons, the market has changed.

Richard Fitzpatrick

Ninety percent of a retail bank's primary business is lending money on residential real estate, and that cycle is over.

Richard Bove

West Bend is a growth community and highly desirable for development. This property is one of the last developable retail sites in West Bend.

Dan Cohen

That's why we're there. We think the Stafford area is a great area and is underserved with a lot of different retail. You heard that at the public meetings. ... Now they have to drive long distances to get many of the things that they need.

James Mcdonald

We have a great relationship with the independent labels, ... We probably know indies that other digital retailers have never heard of. Some of the tactics used by new entrants into music retailing, and particularly iTunes, have been a little bit aggressive and arrogant.

Mark Bennett

This is a competitive business, like any other retail business. It's very important to stay on point.

Jeff Barker

When we're looking for the best practices and measures to measure ourselves by, we don't turn to the banking industry; we turn to retail business.

David Flaherty

We realized better-than-expected results in our licensed businesses and our Gloria Vanderbilt moderate apparel business, as well as our luxury Barneys retail stores.

Peter Boneparth

Though clouds have been forming on the horizon, we remain bullish on the retail investment market.

Reza Etedali

Two that need to be looked at are J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch. J.P. Morgan because they have been heavily involved internationally over the last couple of years, and Merrill Lynch is the leading retail financial brokerage stock in the country. How they did coming out of the fourth quarter is very important.

Alan Kral

With the indexes edging up, retail investors will gradually return to trading. Institutions such as insurers, pensions and overseas banks will restore interest in the markets, partly thanks to low pricing and the country's economic boom.

Li Zhi

At the time we made an announcement, we said we were sensitive to dealer concerns and that we would make modifications, ... The dealers were pretty direct in indicating they didn't want the manufacturer going into the retail business, owning dealerships 100 percent.

Terry Sullivan

If the right space came along we would get another retail spot.

Tami Mclaughlin

Parrish needs closer access to doctors, dentists and restaurants. Accepting the retail means we have to accept the homes, so it's a double-edged sword for us.

Ben Jordan

I'm not anti-Wal-Mart, but they're a retail institution, and historically we have not mixed the two. This is a whole sea change in the way banking and commerce is done if we allow this to happen.

Sen. Delbert Scott

These types of retail businesses are not what most cities seek for their front door along the interstate. But as long as the federal courts provide them substantial protection to operate on First Amendment grounds, these businesses can locate in virtually any community.

Jay Stewart

There was continuing strength in mining, equipment manufacturing, nonresidential construction and utilities, ... Against that, residential construction, parts of agriculture and both wholesale and retail report poor and falling business conditions.

Alan Oster

Borders.com continues to be a vital took in our retail convergence strategy. Customers expect access to emerging retail channels as well as traditional ones.

Greg Josefowicz

There's every reason to believe a Wal-Mart bank would operate with the same recklessness of its retail operation.

William Mcnary

Our phone, retail and web channels all performed well and, even more importantly, in harmony, giving customers a superior buying experience.

Jeff Weitzen

I believe that continued strong consumer acceptance of our products at retail and the strengthening of our organization will enable us to manage through the challenges in our U.S. footwear business and lay the foundation for another round of growth.

Phil Knight

Today, customers are more empowered, and therefore, the retail channels have become the first moment of truth for any brand.

Arvind Singhal

We are probably at the point where the trading cycle is slowing, at least in North America, and it's tough to say investment banking will get better. But the retail and asset management businesses look really good. That's what's exciting to investors.

Brad Hintz

Just refurbishing the old Aladdin, maybe add some parking garages, it would have been a poor use of the property. From a real-estate perspective, a mixed-use development, including gaming and retail, was necessary.

Jack Sommer

These two exciting new cameras, while meeting very different customer needs, are both innovators in their categories. The DMC300 is the most compact, versatile and affordable digital camera of its kind, while the DC5500 provides exceptional picture quality and great user features at a very low price. Both cameras are sure to attract attention in any retail lineup.

Bill Pearson

The key is not just parking -- it's providing convenient parking. Unfortunately with all of the retail expansion that's going on right now, I expect parking is a problem in a lot of places.

Carol Pregill

Our Victoria's Secret retail stores sell lingerie and beauty products only.

Sara Tervo

I think that's a really high retail price. Personally, I wouldn't pay that for that diamond.

Catherine Lee

$50,000 is ... the number I think the retail investor can use.

Leo Melamed

On-course play is critical for product credibility and reputation. When he's winning and playing extremely well, it resonates and reflects at retail.

Dean Stoyer

The Tattered Cover is an anomaly in Cherry Creek North for having multilevel retail space.

Tom Mathews

No doubt, these are both very well known retailing brands to the consumer.

Terry Lundgren

I really do believe in the black hole in retail. When you lose it, it's lost.

Michael Gould

The Merrill Lynch name has...inhibited broader acceptance of our retail products. This new brand is the linchpin of our effort to make our industry-leading products and services available to an even broader range of advisers and investors.

Robert Doll

Consumers look around and see (the Home store's) $1,299 sofa and see others for $699 or $799 at other stores and it's a reality check. I find after the hoopla is over, they become retail museums.

C. Britt Beemer

While characterized as voluntary, we believe his departure is likely related to Gateway's inability to reinvigorate its professional and direct businesses despite significant headway in retail, which has lower margins.

Joel Wagonfeld

If we keep building mixed-use projects that have retail on the ground floor, every new chunk of retail takes away from the demand potential that exists for City Center. We have to cut that out because if you go that way, it's like death by a thousand cuts.

Heather Arnold

Jeff will bring additional expertise to our clients by providing high yield analysis based on several years of experience covering consumer products and retail. We are excited to have Jeff as part of our Investment Research team, where our goal is to provide differentiated and proprietary research for our clients.

Joel Denney

President Chen's latest policy initiative will only increase cross-Strait tensions. The tax season approaches and this will draw liquidity away as retail investors sell.

Spencer White

We can't rule out double-digit retail sales growth in the final quarter.

Daniel Chan

We're trying to democratize derivatives trading by opening it up to the very small retail investor. Many people read in the papers that oil went up, but they have no way of profiting from that.

Russell Andersson

Our core business has been really strong. That's to say, just our retail stores grew at 6 percent year over year. And again, this was a depressed quarter. We've actually been 7 percent or more in most quarters and we expect it to be that way during the fall period. That's one of the strongest performances in all of retailing. So our core retailing business remains exceptionally strong.

Thomas G. Stemberg

Review and revamp the comprehensive plan so we don't get the density that the current plan allows, ... And develop commercial and retail.

Alan Peterson

We felt there wasn't a good video game retail outlet in the area and there was a definite gap in the market so we teamed up.

Don Mccabe

Resale and bargain stores are one of the hottest retail trends today. The more bizarre the better, because it draws people in, sets it apart from anywhere else.

Paul Bensman

We're hoping the store will be a one-stop retail shop.

Deanna Fisher

While we believe Home Depot is one of the finest names in retailing, we continue to reiterate our cautious outlook on the shares, given the company's vulnerability to a potential slowdown in the housing environment.

Alan Rifkin

It's certainly part of our cultural heritage, ... We've been predicting for a while that by 2015, 60 to 70 per cent of the Canadian retail sector will be foreign-controlled.

Wendy Evans

Gap's new sites leapfrog every other retail site out there today, ... They're providing a customer experience that other retailers will quickly try to figure out how to copy.

Carrie Johnson

The incredible growth of China, India and other Asian economies has dramatically changed the scale and the scope of global trade. They are importing Canadian bulk commodities and exporting finished retail goods back to North America.

Robert Ritchie

The higher food price inflation is evident in production prices. Along with higher maize prices (these) also point to a possible acceleration in retail food price inflation going forward.

Tito Mboweni

We expect a second-half rally driven primarily by consumers moving up to a considerably higher level of spending online across multiple retail categories with real money flowing across the Web.

Keith Benjamin

The project had its challenges. Each of the retail stores remained open and operating as faade construction took place. This required significant pre-planning and constant communication.

John Thomas

The UK housing market is set for a period of broad stability, with house prices forecast to rise by 3%, broadly in line with the predicted rise in retail price inflation.

Martin Ellis

We found that the most popular way to buy was through retail, but the happiest number of people were those who bought over the phone.

Aoife Mcevoy

This is not a retail driven market. It's the hedge funds, the mutual funds and the institutional investors driving the action ... they come in all buying or all selling and that's why you're seeing so much volatility.

Lewis Borsellino

BB&T has been a champion in downtown revitalization in Lenoir. We've done quite a lot. We helped create quite a few jobs with the retail spaces.

Jeremy Williams

Gorman's appointment is a telltale sign that the retail-brokerage arena is changing. It's to [O'Neal's] credit that he could get Gorman to come over, and you'll continue to see Merrill's marketing machine evolve.

Henry Mcvey

That's one of the strengths Philips brings. They have broad distribution capabilities for retail products.

Richard Mcginn

Notwithstanding these factors, we believe retail sales growth in the 7% range is quite reasonable given the increased attractiveness and availability of retail projects in Fort Bend and our relative prowess in the region as a retail destination.

John Wiley

We believe retail printing is a key growth opportunity in the digital photo market. This initial introduction is just the beginning first steps in how we plan to broaden our portfolio.

Kalle Marsal

We expect to do a large retail business with the Planet Hollywood brand on everything. We have a new logo and fresh ideas and expect there will be synergies with the hotel-casino to turn the retail into more of a profit center than most casinos enjoy.

Robert Earl

Technically it is possible, but it would take expensive certification as well as modification of the systems, which retail for around $70,000. And every time you take control of the plane away from the pilot, it is a major problem.

Ron Crotty

We are excited about establishing a permanent management team at Team Products International. Mike O'Neal has a proven track record in managing licensed brand relationships, developing branded products and building strong retail relationships.

Stephen Gray

On a stand-alone basis, Sears Canada's retail business faces an increasingly competitive retail environment in Canada, and the principal factor that will determine the value of this business is the prospects for its retail operations.

Alan Lacy

The retail investor is coming back to the technology stocks that they shied away from.

Nick Angilletta

With the strong labor report, strong retail sales, and the strong inflation report, market expectations of a sustainable U.S. recovery have increased.

Stephen Jen

It's really a shame. Everyone in the retail community has been begging them to come together on a format. We're not serving the customer by a format war.

Frank Sadowski

During fiscal 2006, we expect the retail market to remain extremely competitive and tighter consumer spending to continue for at least the first half.

John Fletcher

Our forecasts do not anticipate any major increase in retail price inflation ever again. Over the last 10 years, we calculate that women have doubled the average number of items they buy themselves in a year.

Richard Hyman

Consumer electronics was one of the strongest performing categories in the retail segment. Lower price points led to higher volume on bigger ticket items.

Scot Ciccarelli

We expect the home delivery and the (retail) shops to build off of each other.

Mark Vance

Travel is good, restaurant sales are brisk, and we find an acceleration of retail sales that surprises me.

John Lonski

Retail sales is the single best indication of overall demand in the economy.

Aaron Hill

I'm in the retail business, not the circus business.

Philip Green

At retail, this will provide a more efficient model ... so they'll have more presence and power in the stores.

Peter Arnell

We don't try to pretend that we're doing this just out of the goodness of our hearts to protect Wal-Mart workers. And this isn't just about protecting taxpayers. It's also about protecting good union jobs in the retail sector that are disappearing because of Wal-Mart's business model.

David Groves

Target's increased emphasis on providing consumers with trend-right merchandise has strengthened the retail chain's presence as a destination for apparel.

Jeffrey Klinefelter

There's no rebate. You've got to negotiate from the manufacturer's suggested retail price. You've got to negotiate from that price. If you don't, you're at the mercy of the dealer.

Jd Gallant

The U.S. demands small packaging for retail purposes where as in places like Hong Kong, they don't care so they make a lot of fun packaging.

Colin Skurnik

You see how the economy is developing in your particular area -- retail is growing in this area -- then you have to get your foot in the door and work your way up.

Matthew Wilkins

It's very important as digital develops to keep the (retail) relationship together. Wal-Mart has a very big DVD business, and anything they do on the digital side they need to do with an eye toward their DVD business, and we need to be there with them .

David Bishop

Retail sales growth is mainly driven by higher volumes, and the pricing power of retailers remains quite limited because of competition.

Kent Yau

It's like we got a big state right here and we got Louisiana, too. That's a lot of people. That's a lot of different retail stores and you can make a lot of money off of that alone.

Slim Thug

I would have to characterize it as a substantial discount off the retail price.

Dwayne Johnson

Wal-Mart's cautious comments are warranted. Even though its problems are not company-specific, it does bode badly for the profits and sales across the retail chain in the back half of the year.

Bill Dreher

There is a need for more horsepower machines, and we have seen retail data showing that consumers have been seeing that too. They are beginning to buy higher and higher performance processors.

Danny Lam

We'd like to become one of the global top five banks. To do that, we'll build a first-class retail operation in Japan and then expand internationally.

Nobuo Kuroyanagi

AutoZone's retail market for auto parts is already quite mature. So it's really difficult to improve business in that segment.

Alan Rifkin

In retail, businesses will have to offer something different from what you can get at Wal-Mart or a national chain.

Milton Smith

We obviously have had a reduction in the ability to produce gasoline. And the market is at work. You can see it at wholesale, (and) you can see it in retail.

Ron Planting

India demonstrated explosive growth in 2005. It's one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. It's a very exciting time for the Indian consumer. They now have a growing array of choices at retail and have a lot of spending power, which is the result of entrepreneurship that has been unleashed.

Srikant Dash

Such a heavy intervention at both the wholesale and retail levels would be unprecedented in the mobile market and appears disproportionate.

Michael Bartholomew

People are still concerned with Christmas sales. We get mixed reports. We're not going to have all the final data on retail sales, but we'll have an indication of who did well.

Bernie Myszkowski

Consumers are benefiting from the decline in retail gasoline prices and that should continue going forward. The job market does seem to be improving, or at least getting back into a more normal pace after the hurricanes.

Dean Maki

The retail marketplace is competitive and challenging. The common thread for both retailers and suppliers is the consumer. Collaboration is critical to success.

Jane Hoffer

Wal-Mart's impact in almost every sector of retail is undeniable. It's hard for any company to stay competitive given Wal-Mart's significant cost advantages. And now Dell's entry into consumer electronics means the competition is becoming more intense.

Sean Wargo

There are some offerings, the crappy offerings, where the only people stupid enough to buy it are the retail investors.

Charles Kaplan

Our 1998 performance is particularly rewarding given the highly competitive retail environment and the incremental costs associated with our transformation initiatives, ... These initiatives strengthen Liz Claiborne's leadership position in the apparel industry and position us for continued growth into the millennium.

Paul Charron

There's no action at all in retail.

Dennis Campbell

The mobile games market is set to grow from a ?1.7 billion industry in 2005 to almost ?7 billion by 2010. Such a rapid evolution in the market will inevitably create opportunities for innovative and responsive companies that are willing to push existing boundaries and bring mobile games to the attention of the mass market at the retail level.

Bala Keilman

When you think about it, a lot of people have worked at retail at some time in their lives. And even if you haven't, all of us have had funny or frustrating experiences in stores.

Norm Feuti

It's Dumb Day in retailing and the decision to change Field's name to Macy's will go down with the .

Jane Pauley

It's not only a retail and entertainment project, but it's a people place. It's an environment you can watch people ? to see and be seen.

William Denton

When it got out on the street these guys were coming, at least from a retail standpoint, then there was interest.

Tony Alderson

We're anticipating that the online release of the record builds up a real good head of steam, so that when it hits retail, there will be a good story attached to it.

Al Teller

The retail news was very mixed, there have been winners and losers. It would be right to remain fairly cautious.

Graham Secker

Our record third-quarter retail earnings were fueled by industry-leading comparable-store sales and illustrate our ability to execute in this market sector.

Leonard Riggio

There's always been a lot of mix and matching going on in the retail industry. With all the consolidation going on right now, we'll watch how those players integrate their acquisitions.

Robert Fort

It's a fun food, it's easy. The popularity has gone coast to coast, border to border, driven by restaurants and retail. The ingredients, the ease of procuring them, the number of restaurants and food-service operations -- it's easy all around.

Mark Rice

Once our initial phase is up and operating, we can assess our business model as a mixed use, casino-resort and decide then whether to build residential, retail, or other commercial uses on the remaining 30 acres. Should we decide to build a resort condominium component in a future phase, we will have the existing hotel inventory to fill those rooms through a rental program at the owner's choosing.

Garry Goett