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• retail sales

https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Chromebook Cr-48 prototype

1 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.


Data mining Business

1 Another example of data mining, often called the market basket

analysis, relates to its use in retail sales


E-commerce - Timeline

1 2012: US eCommerce and Online Retail sales projected to reach $226

billion, an increase of 12 percent over 2011.


Microsoft Office - Licensing

1 In addition to ing retail sales and site-wide installations, Microsoft

offers a "Home Use Program" (HUP) permitting employees of a

participating organization access to home-use Microsoft Office products.


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


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.


Seiko Epson - 20th century

1 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


PepsiCo

1 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.


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.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Ford Motor Company

1 Fleet sales of Ford for the same period rose 35% to 386,000 units while retail sales

increase 19%


Chevrolet - Thailand

1 Production, Retail Sales and Registration of Chevrolet brand in Thailand during 2011

(Units)


Chevrolet - Thailand

1 Model ProductionRetail SalesRegistration


Doritos - History

1 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


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


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 Apple-

authorized resellers and Value-added resellers.


Web application

1 Common web applications include webmail, online retail sales, online

auctions, wikis and many other functions.


Retail - Global top five retailers

1 Retail Sales Rank CompanyCountry of Origin 2010 group

revenue (US $mil)


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.


Retail - United States

1 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.


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


University of Cincinnati - Dining

1 UC placed third in the category of

'Retail sales – Single concept'.


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.


Electronic commerce - Timeline

1 * 2012: US eCommerce and Online Retail sales projected to reach $226

billion, an increase of 12 percent over 2011.


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.


Windows XP

1 Direct Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEM and retail sales of Windows XP ceased on June

30, 2008


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).


Virtual good - Virtual goods purveyors

1 *Cellufun[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2009-12-23-virtual-retail-sales-avatar_N.htm Unlike

reality, virtual retail sales are hot, especially for avatars] USA Today, 23

Dec 2009


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

supplier.


Fastenal - Canada

1 Entering the market in 1994,[http://investor.fastenal.com/common/

download/download.cfm?companyid=FASTfileid=275734filekey=1EC

E2010-CC49-4A73-B1D4-71B033E9E1A9filename=2008_Presidents_Letter.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.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Web apps

1 Common web applications include webmail, online retail sales, online

auctions, wikis and many other functions.


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


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.


Black Friday (shopping) - United States

1 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


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.


Indie game - Industry

1 The expansion of Internet allowed games to be online distribution|

distributed online moving beyond retail sales


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 .


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


Feed-in tariff - Oregon

1 The aggregate cap was divided, based on 2008

retail sales revenue


BYD F3DM

1 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.


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.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Natural gas - United States

1 In the United States, retail sales are often in units of therms (th); 1 therm = 100,000BTU


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


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%


BMW i3 - Europe

1 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.


Plug-in electric vehicle

1 , there are over 30 models of highway-capable plug-in electric

passenger cars available for retail sales, mainly in the United States,

Japan, Western Europe|Western European countries and China


BYD e6 - United States

1 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.


Lexus - 2000s: Global reorganization

1 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 locationshttps://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

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.


Mitsubishi i MiEV - Australia

1 Retail sales to the public began in August 2011


Mitsubishi i MiEV - Canada

1 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.


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


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


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


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


Chevrolet Spark EV - Spark EV

1 Retail sales began in South Korea in October

2013


Hybrid electric vehicle - Canada

1 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


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


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


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.


Neat ethanol vehicle

1 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


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


Colorado - Economy

1 Colorado's state sales tax is 2.9% on retail sales


Ethanol fuel in Brazil - History

1 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


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=true Swiss Federal

Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3]

accessed 28 January 2011.


Pasta - Market

1 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.


Processed food - Retail

1 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.


Apprenticeship - Austria

1 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/statistiken/soziales/gender-statistik/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.ph

p?id=114berufstyp=1


Non-store retailing

1 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)


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


Travel website - Service providers

1 Individual airlines, hotels, bed and breakfasts, cruise lines, automobile rental companies, and other travel-

related 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

location, or price range.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Agribusiness

1 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.


Taxation - Sales taxes

1 Retail organizations contend that such taxes discourage

retail sales


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


T-Mobile US - Awards

1 Power annual awards in the areas of retail sales satisfaction, wireless

customer care, and overall customer satisfaction


Atari ST - Debut

1 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


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


Billboard 200 - Nielsen SoundScan

1 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).


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 gasoline-powered 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.


List of battery electric vehicles - Full-sized cars

1 * Volkswagen e-Up! - Retail sales began in Europe in

October 2013.


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.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Plug-in electric vehicles in Japan - Introduction and sales

1 Retail sales to the public began in April

2010


Geneva - Economy

1 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% were in education and 15,029

or 13.1% 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=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office

STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und

NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] accessed 28 January 2011


Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Economy

1 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.


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/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-



accessed 28 January 2011


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


Bern - Economy


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



Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1–3]



Honda Civic GX

1 It was previously available for retail sales in four states (California, New

York, Utah and Oklahoma[http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-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


Honda Civic GX - History

1 Since December 2010, the GX is available for fleet sales in all 50

states.[http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-gx-fleet/refueling.aspx Honda GX Fleet Info site] Retail sales were expanded to 35 states in the fall of

2011.


View-Master - 1919–56: stereoscopic sightseeing

1 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 business at

Sawyer's.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

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






Great Depression - United States

1 By May 1938 retail sales began to increase, employment improved, and industrial production turned up after

June 1938.Maurice W


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.


Prefabricated home - Manufactured homes

1 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.


ESS - Other uses

1 * Same store sales, a measure of retail

sales


Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta - The party under Peter Lougheed and Don Getty

1 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.


Prince Edward Island - Economy

1 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.


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.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Public finance - Public finance through state enterprise

1 The Soviet Union relied heavily on turnover taxes on

retail sales


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.


Sick leave - United States

1 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


Recession - Definition

1 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


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


Meyrin - Economy


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/German_06%

20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?

lang=1prod=06secprod=2openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten

nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] accessed 28 January 2011


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.


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% were in health

care.[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-

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%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?

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Packard Bell - Computers: the new Packard Bell

1 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.


World music market - 2005

1 Interim physical retail sales in 2005. All figures

in millions.


Nordstrom

1 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/dep

artment-stores http://www.stores.org/2012/Top-100-

Retailershttps://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Sears

1 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.


Music recording sales certification - History

1 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


Music recording sales certification - RIAA certification

1 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.


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 Saint-Honoré, where it remains today and

where the new leader introduced saddlery and began retail sales. With the aid of sons Adolphe and Émile-

Maurice Hermès, the company catered to the élite of Europe, North

Africa, Russia, Asia, and the Americas. In 1900, the firm offered the Haut à Courroies bag, specially designed for riders to carry their

saddles with them.


Overstock.com - Business model

1 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.


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 closed the

chain in 2009.


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


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.


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 stand-alone 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.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria - Sales

1 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.


General Motors Corporation - All-electric vehicles

1 Retail sales began in South Korea in October

2013


Werner Erhard - Critics and disputes

1 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


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.


Dale W. Jorgenson

1 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


Foreign exchange market - Economic factors

1 * 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.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

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




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




Abuse of dominance - Other examples of monopolies

1 * AAFES has a monopoly on retail sales at overseas U.S. military installations.


Playboy Enterprises - Playboy Licensing

1 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.


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 education.


List of financial crises in the United States

1 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.


Chevy - Thailand

1 'Production, Retail Sales and Registration of Chevrolet brand in Thailand during 2011

(Units)'


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, The Real Meaning of Consumer Demand,

Lebow wrote:


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.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-retail-sales-toolkit.html

Economic indicator - Coincident indicators

1 There are many coincident economic indicators, such as Gross Domestic

Product, industrial production, personal income and retail sales


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


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/Documents/Sales/hst6646/6646-1.htm Manufacturers, wholesale and

retail sale taxes]


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


RG146 - Structure

1 For this reason investment banks generally concentrate on having a

retail sales team for financial products consisting exclusively of

Tier 2 advisers


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]


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.


American Fork, Utah - Demographics

1 In 2007 there were 2,754 businesses in the city, with total retail sales over $724 million.


Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area - Urban decline and rise of the suburbs

1 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


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.


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.


Cars

1 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


Baggage - Hand luggage (carry-on)

1 They claim that it is affecting their duty-free and other airport retail

sales and is reducing their revenues.


Wholesale - Taxes

1 [http://taxhistory.tax.org/Civilization/Documents/Sales/hst6646/6646-1.htm Federal

Manufacturers', Wholesale, and Retail Sales Taxes] from

TaxAnalysts.org


Economics terminology that differs from common usage - Recession

1 (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


Diwali - Fiji

1 On the commercial side, Diwali is a time for many retail sales

and giveaways


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


Ad valorem tax - Sales tax

1 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


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.


Cosmetics - Cosmetic industry

1 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


Ten year occupational employment projections - Employment projections

1 for each of four occupations—

registered nurses, retail salespersons,

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List of confidence tricks - Jam Auction

1 In this scam, the confidence artist poses as a retail sales promoter,

representing a manufacturer, distributor, or set of stores


Entertainment One - History

1 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


Entertainment One - eOne Family

1 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.


Sickleave - United States

1 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


Late-2000s recession in Europe - Eurozone

1 Retail sales fell by 0.6 percent in June from the May level and by 3.1

percent from June in the previous year


Late-2000s recession in Europe - Spain

1 This included a 17.9 percent drop in retail sales of household

goods


Late-2000s recession in Europe - Sweden

1 In October retail sales dropped 0.6 percent in the month, and household consumption fell 0.2 percent in the

third quarter


Post-80s - Little emperors

1 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

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Energy in the United States - Consumption

1 400.4 B kWh or 9.8% were system[http://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual Retail Sales] retrieved 2014-1-17 usage (138 B kWh) and system loses and unaccounted loads (262.4

B kWh)


Economy of Greece - Strengths and weaknesses

1 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.


List of African-American inventors and scientists

1 Two years later the Super Soaker generated over $200 million in retail

sales and became the best selling toy in America


Consumer Electronics Association - CEknowhow

1 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.


Economic history of the United Kingdom - The 2008 recession and quantitative easing

1 Figures in fact showed no growth in retail sales in September 2009, and a

2.5% decline in industrial output in August


Vermont - Economy

1 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.


Special assessment - Special assessment district

1 The commercial properties would be assessed because surveys would illustrate that retail sales depend

upon adequate parking for customers


Benjamin Gitlow - Early life

1 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.


John Ashcroft - U.S. Attorney General

1 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.


Bait-and-switch

1 '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 (switching).


Scrapbooking - United States

1 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.


Hillsboro, Oregon

1 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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