Stacey Widlitz, a retail analyst at Pali Research, calls RadioShack's vital wireless business "a disaster, " given the rough competition of direct sellers.

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Turns out Pfeiffer wasn't up to the task of running the complex organization Compaq became -- or taking on direct-sellers like Dell.

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Emerging markets are direct or indirect sellers of economic resources and final goods to mature economies, and a recession in these economies will certainly spread to mature economies.

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Enter Ganxy, a New York start-up that allows authors to create a showcase for their novels, complete with links to all the major retailers and even the option to sell direct through Ganxy or other sellers.

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On the heels of a recession and devastating earthquake, his youth-oriented apparel retailer, Uniqlo, is in major expansion mode in what looks like a direct challenge to U.S. clothing sellers like Zara and the Gap.

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Others were customers of those direct buyers, and paid higher prices because the sellers passed them on.

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Other NY Safe Act provisions require registration of ammunition sellers and buyers, set five-year renewals of handgun licenses statewide, and direct reporting to authorities by mental health professionals of patients deemed likely to hurt themselves or others.

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