"RT will play in consumer and retail at very aggressive price points, " he said.
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All my hands-on business experience comes from a summer job working retail at a climbing wall.
They retail at prices below the cheapest Samsung Android phones and compete against relatively crudely designed models by brands like Spice and Micromax.
"The role of the bathroom in contemporary life is the last fortress to the true self, " says Gergely Agoston, head of retail at Agape.
The key, he says, echoing Tien's recommendations, is to concentrate on "mid-stream" projects - as opposed to manufacturing at one end and retail at the other.
"Austerity Britain is here to stay and 2013 will feel remarkably like 2012, " said David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, at the end of last year.
However, Bryan Roberts, director of retail insight at consultants Kantar Retail, was more sceptical about its chances.
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Richard Perks, director of Retail Research at industry analysis company MINTEL, said Europe's luxury brands have remained relatively unaffected by reduced retail spending because the global consumer base for luxury goods is growing.
In the last few years, a wave of store closures, which claimed Road Records on Fade Street and the Doll Store on George's Street, is being countered by a wave of revitalisation, such as the Doll Store re-opening at Powerscourt Centre in response to community outcry this winter, and a collection of Irish designers unveiling retail ventures at Project 51.
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In October 2000, Joe Plumeri, who had headed retail banking at Citigroup, was brought in.
"This was a very online Christmas, " Rahul Sharma, retail analyst at Neev Capital, told the BBC.
"There is clearly demand for Zara product online, " said Simon Chinn, retail consultant at Verdict Research.
Most carmakers point to retail sales at dealerships as the best measure of market trends.
Jon Copestake, retail analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, also felt that Comet's problems "come as little surprise".
The public inquiry into a major retail development at Sprucefield, near Lisburn, is due to re-start early in 2013.
It's all business as they prepare for a major retail launch at upscale department stores and sporting goods stores.
"That is where we're heading, " said Adrianne Shapira, retail analyst at Goldman Sachs.
In-line with the trends across the global video gaming industry, retail sales at GameStop remained challenging throughout the quarter.
Is it the retail clerk at Wal-Mart or a small business insurance agency that has been doing it for 25 years?
"They are very savvy about where the penalties are greatest, " says Daniel Butler, vice president of retail operations at the NRF.
To Richard Jaffe, retail analyst at Stifel Nicolaus, this all will pay off eventually, expanding Kohl's market share and its margins.
"All this competition is good for the consumer, " says Jean Hydleman, retail analyst at the Worldsec International brokerage in Hong Kong.
Opponents of the proposed retail expansion at Sprucefield, near Lisburn, won the right to mount a new legal challenge on Friday.
Before Kanye West was rapping about fresh tees and khakis, he was folding them gingerly as a retail clerk at GAP.
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The Bank of Communications forecast nominal growth for retail sales at 16 percent and actual growth rate at 12.5 percent this year.
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Stacey Widlitz, a retail analyst at Pali Research, calls RadioShack's vital wireless business "a disaster, " given the rough competition of direct sellers.
"Ido intrigued us, " recalls Kena Guyton, director of retail marketing at Walgreens.
The decision was described as a dramatic step, by Professor Steve Burt, Director of the Institute of Retail Studies at Stirling University.
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