It hopes that up to 40% of its Japanese retail business will come from selling trusts.

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Way back in August, we reported that Harry Winston (NYSE: HWD) was thinking about selling its namesake diamond retail business to focus solely on its mining operations.

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At Collectibles, an antique crockery boutique in Granville Arcade, Brixton-born proprietor Sonia Williams praises the restoration initiative for giving her and her sister the opportunity to expand their hobby from a weekly trestle table selling finds from markets and auctions to a viable retail business.

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As boss of Travelers' life-insurance business, Mr Carpenter succeeded in promoting the cross-selling of retail financial products.

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Dell confirmed Thursday that the struggling PC giant--which rose to the top in the hardscrabble computer retail business by hawking its wares directly to its customers--will start selling desktop computers through 3, 000 Wal-Mart outlets starting June 10.

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Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) confirmed Thursday that the struggling PC giant--which rose to the top in the hardscrabble computer retail business by hawking its wares directly to its customers--will start selling desktop computers through 3, 000 Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) outlets starting June 10.

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The company operates about 249 retail stores, an on-line e-commerce business, and a wholesale business selling t-shirts and casual wear to distributors and screen printers.

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Could Borders have profited by creating smaller retail filled with books that book lovers love, and leave the Kindle to business books and best-selling page turners?

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