The phrase "a time when retail" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific period or moment in the past related to the retail industry or shopping experiences.
Example: "There was a time when retail was dominated by brick-and-mortar stores before the rise of e-commerce."
Alternatives: "an era in retail" or "a period when retail".
This was curious in a slow-moving economy, and at a time when retail sales have been shaky at best.
But for most retailers and suppliers, the shipping problems are a huge headache at a time when retail sales are weak and consumer confidence is waning.
Maggi's return comes as Indians prepare to celebrate Diwali, a time when retail food shopping is at its peak in India.
Local Labour MP Paul Blomfield, who formally lodged his objection to the application, acknowledges the development will put Sheffield's independent quarter at risk: "We're at a time when retail is changing enormously, when online shopping has taken off in a way no one anticipated, and there's also out-of-town shopping, which Sheffield clearly has the biggest example of in Meadowhall.
Championship barista Alex Sargeant, from Strangers Coffee in the Norwich Lanes, said: "A trail like this pulls people away from the main shops to discover the city's wider retail offer and encourages them to explore local shops at a time when retail, generally, is suffering.
These are being thrashed out at a time when retail-price inflation, the benchmark measure in negotiations, has risen to a 15-year high of 4.4%.
It comes at a time when retailing at airports is still feeling aftershocks from the economic downturn and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Expectations shot up in the euro area around the time when retail prices were first quoted in the new currency, but the feared inflation never materialised.
Coming at a time when many retail groups are reducing their store numbers and more shoppers are heading online, the purchase raised eyebrows.
Indeed, at a time when her retail competitors are slashing overheads and advertising budgets, Eileen Fisher is healthy enough to chase growth.
Like Sears, Roebuck, which last year sold its lucrative credit card operation, J.C. Penney is now solely a department store chain, returning to its roots at a time when the retail landscape is perhaps more competitive than it has ever been.
