Wal-Mart contends it has "gone to great lengths" to talk to politicians and residents about its plans, and to explain why the retailer accountability act would diminish retail options in the district, wrote Alex Barron, a Wal-Mart executive, in an op-ed column published in The Washington Post on Tuesday.
Kent Barwick, the president of the Municipal Art Society, a planning organization that organized a series of public forums to discuss the future of the site, said the office and retail constraints "diminished the prospects" for the designs.
They'll point to the rising prominence of e-commerce, which accounts for less than 10percentt of total retail in the U.S. and a whopping 15percentt or more of total retail in China, as diminishing opportunities for traditional retail.
But some buildings, like the glass tower at the corner of 110th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, seem seriously diminished by the absence of retail tenants.
While the wholesale electricity price becomes almost constant because of its flat supply function, marginal retail service cost diminished significantly after the system reform.
Mr. Schanke said the spread had indeed diminished and that had helped reduce costs for small retail investors trading a few hundred shares with a discount broker.
Since the end of 2008, job openings have diminished 47percentt in manufacturing, 37percentt in construction and 22percentt in retail.
A stronger-than-expected retail sales report last week renewed that concern, which had diminished in recent weeks as reports showed lower consumer spending and productivity gains in the second quarter.
And Ms. Zagat is not worried that her company's relationship with consumers, which is built on retail sales of the guides, not advertising dollars, will be diminished.
The pace of the race is about to accelerate, diminishing the value of retail politics and free media.
Similarly, emerging infectious diseases have a social and economic impact, including diminished economic productivity, increased expenditures on public heath, deferred external investment and development, and reduced travel and retail sales.
