He moved quickly into dealing fabric wholesale, and, in the 1980s when domestic manufacturing dropped, selling retail.
"Over the past 10 years no-load funds have become popular and commissions have dropped, making retail brokers much less interested in selling fund products, forcing funds to find ways to direct market less expensively," says Seely.
He predicts that Sony might wind up dropping the retail price of the PSP Go by at least $50 as early as 2010.
On Wednesday, Google announced a new functionality that allows Google Maps users to drag and drop into retail outlets to see 360-degree panoramic views of the stores' interiors.
This would be the retail equivalent of an atomic bomb dropped on the retail economy in Gotham.
Sainsbury's shares surged by 8.4p to 245.1p, pleasing investors who are against the deal, while Home Retail dropped 5.8p to 136.7p.
From 2006 to 2008, the carbon imprint for a DVD, including emissions from manufacturing, packaging and transportation to retail, dropped to 0.98 pounds from 1.1 pounds, according to the Digital Entertainment Group, a trade association.
In contrast, money flowing to the type of Internet-related ventures that fueled the dot-com boom, like content and online retail, dropped to just 10percentt of total investment, from 18percentt a year ago.
Limping Trizec Properties, a large diversified REIT, dropped out of retail properties in 2004 and now does only offices.
Sony has dropped the suggested retail price of the PSP-3000 (nothehe PSP Go, then) from $170 to $130.
