Sentence examples for retail driven from inspiring English sources

"As Fifth Avenue rents have risen over $600 a square foot" annually, Mr. Futterman said, "strong tenant demand is pushing the market into new areas that have not historically been retail driven".

For example, Montblanc, which sells watches and writing instruments, has been forced recently to close some unprofitable outlets after an ambitious retail drive.

"We would like to do 300,000 square feet of retail, and retail drives the project," Mr. Stern said, adding that negotiations with Harrods have all but broken down because Mr. al-Fayed wants the city to find outside investors for condominiums and hotels and the city does not believe it can meet his expectations.

Getting all of these factors right increases the "halo effect" of retail, drives up sales and increases word of mouth.

In addition, the company announced that all of its 3.5-inch retail drives are now available in 2TB capacities, featuring the Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000, the industry's first 2TB 7,200 RPM hard drive that blends performance and high capacity with low power features.

Retail real estate locations to watch: Las Vegas will remain hot; in New York, Harlem will see a retail renaissance driven by residential conversions and the scheduled opening of a Marriott hotel in 2005.

At present, China's stockmarket, Asia's second-largest by capitalisation, consists of 60m mainly clueless retail investors, driven to trade almost entirely on rumour.

The trend is adding momentum to a Chinese online retail boom driven by a rapidly expanding middle class, with companies like Cofco, one of China's top food processors and traders, and S.F.

"Overall, the group is performing well, given the tough retail climate, driven by a relatively good performance from Peacocks and The Fragrance Shop," said a statement from the company.

"Retail is driven by demand," he said, noting that the largest assemblage of stores in the area was in the now-destroyed World Trade Center complex and that in a nearby neighborhood, "there is a strong restaurant sector in TriBeCa that has been hurt by the loss of workers who were at the Trade Center".

Retail inflation, driven by food prices, continues to be high at over 8%.