Statistics complied by the Northern Realty Group show that annual rents for retail space on State Street have doubled in the last five years, to $52 a square foot, while the vacancy rate is just under 3percentt.
The "retail value" stated on most auction sites may reflect high-season or full-fare rates.
The BRC, which represents retail companies, stated: "Both have sound intentions but could fail on implementation.
One hope is that ringfencing will stop the subsidy that investment banks get by piggybacking on retail banks' state-underwritten balance-sheets.
Actions included closing loan centers outside of its retail banking states in 2004, selling 30 percent of its loan-servicing portfolio in 2005, and cutting home loans group staffing by more than 50 percent from 2003 to 2007.
The retail previously stated that it moved four times more Kindles this year than last (although hard numbers were not given).
Here's the downside though: The Dockstar must use the Pogoplug service even though the retail box states something different.
After Super Tuesday, the race will shift back towards the sort of state-by-state retail politics that characterised the early primaries, allowing Mr Obama to play to his ability to fire up the crowds at huge rallies that resemble rock-concerts more than conventional politics.
The total available retail space in the State Street area increased by 8% between 1990 and 1997, and vacancy rates fell from 6.4% to 1.8%.
"Especially in retail-focused states, all of a sudden roads are closed, there are traffic jams, people can't get close to the candidate, the local press feels mishandled," he said.
