Undercut

undercut (verb) - prevent a rival from being effective (by offering a lower price, for example), undermine a rival

undercut plans
undercut air fares
undercut competitors

the new market leaders, in their turn, will eventually be undercut and have to move on

* He says he undercut your prices and forced you out.

* With many firms, the firm that expands output will always be able to reduce costs and undercut its rivals.

* Images of passive men undercut then dominant images of aggressive he-man masculinity.

* You undercut too much.

* They undercut us on the deal!

* We have greater transportation costs but they were still able to undercut us with their low prices.

* But the company's still able to undercut the competitor by a sizeable margin.

* It was the climax of a long, and indeed largely popular, campaign by the government to undercut the union monopoly in the labour market.

* Popular support for the candidate would be undercut by the latest developments.

* If you know that employers are using immigrants as cheap labour, and that they're being used to undercut your rates of pay, you're going to be against that.

* Even Japan has given up the fight in some market areas where they used to be world leaders. Even the new industrial nations, the new market leaders, in their turn, will eventually be undercut and have to move on, but to what?

* The end of the agreement would lead to booksellers being undercut by large suppliers, and that many stockholding booksellers, notably the specialists, would be driven out of business.

* The country bore the massive burden of state subsidies and international debt repayments to create a ship building industry and then offered prices to undercut the sales of existing competitors.

* Others which have recently opened profitable outlets in Italy, Spain and France because their beef can undercut German and Dutch competitors, are eager to expand those markets.

* There may be industries within the national economy in which enterprises stand to be progressively undercut by their international competitors in the long run.

* This poses a problem similar to that of enterprises being progressively undercut by international competition but where long term protectionist measures are not justified: the best response may be to seek means of re-deploying the workers involved.

* The Department of the Environment (DoE) is to introduce tougher legislation to prevent the illegal dumping of waste after legitimate companies have been continuously undercut by illegally operating dumpers who deposit waste on unapproved sites.

* Prejudice became mixed with self concern, the belief that Asiatic crews would work for lower wages and in worse conditions than British, and so undercut the union's effort to improve wages and work conditions.

* The giant retailer is delighted by the prospect of going to market, although he's reluctant to undercut the small shops who for years have kept the organic vegetable movement going.

* Competition amongst producers of commercial PC software has made it difficult for shareware authors to significantly undercut them and still charge a worthwhile amount for their products.

* There is no doubt his departure will be a big blow to Mr Major, and will undercut his authority as he battles to push though much needed reforms.

* Iraq's rulers hope that an autonomy deal will undercut all plans for enclaves, large or small, within their borders.

* As revealed exclusively in TODAY, yesterday, the £100 million contract was awarded to multinational Alcatel after it undercut British firm Westinghouse.?

* The treaty would undercut German sovereignty by taking away powers from the German parliament.

* The company denied his authority is being undercut.

* The ability of party leaders to manipulate the nomination process had been substantially undercut, however, by party reform.

* Despite many attempts to establish acceptable modes of mutually intelligible professional literary language, such efforts had been undercut by increasing specialization and an at times impenetrable scholarly discourse.

* We may like to think that such changes enable the organisation to be more efficient and effective in achieving its goals and yet it may well be that such changes arise as a result of trying to satisfy an individual's political ambitions or to undercut the ambitions of a rival.?

* But establishment of a special rate for domestic coal in the 1850s enabled German mines to undercut British coal, and regular coal traffic from Upper Silesia and the Ruhr to Berlin and other big cities was established.

* Is not that why other Governments and employers across Europe understand well today that the Government are reneging on that and wish this country to undercut others by treating workers in the worst way possible.

* Continuing with his initiative to undercut support for the PKK by relaxing cultural restrictions, Özal allowed the Kurdish New Year to be openly celebrated on March 21.

* Mr Yeltsin flung himself into preparations for a plebiscite to undercut the legislature's power, amid fears that the country was descending into turmoil or even civil war.?

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Momentum

momentum (noun) - continues to move more quickly and less likely to stop

gain momentum
competition gaining momentum
the fierce competition that is gaining momentum
momentum difficult to halt

momentum in technological innnovation
sustaining momentum
poor performance in sustaining momentum
the momentum of despondency
the constitutional amendment gathered momentum
the constitutional amendment later lost momentum
the momentum built up around these issues
there's been quite a loss of momentum lately

* Success, market valuation and cash flow provide a powerful momentum.

* Little progress is being made with this problem and it is feared that momentum may be lost by those opposing the scheme, especially over the Christmas and New Year periods.

* The telephones began buzzing with eager contributors and the fundraising soon gathered its own momentum.

* The Colonel was in a hurry, realising how essential it was to keep the momentum of the attack rolling, otherwise the resistance might become coordinated into a strong, interlocked series of defence positions.

* The fighter utilizing this leg steps up to meet the kick as it is coming in, thus meeting it before it has gained full momentum and power.

* There's been quite a loss of momentum lately in my area.

* This uplift in sales generated both improved results and an encouraging base for maintaining momentum.

* Moisture ran from her brow as the fire flourished and crackled and the pressure inside her gathered fearful momentum.

* And there was noise and motion as well, some rattling, juddering momentum of onward travel.

* He has built a following in the wake of the crisis which now has its own momentum.

* This momentum throughout the industry was difficult to halt.

* The company expected a steady improvement in results this year from the hard-hit general insurance sector as industry capacity falls and increases in premium rates gather momentum.

* A new aggressive attitude towards development of well trained exporters and marketeers is essential if this Province is to compete in the fierce competition which is gaining momentum.

* He is confident that the new acquisitions will play an important role in future growth, and believes that the momentum of the first half will be maintained to give a satisfactory outcome for the full year.

* It will now be essential for Sony and its allies to maintain the gathering momentum and to spread its influence as widely as possible if their impressive new computing platform is to become the world standard for electronic book publishing.

* The workers' movement gathered momentum and the country was hit by wave upon wave of strikes, ever more political in motivation.

* The survey concluded that considerable momentum had been built up in the training of part-time teachers.

* If a punch is aimed at the face, the defender steps out to intercept it before it gains momentum.

* Momentum, though, seems to favour Everett.

* Looking at the way the international bodies like IEEE and X/Open Co Ltd have failed to define even a basic set of standards due to the competitive nature of the marketplace, AFUU believes an international body of GUI users is what is needed to get some momentum going, a global organisation that can represent user requirements to the GUI providers.

* At tea-time the momentum of the day, or what was left of it after Doctor Connor's intrusion, petered out and things began to sag.

* From then on the snowball gathered momentum until on 24th November, the whole board resigned.

* At length he reached his hotel and was thrust through the front doors by the sheer momentum of the crowd.

* Such was the momentum, and even anger, aroused by our campaign that, shortly after the auction took place, the House of Commons Environment Committee mounted a special inquiry into the National Land Fund.

* Emergency hospital admissions developed a momentum of its own, not least because in some areas it seems the only way for elderly people to get a place in a local authority residential home.

* The research aims to contribute to a greater understanding of the relatively poor performance of British industry in sustaining momentum in the exploitation of technological innovation.

* The momentum of despondency was gaining apace.

* The constitutional amendment gathered momentum throughout the first half of the year.

* The World Bank has announced that its report for 1992 is to be dedicated to the themes of environment and development following the momentum built up around these issues as a result of the UNCED conference, to be held in Brazil in the same year.

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Encroach

encroach (verb) - moving into and using a space that doesn't belong to you

housing encroached on farmland
housing developments encroach on forest land

social duties constantly encroached upon the time and energy which he wished to devote to his own writing

* Trees and vines had encroached, running wild among the remnants of an ancient civilisation.

* The forest still encroached to the shoreline, falling back only when meeting occasional inlets where smaller streams joined the major river.

* I didn't have the time, nor would I have expected to be romanced in a way which might have encroached on either of our careers.

* What happened was that farmers, seeking more land, encroached into the flood plain where the river had split into a number of channels.

* But as the dark closed in again and his eyes began to adjust, the glimmering outline of a pale face encroached upon his senses.

* Building societies have taken advantage of the new regulations which allow them to raise 40% of funds on the wholesale markets, and are intent on maintaining their market share by encroaching on areas of lending business which traditionally belonged to banks.

* Civilisation was encroaching on her dreamy state and she resented it.

* She never encroached on anything that she deemed his territory, although he was not so circumspect in offering his opinion on design and colour.

* Housing developments continue to encroach on the forest lands.

* Compliance with the Building Regulations does not give you any legal rights to encroach on your neighbours' land, no matter how small the encroachment may be.

* With Hewlett-Packard Co threatening to encroach on its market area the company is expected to fight back next month with new hardware.

* These various measures encroach decisively on areas on which local authorities exercise responsibility.

* I sensed, without understanding the implications, that he had areas of being upon which I was forbidden to encroach.

* Today many of these temples lie submerged by the sea, for the land is flat and the sea has encroached all round the coast.

* A sand dune had encroached onto the road and he was slicing away its tip, tossing it clear of the road behind him.

* Even here housing has encroached, with the sale of one farm for housing development and proposed development of another.

* She eyed the bushes that encroached halfway across the path.

* Huge boulders littered their garden and gorse and heather encroached wherever they were permitted to survive.

* In consequence, the unprotected soil, depleted of binding organic matter, was rapidly eroded by wind especially and desert dunes encroached.

* Greenbelts are gradually being encroached upon.

* Industry encroached, roads ribboned, and the previously attractive landscape became dreary wasteland as farmers abandoned the small cut-off parcels of arable land as no longer being worth the effort.

* Deprived of prey, the tiger naturally encroached on farm land to feed on the deer attracted by the crops as well as to kill domestic stock.

* The abstract musings of macroeconomists did not encroach on the hard world of economic decision making.

* In magnificent mountain scenery, the country's capital of Kathmandu straddles a pinnacle in a tumble of ancient palaces and temples, encroached upon only by the trees and greenery which dot the scene.

* All of the multifarious social duties in which he was now involved constantly encroached upon the time and energy which he wished to devote to his own writing.

* In effect the law has encroached upon vast areas of activity.

* It was only after birth that she suffered the injury, and it was then that her rights were encroached upon and she commenced to have rights.

* Fortunately for the players, only accredited golfing journalists were allowed to encroach on the fairways and everyone else was kept firmly behind the ropes and barriers which ran along the perimeter of each hole.

* He had supported the building design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park and if it was abandoned it would take first prize in the competition anyway.

* One feature which did unite the profession was the need to retain the market for private practitioners and not allow lawyers from neighbourhood law centres to encroach.

* If possible, the building should not encroach on the park and should harmonize with later buildings to be built in the area.

* The King sought to expel and chastise the barbarians, keeping them out of his northern territories and securing border areas where they might encroach.

* These examples are given in order to illustrate one of the dangers of the current preoccupation with the duties of citizenship, and that is the scope for it to encroach on the privacy and autonomy of the individual.

* Such a legal test much be wide enough to safeguard public morality, yet narrow enough not to encroach on private taste or conscience.

* It always seems presumptuous to encroach on self-sufficiency.

* To hold that a municipal corporation may maintain an action for libel would unduly encroach on the right of the public to speak freely concerning municipal affairs.

* He had, until then, been very unwilling to encroach on the authority of his formidable Secretary of State.

* Paintings from the 19th and early 20th centuries show us a countryside where humans are not dominant but co-exist with Nature in the struggle for life; where cultivated fields are everywhere bounded by the wilderness which constantly threatens to encroach and claim back its own.

* If Johnson Brothers moves upmarket, will it not encroach on mid-priced markets?

* The airport extension would inevitably and inexorably encroach on the regional park and reduce leisure facilities.

* The urban sprawl had begun to encroach on farm land.

* Brambles, foliage and long grass are starting to encroach onto the highway.

* Bushes were beginning to encroach onto the footpath causing problems for pedestrians.

* There is insufficient time for the land to recover between cultivationsand exotic weeds began to encroach on the farmer's land.

* The sliding doors don't encroach at all, into any of the bedroom space.

* As she returned to her room and closed the door, she silently thanked him that, when rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room, he had on their arrival thought to invite her to share his sitting-room for half an hour.

* "They will encroach on the idle thoughts of 40 jockeys."

* All the loving and giving of small luxuries and necessities that she had not thought of herself, and the expected regularity of their attendance at those sumptuous Sunday luncheons, encroached dangerously on the precious isolation of life at Kileady.

* The transitional zone in the city planning model consisted of mixed and changing land-use, with housing gradually being encroached upon by light industry.

* Still, I guess we've encroached enough on your weekend, and a girl like you is bound to be in demand, he twinkled.

* According to one of the staff, she believed that she was Queen Victoria and did not like anyone encroaching on the space around her throne.

* The media, once again, saw it as further indication of encroaching madness.

* Desertification comes in several guises: as encroaching sand, degrading croplands and grazing, waterlogging and salinization of irrigated land, destruction of trees and shrubs, erosion and deterioration in water supplies.

* He held on to his love of unregimented activity in the open air, away from encroaching London suburbia.

* Even now, many desert towns would be buried if their inhabitants did not transport the encroaching dunes bit by bit to the other side of their settlements.

* We must go, he said, pointing at the encroaching paralysis.

* In her first song she waved away one encroaching photographer who dared approach the throne unbidden…

* The problem is how to get away from the encroaching flood water.

* Not only does she execute embroideries, but designs them too, thereby encroaching on what had formerly been a male preserve.

* Critics say it's encroaching on the green belt and would devastate local villages.

* They were encroaching on her private business.

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Door-to-door

door-to-door (adjective) - selling or delivering a product, service, or charity to the door of homes

door-to-door sales people
door-to-door pedlars
gave away cologne as a come-on for his door-to-door book sales
sample packs of the product delivered door-to-door
door-to-door salesman peddled cloths and brushes
a door-to-door brooms and buckets seller
sample packs of products delivered door-to-door

Door-to-door sales methods used for vacuum cleaners and household goods such as cosmetics
door-to-door sales people carrying a few sample items and an illustrated catalogue showing their complete range of goods

* Door-to-door sales methods are used for a variety of products, from vacuum cleaners and household goods to cosmetics or double glazing.

* Most door-to-door sales people carry a few sample items and an illustrated catalogue showing their complete range of goods.

* Our courier service provides convenient door-to-door service.

* I am glad I don't have to work door-to-door.

* More than 100 households will be surveyed in the door-to-door research.

* There is no antidote to the high pressure selling techniques sometimes employed by door-to-door salesmen.

* An increasing number of weekly newspapers are as free sheets and are delivered door-to-door free of charge.

* They will be raising funds through the door-to-door collections.

* The local charity secured local radio coverage and raised quite a lot of money from door-to-door collections.

* The insurance company specialises in door-to-door collection of insurance premiums from customers.

* The bicycle is cheap to buy and run and is in urban areas often the quickest door-to-door mode.

* If door-to-door journeys are to be possible, then effective integration with public transport is essential.

* In urban areas in Britain, over 37 per cent of all journeys are made door-to-door on foot, yet official data continue to stress that walking only accounts for three per cent of all mileage.

* Her preface to the book captures the world of war-time Paris where women struggled to remain elegant and the young Vautrin sold her work door-to-door from a suitcase.

* Door-to-door access from my home downtown to my apartment in Mallorca takes less than four hours.

* The contributions were paid weekly to door-to-door collectors.

* Reliable, cost-effective overnight door-to-door delivery nationwide.

* I disagree that door-to-door collections cause guilt and shame in many people.

* But only a hiatus at National Carriers caused by the closure of British Rail's door-to-door parcels service in 1980 stopped NFC going the way of other privatisations, into the pockets of disinterested individuals and institutions.

* The company is offering a door-to-door truck-and-train service.

* The company is an international transport and forwarding organisation and although its home market is Europe the company can offer door-to-door transport to deep sea destinations because it is a liner representative for international shipping companies.

* A door-to-door poll showed a virtually equal number for and against candidate.

* The church visitors were intensely embarrassed shortly after we had agreed to have door-to-door visitation for a forthcoming town mission.

* This novel door-to-door collection service offers the perfect green solution.

* Yesterday officers were drafted in to make door-to-door calls in the area in the bid to trace the mother.

* Door-to-door brooms and buckets seller Betterware is cleaning up in the recession.

* David McConnell used to give away cologne as a come-on for his door-to-door book sales.

* A door-to-door salesman who peddled cloths and brushes for 30 years left 12 million in his will, it was revealed yesterday.

* Local groups organised write-a-thons, door-to-door collections and other fundraising initiatives to help alleviate the plight of children world-wide.

* More aggressive marketing was carried out by door-to-door canvassers in some areas, and promotional advertising also increased as the supply situation got easier.

* Because they were delivered door-to-door, their guaranteed circulation far exceeded the others.

* To avoid the damage to company status that would have accompanied widespread redundancies, many regular production workers were transferred to marketing jobs, including door-to-door selling.

* Next we did a door-to-door of the whole area.

* These are sample packs of products offered with brand-related products, attached to magazines, given away separately in retail outlets, delivered door-to-door, etc.

* The used-car trader, the insurance consultant, the door-to-door sales person applying high-pressure techniques have all brought selling into disrepute.

* We might try other sales techniques such mail order operations or door-to-door selling (eg cosmetics, household wares and double glazing).

* In view of this drop in income, the company has to reduce the costs of door-to-door distribution of the BA's Christmas catalogue.

* Door-to-door salesmen are posing as Fire Brigade representatives to sell potentially lethal fire extinguishers, it has been disclosed.

* British supermarkets, under government pressure to reduce the volume of waste packaging, are backing a door-to-door recycling scheme.

* The new recruits have been signed up to carry out a door-to-door skills audit in the area.

* Her apprenticeship as a missionary included door-to-door visitation, Pub booming, and taking part in both indoor and open air meetings.

* It should be emphasised that if the reputation of the developer for fair dealing is to be maintained, offers made for land found in this manner should be fair and reasonable, as from time to time speculators have acquired sites at far below their true value, in a similar way to door-to-door antique pedlars.

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Guarantee

a guarantee (noun) - promise that something will happen

craftsmen who guarantee their work
the company offers the best guarantee with their product
the product was still under guarantee
guarantee to refund money if not satisfied with purchase
I can practically guarantee that our product will never fail you

100% satisfaction guaranteed
a general guarantee
a guarantee against failure
a lifetime guarantee
a price guarantee
a full one year money-back guarantee
not just a promise, a guarantee
guaranteed performance
the key word here is guarantee
where's your guarantee card?

there is no guarantee that it will work
can give no guarantee that it will work
that's no guarantee of success
while we guarantee you will make excellent money, you must be able to grasp simple concepts

a guaranteed return on your investment
a loan guarantee
money advanced up to the value guaranteed on the credit card

guaranteed accuracy
guarantee the accuracy of figures

guaranteed accommodation
guarantee you a festive evening

a guaranteed job
guaranteed success
guaranteed rights
guaranteed income

their safety must be guaranteed
guaranteed safety
guaranteed safe passage

offer cast-iron guarantees
iron-clad guarantees
AN IRON-CLAD $200 CASH GUARANTEE!!!

news guaranteed to cause anxiety
news guaranteed to strike fear into their hearts

we can't quarantee it
cannot guarantee that we will not sell in the future

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Implementation

implementation (noun) - execution of a plan (making sure that something that is planned actually gets done)

a successful implementation
effective implementation

implementation of the directive
implementation of the initiative
the problems that could affect its implementation and effectiveness

* The circular says that a change of this significance is likely to encounter some difficulties during the early stages of implementation.

* The Board has considered the implementation of the plan proposed in this draft document.

* Yet the formulation and implementation of such policies is not an easy task.

* Is there a regular review pattern established to reassess the aims and objectives, implementation processes and the changing costs and benefits of the system?

* The implementation of the new system will take time and it will involve major changes to the way in which we conduct our business.

* It is scheduled for full implementation during 2009.

* Throughout implementation of the job, communication will take place at a variety of levels and the skill with which it is handled will often dictate the ultimate success of the job.

* Indeed, Welsh councils are also unhappy about the fact that the Government have invented a new tax but that the councils are expected to foot part of the bill for its implementation from their existing resources.

* The prospects of successful implementation are very high.

* By "general management" he meant the responsibility drawn together in one person, at different levels of the organisation, for planning, implementation and control of performance.

* It was noted at that time that there were low level information technology utilisation in the departments, consequently the cost of implementation would be a major factor when considering the design of the system.

* The re-organization of the courts of justice owed much for its implementation to the perseverance of Gardiner.

* Consensys is looking to add a native Motif implementation for those that require it.

* The exact implementation strategy would depend on the progress the proposal makes through the IEEE.

* Currently the new implementation supports only Ethernet, but Token Ring support is promised for the second quarter.

* Du Pont Pixel Systems Ltd, Egham, Surrey, says it is now shipping its Sparc implementation of the Silicon Graphics Inc PX/Iris Explorer graphical application builder.

* On the one hand we have an internal authority which directs techniques to the maintenance of traditional practices, and on the other we have an external authority which directs techniques to the implementation of change.

* But if Cromwell was not the architect of the Reformation in England, he was its main builder, for without question the implementation of the policy was his achievement, he masterminded the legislation which severed the ties with Rome, manoeuvred the statutes through parliament, sponsored a propaganda campaign to encourage obedience to the changes, and launched a programme of coercion against those refusing to comply.

* Sun Microsystems Inc has denied that it has plans to develop a Sparc implementation of Microsoft Corp's NT operating system.

* The implementation process throws light on the strengths and weaknesses of a policy, and experience at the implementation end (by junior officials and the public) gets fed back into the policy process to influence future policy change.

* It is hoped that, in considering the detailed discussions of particular areas of policy contained in the next section of this book, readers will bear in mind the importance of the implementation process for the actual impact of social policies upon the public.

* When staff advisors are used to plan changes the business, they must be kept involved during the implementation, monitoring and review of the project, so that they share responsibility for outcomes.

* If a 75 per cent majority of creditors present in person or by proxy at a meeting of creditors agree to the proposals, then they become binding on all creditors and the insolvency practitioner who assisted the debtor or another such practitioner nominated by the creditors supervises the implementation of the proposals.

* This separation between decision-making and actual implementation might appear rigid, but in fact the manager was flexible enough to recognize that conditions could change between the moment of decision and the moment of implementation and that sometimes these changes were fundamental enough to require a modification of the original decision.

* Can I say finally Chairman, that I will be instigating a er a request er I shall be requesting I should say perhaps to the director of education that erm the three party spokesman on the management committee and all those officers who will be involved in implementing this decision will get together at the earliest and I'm citing possibly next week so that we can be on our way to plan the next step forward to a concrete implementation of this particular proposal.

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Retail

retail (adjective) - the selling of goods through stores

retail outlets
retail stores
retail units
retail customers

retail investors
sale excited heavy demand from French retail investors

* Retail Sales have bounced back recently.

* There has been a shift in retail banking from personal service to automatic cash dispensers, which is a good example of jobless growth.

* Information about local consumer preferences can be used by manufacturers' sales forces in selling to a retail outlet those lines which its local customer profile is most likely to purchase.

* The advantages of the new procedures are that manufacturing costs (and final retail prices) are kept down marginally, and the batteries are less likely to be affected by damp.

* Retail publications, too, are more likely to be interested in close-ups of the product itself or in the promotional and publicity material which will help them to sell it.

* The new style of mobile phone is also beginning to establish itself as a consumer item, as demonstrated by its appearance in high end retail chains.

* The sale excited heavy demand from French retail investors, rather as British Gas and British Telecom did in the UK.

* This list's provenance should be carefully noted, since it comes from a retail bookseller, and is therefore intended primarily to sell books.

* The community now supports a business and retail park, a multi-screen cinema, hotel and conference complex, ski-slope, fun pool and so on.

* Top executives also said that one of the top 10 US banks was installing a new Unisys retail banking system, but refused to identify the bank.

* They retail for 95p for a pack of six and are currently in selected stores only.

* Crucial to the success of selling carpets is the manner in which they are displayed in retail carpet shops.

* The company undertook the disposal of all its retail outlets following a detailed market research survey which suggested that showrooms were no longer the optimum sales medium for its products.

* The retail side of the operation was now increasing in importance, one of the principal tasks was to find new store locations and Jean's was to hire staff for them.

* Banks and other financial institutions are already heavy users of electronic funds transfer, and it is likely to be widely adopted by businesses handling large number of cash transactions, as in the retail trade, for example.

* Whilst we recognise that planning guidance should not be too prescriptive in terms of retail floorspace limits, we think that local planning authorities should set guidance limits which reflect some estimate of the environmental capacity of the plan area.

* The first large non-industrial development here was the opening of a retail furniture and carpet warehouse in the existing Arborite factory on Chirton Estate in 1983.

* Two hundred and ninety nine plus VAT is the retail value .

* That involves two questions, what was the nature of the contract between the candy company and a person who sent the token amount of money plus three wrappers in acceptance of their offer, and what is meant by ordinary retail selling price in this context.

* On April 2 higher prices, including the doubling, trebling and even quadrupling of the prices of many basic food stuffs, were introduced for many retail goods and transportation and communications services.

* Inflation as measured by the retail price index was expected to drop from a year-on-year rate of almost 11 per cent in October 1990 to 5.8 per cent by May 1991.

* The novel element injected by Edina Ronay design, acquired during the year, and the unique retail concept of Cashmere Cashmere in the U.S.A., acquired in 1988, continue to open up opportunities to develop the fashion image of our apparel businesses.

* Most of these ancient cities retained their medieval walls and intricate street patterns and they often served as ecclesiastical or secular centres of administration, but their major role was to act as retail, handicraft and distribution points for wide hinterlands.

* Personally, you may have a separate claim against the retail outlet because the computer was not of merchantable quality under the Sale of Goods Act 1979.

* Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and are 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively.

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