Derek Lyons wrote:
> sf > wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:32:01 GMT, (Derek
> >Lyons) wrote:
> >
> >> Then you've been hiding in a cellar. It's been a major retail concept
> >> for twenty-thirty years and covered in the media for most of that
> >> time.
> >
> >Major? Perhaps if you're in the business, but certainly not
> >for ordinary shoppers.
>
> Virtually everyone I discuss the issue with is well aware of it...
> Until the folks I've met in this thread.
>
> >That term was never on my radar screen with a meaning anywhere close
> >to retail until this thread.
>
> The *term* is new, but you'll note we are not discussing the term in
> this subthread, but the *concept*.
I'm well aware of the *concept*, but have never heard the *term* -- and I
consider myself reasonably well - read (and that includes perusing daily the
_Wall Street Journal_, the _Financial Times_, and the bizness pages of other
major papers)...
--
Best
Greg
>
> D.
> --
> Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.
>
> -Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
> Oct 5th, 2004 JDL