The partnership does not even have the full gamut of the retail world to plumb.

That wide range of experience may have prepared him for the retail world.

Can the chasm between these two retail worlds be bridged?

"They're the 800-pound gorilla in the retail world," he said.

Pay-for-display programs are nothing new in the retail world.

"Loss-leaders" have existed in the retail world for ages now.

The retail world only viewed itself in the mall vernacular.

It's easy to think this is exactly what has happened in the retail world.

While the rest of the retail world marked down blue jeans for fall, the Gap refused to do so, which analysts said had hurt sales.

It may be midwinter in most of the country, but this is resort season in the retail world.