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UK risks longer recession as retail, jobs data weigh
Pakistan Daily Times
LONDON: British retail sales fell at their fastest rate in more than a year in April and jobs growth slowed, nudging the economy closer to a third quarter of contraction and raising the chance of another cash boost from the central bank.
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Independent retail growing again
Sydney Morning Herald
Analysis The independent retail sector continued to steady in March at trading levels well above those experienced during the last Christmas shopping season. Sales for the Australian Bureau of Statistics' "sample sector" – a rough proxy for the ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Agrium profit tops forecasts, driven by retail
Reuters
TO), a Canadian fertilizer producer and retailer, reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, driven by a robust performance by its farm-supply stores and its nitrogen-based crop-nutrient business. The company, North America's ...
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Modern retail has 'miles to go' to engage buyers in a meaningful way
Daily News & Analysis
It's been half a decade since organised retail took hold in India. For a generation in its 30s and 40s who grew up shopping at the neighbourhood kiranawala, the difference in shopping environment, ambience and experience is stark.
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Budget won't spark spending spree: retailers
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's major retailers don't expect the budget handouts to send consumers into stores buying discretionary goods. Coles chief executive Ian McLeod said that if you add the funds from the budget with the interest rate cuts delivered by the Reserve ...
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Shoal Creek retail gets TIF endorsement
Kansas City Star
By KEVIN COLLISON Shoal Creek Town Center, a major retail development proposed for the Northland at 152 Highway and Shoal Creek Parkway, should be considered by the Kansas City Council next month after its tax incentive request was endorsed Wednesday ...
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Retailers: Food & Drug
Wall Street Journal
Colin Guheen's faith in consumers' willingness to spend on such relatively discretionary items helped earn him the top ranking among analysts in the Best on the Street survey in the food and drug retail sector for 2011. In particular, Mr. Guheen said ...
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Wall Street Journal
Retailers ramp up delivery biz / Online shops aimed at meeting rising demand ...
The Daily Yomiuri
Major food retailers are ramping up their home-delivery services to meet growing demand from people who find it difficult to shop in person or simply enjoy the convenience of ordering their groceries from the comfort of home. The services are aimed at ...
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RETAIL: Stater profits up, new stores planned
Press-Enterprise
Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. reported a jump in profits in the second fiscal quarter and continues to open larger replacement stores for smaller existing locations. Here, CEO Jack Brown speaks during the grand opening of a replacement store in Grand ...
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Press-Enterprise
Sierra Trading Post Prepares for Retail Expansion
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Dick's Sporting Goods to orchestrate future retail expansion. Sierra Trading Post, a closeouts direct marketer based in Wyoming, announces a new director of retail operations, Brent Layton. Under Layton's direction, the company plans to open several ...
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Rich farmers keep Palmerston North retailers happy
National Business Review
Palmerston North has bucked a national decline in retail spending in April, showing an increase of 4.1% compared with April 2011. Nationally, retail spending was down 0.3%, according to electronic payments company Paymark. The only other region to show ...
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Yum to open restaurants in appliance retail stores
China Daily
Brands Inc said on Wednesday that it will open KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants inside stores operated by one of the largest electrical appliance retailers in China. According to the agreement, Yum will open 150 restaurants in the next five years in ...
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China Daily
Retailers having trouble adjusting to the new reality
Kathimerini
By Mary Lembessi Those operating in the Greek retail sector are now facing a serious battle for survival. According to figures released by the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce, retail sales during the Greek Easter period were down 18 to 21 ...
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Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri closes down 7.3% in a lacklustre debut
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Leading retail jeweller Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (TBZ) made its capital market debut at a 4.2% discount to its offer price hit by bearish market sentiment and low investor interest. This is the fifteenth such issue to list below its offer ...
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Retail Council of Canada Commends investigation of Credit Card fees & rules
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
TORONTO, May 9, 2012 /CNW/ - Retail Council of Canada (RCC) applauds the Competition Bureau as it begins to present its case before the Competition Tribunal to strike down restrictive and anti-competitive rules that Visa and MasterCard impose on ...
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Supermarket pressure blamed for road deaths
ABC Online
"The union is saying very clearly to Coles and the other retailers that [their] practices have to change, that they are literally killing people on our roads because of the economic pressure," he said. "What happens with Coles and other major retailers ...
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Centro moves on after legal settlement
Ninemsn
Shopping centre owner Centro Retail Australia says a $200 million settlement in a class action against it allows it to move on and focus on improving value for its securityholders. Centro Retail on Thursday confirmed it would contribute $85 million to ...
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Mexican retailer Elektra plans to expand online
InternetRetailer.com
Mexico-based retail chain Grupo Elektra plans to build an e-commerce presence far beyond its home turf, with a retail web site expected to launch this year in Argentina and another possibly in Guatemala, says Jorge Perez, director of IT for retail and ...
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Colony sells retail biz to Monro, buys ex-Kramer commercial assets
Tire Business
EDENTON, NC (May 9, 2012) — Monro Muffler Brake Inc. is buying 18 Colony Tire Inc. retail stores in North Carolina and Virginia, and in turn Colony is buying the commercial assets Monro acquired in March from Kramer Tire Co.
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