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India's largest retailer plans deals to cut debt - paper. Full Article
Reuters India
REUTERS - Future Group, India's largest retailer which owns Pantaloon Retail (PART.NS), is looking to sell stakes in brands and units to raise funds and help cut the group's $1.6 billion debt, the Economic Times reported on Monday.
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Short Pantaloon Retail, says Sudarshan Sukhani
Moneycontrol.com
Sukhani told CNBC-TV18, "Pantaloon was in a trading range. There was always this expectation that it could go up before or after the news. That did not happen. The trading range has broken down. So an original earlier bearish pattern in Pantaloon ...
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Retail sector spurs economy
New Straits Times
By MASAMI MUSTAZA | news@nst.com.my 0 comments Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak checking out items at a retail store which is under the Tukar programme recently. KUALA LUMPUR: THE wholesale and retail sector is the second biggest contributor to ...
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New Straits Times
Retail and analytics: Challenges and Opportunities
CoolAvenues
He... read more Some forty years ago, most retailers struggled to keep count of their sales and inventory as they expanded. These were the times when the first tentative steps were made towards adopting the ever-improving computing abilities.
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Shop Talk | Local retail job numbers stand out
Yakima Herald-Republic
By Mai Hoang Retail trade had 600 more jobs in Yakima County than it did during the same month last year. The sector contributed a quarter of the county's increase in nonagricultural jobs. In this county, one company or development can have a great ...
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For retailers, clouds begin to part
Albany Times Union
(John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) Construction foreman Steve Miller and his crew at work on a new Carhartt retail store at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland Friday March 16, 2012. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) Construction crew at work on a new ...
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Retailers Strike Back in Mobile Wars With ... People
AdAge.com
In an age of the check-in and snazzy, location-based technology, the latest in mobile apps for stores harkens back to the bedrock of retail: service. "The future of commerce is the history of commerce, going back to the days when Sam Walton knew ...
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AdAge.com
20 Co-Ops Modernised Under Retail Shop Transformation Project
Bernama
KOTA KINABALU, March 17 (Bernama) -- About 20 co-operatives in Sabah have been modernised last year under the Retail Shop Transformation Project (Tukar), said Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
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Aspire to Be a Retail CMO? Diversify Your Skill Set
AdAge.com
With each decade, the marketing role at major retailers has become more integral to the organization -- and more complicated. That's necessitated significant changes in the type of person who fills the role. It's no longer enough to be creative.
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AdAge.com
An online metamorphosis on the double
Business Spectator
It also provides some understanding of the extent to which the belated acceptance of internet retailing by Australian retailers has held back the growth of the internet economy here relative to other developed economies. BCG says the impact of the ...
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Winning! Retail Stars, Icon Honors, ARTS Awards recognize retailing excellence
Home Accents Today (blog)
Each spring, Home Accents Today's editors and research team begin accepting nominations for our Retail Stars list, now in its eighth year. The annual 50 Retail Stars list, sponsored by AmericasMart Atlanta, recognizes enterprising independent home ...
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Home Accents Today (blog)
CardSpring links coupons and customers' credit cards
USA TODAY
The technology is the latest "convergence of communication" as retailers continue to look for ways to drive offline sales with digital partnerships, says Joe Skorupa, editor of retail publication RIS News. But it's not just coupon savings that can be ...
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USA TODAY
Canadian Tire rolls out Epicor electronic catalog at retail stores
Search-Autoparts.com
Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, today announced that Canadian Tire Corporation has converted each of its 489 full-service retail stores to ...
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Will dropping the GST-free threshold really change buying habits and save ...
SmartCompany.com.au
While the retail industry has gone on the offensive, claiming 118000 jobs are on the line if the Government doesn't eliminate the low-value threshold, further investigation into the details of the report suggest the numbers don't all add up.
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ASIC to Crack Down on Australian Hybrids
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Caroline Henshaw Australia's securities regulator has pledged to crack down on aggressive selling of hybrid securities to retail clients, even as more companies look to tap the market. Commissioner at the Australian Securities & Investments ...
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Budget week will see Italy, inflation and retail in focus
CITY A.M.
It's all about retailers, with February UK retail sales numbers announced at 9.30am. Month-on-month figures are expected to dip slightly, but the annual trend should creep higher. Any improvement in these numbers is likely to read across positively ...
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Strong push for FDI in multi-brand retail
India Today
FDI in multi-brand retail is one of the means to address issues related to food inflation. Amid political opposition, the Economic Survey has strongly pushed for allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multibrand retail in phased manner which it ...
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India Today
Holding Out for $1.8M
Wall Street Journal
A landlord is betting that the fourth time's a charm for its long-vacant retail space at 155 Fifth Ave., between 21st and 22nd streets. The Eretz Group has just switched brokers for the fourth time in roughly as many years for the 9000-square-foot ...
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Wall Street Journal
Progress 2012: Property agents at the ready for more action
Mankato Free Press
By Dan Nienaber Free Press Staff Writer MANKATO — Progress 2012, Part II of III: For more stories about strides made in the areas of retail and manufacturing, see Monday's print edition, Page C1-C6. Experts are saying a full retail recovery could be a ...
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Carrefour store closed after TV report
China Daily
By An Baijie in Zhengzhou (China Daily) Retail giant Carrefour temporarily shut down a store in Central China's Henan province on Sunday morning, three days after the store was exposed in the media for changing expiration dates on chicken products and ...
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Starbucks to open first Evolution Fresh juice store
USA TODAY
On Monday, the world's biggest coffee chain will open its very first retail store — dubbed Evolution Fresh — that will not be centered on the coffee cup, but, instead, on the juice bottle. A nation of Starbucks lovers and haters — and a world of ...
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USA TODAY
Tesco's Thai property fund up nearly 10 percent on debut
euronews
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Shares in Tesco Pcl's Thai unit's property fund, Tesco Lotus Retail Growth Freehold and Leasehold Property Fund , opened at 11.40 baht on their market debut on Monday, 9.6 percent higher than the offer price of 10.40 baht.
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euronews
Australian News Retail Giant Nextra Buries the Lead
Business Review Australia (press release)
Retailers tended towards shrinking their operations to weather the storm. In the wake of the deregulation that swept through the Australian news market in the 90's, industry veterans bemoaned the change, and analyst Cassandras predicted the end of the ...
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