Altruik Drove Tens of Millions of Retail Dollars Through Search Automation

Retail lift for Epping centre Sydney Morning Herald The policy changes revised the bulky goods definition, broadening the scope of retail activities that could be included in such centres. Further, the previously restrictive minimum floor space requirement of 1000 square metres was dissolved. See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Foreign buyers pour $5.2b into office and retail Sydney Morning Herald INTERNATIONAL investors are dominating the national office and retail property sector, with more than $5.2 billion of sales completed in the past year. The deals are in defiance of the strong Australian dollar and reflect the country's stable workforce ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Debenhams sales offer relief for retail Financial Times By Alexandra Stevenson The mid-cap department store, which was the first in the retail sector to give guidance on trading conditions for this year, said on Tuesday like-for-like sales grew 2.4 per cent for the first eight weeks to March 3. See all stories on this topic »

Slidell's Summit Fremaux project adds more retailers NOLA.com By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune In another sign that the oft-delayed Summit Fremaux retail project in Slidell is moving forward again, developers have signed up several more tenants, including Dick's Sporting Goods. See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Fear And Loathing: Big Retail's Beef With The Millennial Generation Forbes And this lack of buying power has retailers running scared. As William Hawk writes in the 2011 Consumer Expenditure Survey Anthology, "compared with average US consumer units, those headed by persons 25 years or younger earn lower incomes, ... See all stories on this topic »

Altruik Drove Tens of Millions of Retail Dollars Through Search Automation for ... MarketWatch (press release) Over the course of the past 12 months, Altruik's Product Priority(TM) platform reached a major milestone by automatically optimizing over 120 million product pages for national retailers. Retailers seek to achieve greater search visibility for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Redbook: US Retail Sales Up 0.4% In First 3 Weeks Of March Vs Feb Wall Street Journal National chain store sales edged up 0.4% in the first three weeks of March from February, according to Redbook Research's latest indicator, released Tuesday. The index's rise was in-line with the targeted gain. The Johnson Redbook Index also showed ... See all stories on this topic »

China unlikely to go for oil pricing reforms now despite retail price hike Platts Although China raised retail oil product prices by Yuan 600 ($95)/mt on Tuesday, the government is unlikely to introduce changes to the oil product pricing mechanism at current oil price levels, analysts said. "While we believe China's fuel pricing ... See all stories on this topic »

European reforms won't help retail investors - traders London South East But these principles are ill-defined for retail brokers trading on behalf of individual investors, meaning these brokers tend to link only to the primary stock exchange and their clients could miss out on cheaper stock. 'The retail model has no best ... See all stories on this topic »

Quadrant4 Systems Corp. Announces Launch of Hyperion Practice Specific to the ... MarketWatch (press release) ROLLING MEADOWS, IL, Mar 20, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Quadrant4 Systems Corporation (Q4) (otcqb:QFOR) (OBB:QFOR) today announced that it has launched its national Hyperion practice specific to retail, healthcare and financial services industries ... See all stories on this topic »

Carlyle unlikely to follow rivals into retail The Australian PRIVATE equity heavyweights KKR and TPG may have made a foray into the Australian retail sector this year, but it's unlikely the Carlyle Group will follow suit. "Here in Australia there are some sectors we've actively decided to keep away from over the ... See all stories on this topic »

Retail expert Peter joins the team at Innes England This is Nottingham PROPERTY firm Innes England has appointed leading retail specialist Peter Short as a consultant at its Nottingham office. With over 35 years of experience in the retail market, Mr Short has a wealth of experience and contacts. See all stories on this topic »

ACI Worldwide Delivers Industry's Most Powerful Retail Payments Solution With ... MarketWatch (press release) Drawing on more than 35 years of experience in payments software, BASE24-eps 11.1 demonstrates ACI's continued commitment to its flagship solution for retail banks, ATM and POS transaction processors and merchant acquirers worldwide. See all stories on this topic »

Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Ascena Retail, Rockwell Collins ... Zacks.com The four highlighted picks are: Ascena Retail ( ASNA), Rockwell Collins, Inc. ( COL), Dorman Products ( DORM) and Barnes Group Inc. ( B). From 1988 through the present – a period that included serious corrections and recessions – the Zacks #1 Rank ... See all stories on this topic »

Retail savings flow down a positive route Mortgage Strategy Retail savings were running at around £60bn a year in 2007/08 before falling to £25bn in 2010. Low interest rates and the need to maintain consumption in the face of subdued income growth have all helped to depress the liquid savings market. See all stories on this topic » Mortgage Strategy

2012 BAI-Finacle Global Banking Innovation Awards Nominations Open MarketWatch (press release) For the second consecutive year, this awards program recognizes breakthrough innovation that positively impacts profitability and customer experience for best-in-class retail banking organizations. The awards program provides a unique platform for ... See all stories on this topic »

TABLE-Russia Feb retail sales +7.7 pct y/y; -0.4 pct m/m Reuters MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - Russian annual retail sales rose by 7.7 percent in February, year-on-year, after a 6.8 percent rise in the previous month, the Federal Statistics Service said on Tuesday. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a rise of ... See all stories on this topic »

Citi Announces Exclusive BrandSource Card Relationship MarketWatch (press release) The BrandSource Credit Card program will provide customer financing for purchases at more than 4500 locally-owned BrandSource retailers across the country. The signing of this US retail card agreement with BrandSource reinforces Citi Retail Services' ... See all stories on this topic »

LS travel retail opens Heathrow Airport and King's Cross rail stores MoodieReport LS travel retail UK and Ireland has opened two new stores – La Maison du Chocolat at London Heathrow T5 and Watermark Books at London King's Cross railway hub. La Maison du Chocolat, Heathrow T5 will feature in two pop-up locations at the UK hub ... See all stories on this topic » MoodieReport

Comark Extends IT Outsourcing Agreement With CGI for 6 Years MarketWatch (press release) A) (NYSE:GIB) , a leading provider of information technology and business processing services, announced today that it has extended its IT outsourcing agreement with Comark Inc., a leading Canadian specialty fashion retailer. See all stories on this topic »

Cherokee Announces Exclusive Product Launch at Magnit Russia MarketWatch (press release) Founded in 1994, Magnit is the leading retailer in Russia with retail sales in excess of $11.5 billion. As of this past month, Magnit operates 5047 convenience stores, 93 hypermarkets and 240 cosmetics stores throughout Russia and is continuing to ... See all stories on this topic »

Retail rebounds for Oregon outdoor lifestyle industry Oregon Natural Resources Report By Curt Kipp, Dailyu Digger Retailers — particularly those geared toward the outdoor lifestyle — did much better in February than they did a year ago, according to new figures released by the US Department of Commerce. The numbers indicate that ... See all stories on this topic »