Friday, March 30, 2012

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Halt puts retail on track
Sydney Morning Herald
But there are only a few stops and retailers argue that, given it's a ''train in the sky'', there are limited times a passenger can alight to shop. But they are all moot points, now it is being sold and dismantled. Some retailers say it will be a boost ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Cameron provided retailer lifelines
The Australian
BUSINESSWOMAN Jan Cameron is believed to have invested heavily in her Retail Adventures business while it has suffered losses in the past two years, but the extent of the loans is unknown with the company yet to file its financial accounts.
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Best Buy Store Closings Signal End of Big-Box Dominance: Retail
San Francisco Chronicle
March 30 (Bloomberg) -- When Best Buy Co. said yesterday it was closing 50 big stores and opening 100 smaller ones, the world's largest electronics retailer was adjusting to reality: The era of big-box retail dominance is coming to an end.
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Pharmacy must look for a new retail cure
The Australian
Mark Hooper, the chief executive of drug wholesaler Sigma Pharmaceuticals, which also owns the Amcal and Guardian chemist chains, has been on a nationwide roadshow, talking to investors about his new retail strategy. Likewise, the benefits of a ...
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Basware has signed a deal with one of the biggest electronic retail chains in ...
Reuters
Basware has signed a deal with one of the biggest electronic retail chains in Europe Basware will deliver Invoice Automation solution as a license to one of the biggest electronic retail chains in Europe. The value of the license part of the deal is ...
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Waitrose appoints retail services director
Retail Week
Waitrose has appointed former John Lewis and BskyB director Ben Stimson as its new retail services director. We provide a range of advertising opportunities. By advertising with us, you are guaranteed to reach the industry's key decision makers and ...
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Retail banks must renovate to innovate
Finextra
Many of Europe's tier one retail banks are running systems which, in some cases, are more than 20 years old. These banks are being strangled by legacy core systems, at a time when banks' cores should enable innovation, product delivery and ultimately, ...
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A low time for British high street
Macleans.ca
With retailers moving to the internet, town centres are suffering. But some see a chance for revitalization. by Leah McLaren on Friday, March 30, 2012 10:31am - 0 Comments Rub-a-dub-dub / three men in a tub / And who do you think they'd be?
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Best Buy to shutter 50 stores as observers call time on 'big box' retail – and ...
The Periscope Post
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crawfishpie/492887177/ US consumer electronics retailer Best Buy is not having a good week: After announcing on Thursday that it would be shuttering 50 of its "big box" bricks-and-mortar stores and cutting 400 ...
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Retail loan stock drops on early FX repayment scheme in Feb
Budapest Business Journal
Stock of retail loans of Hungarian banks fell by HUF 259.9 billion to HUF 7633.8 billion at the end of February from a month earlier as households availed of a scheme that allowed full early repayment of foreign currency-denominated mortgages at ...
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Texas ranks No. 3 in retail job growth
Houston Business Journal
Texas grew its retail workforce a little between January 2008 and January 2012, making it one of only five states to add retail jobs during that period, which included the recession. Texas saw slim growth in its retail workforce between January 2008 ...
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GearGrid Honored for Export Success With Minnesota Governor's International ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FOREST LAKE, Minn., March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- GearGrid LLC, specialists in wire forming and fabrication of custom retail POP display and OEM components, as well as its own propriety line of GearGrid® gear storage systems for fire and ...
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New Retail in the Works in Ballwin
Patch.com
By Chase Castle New retail businesses are in the process of being build in the 14900 block of Manchester Road in Ballwin. A city staff representative said the businesses may be completed this summer. A multi-unit retail plaza in the process of being ...
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Can retail make Facebook pay?
Drapers
We provide a range of targeted solutions to help your business reach a phenomenal audience of Global, national and independent retailers, brands and manufacturers. To celebrate 125 years in the fashion business, Drapers has relaunched with a slick ...
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Data Point to Euro-Zone Weakness
Wall Street Journal
Despite an unemployment rate that fell to a record low last month, retail sales fell by 1.1%. Additionally, while the annual rate of inflation in the euro zone fell in March, it did so more slowly than economists had expected and the European Central ...
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Hong Kong February retail sales rise 15.7 pct yr/yr
Reuters
March 29 (Reuters) - February retail sales data (percent change from a year earlier): Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Value: 15.7 14.9 23.5 23.4 23.0 24.0 29.0 Volume: 10.1 9.1 17.1 16.9 15.0 15.1 20.7 CONTEXT: -- In the three months through February, ...
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