Kuwait's Alshaya inks deal with Japanese retailer

Game Group enters administration Financial Times By Andrea Felsted and Anousha Sakoui Game Group was formally placed into administration on Monday, putting 6000 jobs at risk, as potential predators circle the troubled video games retailer. According to people familiar with the situation, ... See all stories on this topic »

Retail, real estate assets Europe's 'sitting ducks' The Australian HEAVILY discounted European retail and real estate assets are sitting ducks for large Australian companies on the prowl for acquisitions, according to a British expert on debt funding. Following comments by the president of the European Central Bank ... See all stories on this topic »

UK Retailer GAME Goes into Administration, May Close 600 Stores, Fire Thousands TIME By Matt Peckham | @mattpeckham | March 26, 2012 | + That circling-the-drain sound you're hearing is the UK's largest games retailer, GAME, officially going into administration, as the Guardian reports the company could close up to 600 store — half its ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Affiliate Retail Web Site Brings Great Online Deals Directly to Customers Sacramento Bee By Lakeside Enterprises BINGHAMTON, NY, March 26, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Internet Company Lakeside Enterprises Incorporated today announced a new affiliate retail Web site, www.FHsuperstore.com, which brings the best priced and best-selling items ... See all stories on this topic »

MacMall giving away $14K in products during launch of first Chicago retail store Apple Insider By AppleInsider Staff Defying a trend that has long seen independent Apple resellers shutter their shops in the face of stiff competition from the Mac maker's own thriving retail operation, MacMall this weekend will continue with a rare expansion of ... See all stories on this topic »

CVS shuts Beauty360 retail stores MSN Money By Trefis 3 minutes ago CVS Caremark (CVS) will close the shutters on its high-end beauty retail stores Beauty360 and the corresponding e-commerce business to focus on the growth of its core CVS pharmacy beauty business. The move is motivated by the ... See all stories on this topic »

Two Retail Stocks Not Yet Hurt By High Gasoline – COST, RTH Wall Street Pit By Nicholas Santiago Mar 26, 2012, 9:00 AM Author's Website High gasoline prices will usually hurt most leading retail stocks eventually. Gasoline prices just reached a new three year high on March 23, 2012. High gasoline prices are considered a direct ... See all stories on this topic »

Large non-profit funds are looking just super Herald Sun But size makes no difference to the performance of retail super funds, according to the report from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). An APRA working paper into the effect of fund size on performance brought together six years of ... See all stories on this topic »

Universal Business Listing Enters Strategic Partnership with Yext to Bring ... MarketWatch (press release) CHARLOTTE, NC, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, Universal Business Listing has announced that it has added Yext's real-time listing distribution and monitoring tools as a premium retail and reseller channel offering. See all stories on this topic »

Energy price hikes could have been worse Reuters UK By Henning Gloystein | LONDON (Reuters) - Wholesale energy prices have risen much faster than retail prices in the past decade, debunking criticism that utilities are using wholesale rises to overcharge customers for their bills. See all stories on this topic »

83 year old woman walks into glass at Apple retail store, sues for $1 million Network World In yet another example of the exceedingly litigious society we now find ourselves in, an 83 year old woman named Evelyn Paswall from Queens is suing Apple for $1000000 dollars for an injury she sustained at an Apple retail store in Long Island. See all stories on this topic »

Dataium: Retail Sales Poised to Bloom This Month Auto Remarketing By Auto Remarketing Staff In a report released late last week that spotted strengthening retail new-vehicle sales trends, Dataium's January Automotive Shopper Intensity Index pointed to a slightly positive increase in February. See all stories on this topic »

Titan plans retail expansion Diamond World Magazine Titan Industries plans to increase the retail presence of its watches and jewellery divisions, over the next year, reports suggest. The company intends to broaden the portfolio of its youth centric Fastrack brand of watches to also include accessories ... See all stories on this topic »

Kuwait's Alshaya inks deal with Japanese retailer ArabianBusiness.com By Andy Sambidge MH Alshaya Co, the Kuwait-based retail franchise operator, said on Monday it had signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Japan's Muji. Under the agreement, Alshaya will bring the household and lifestyle brand to the Middle East, ... See all stories on this topic » ArabianBusiness.com

Two new retail shops opening on Music Row Nashville Business Journal Music Row is getting two new retail shops come April, which will sell vintage and consignment goods as well rock and roll "artifacts," according to a news release. Music City Pickers and Toys In The Attic will open April 9 at Edgehill Plaza. See all stories on this topic »

Business Development Manager - Retail Bizcommunity.com We are looking for a person from a retail sales background to start soonest. A marketing background or knowledge would be preferable and a track history in sales is essential. No two days are the same in this business, so the candidate must be able to ... See all stories on this topic »