Friday, April 20, 2012

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U.K. Retail Sales Surged in March on Warm Weather, Fuel Panic
Bloomberg
UK retail sales rose at the fastest pace for more than a year last month as the warmest March for half a century boosted purchases of clothing and gardening equipment and panic buying lifted auto-fuel demand. Sales including auto fuel gained 1.8 ...
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Bloomberg
Book on FDI in retail trade of India released
Hindu Business Line
As part of its national campaign against FDI in retail, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has released a book — FDI in Retail Trade of India — Assumptions V/s Facts. The book attempts to touch related aspects and implications.
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Retail news
Charlotte Observer
HomeGoods opening: HomeGoods, a national home fashions discounter, will hold a grand opening from 8 am to 8 pm April 22 for its store in the Winslow Bay Commons (Super Target) retail center at NC 150 and Bluefield Road in Mooresville.
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Charlotte Observer
Strong eBay results bode well for Amazon
IBNLive.com
PLATFORMS, NOT RETAIL As the dominant Internet retailer, Amazon takes on inventory and sells millions of products online. But the company has also run its own Marketplace business for several years, allowing third-party merchants to sell to its ...
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Spending cuts hit fashion retailers
Sydney Morning Herald
Mid-priced fashion retailers are underperforming the rest of the market, as baby boomers and Generation Xers cut back on retail spending, and consumers pour money into savings accounts, overseas travel and online retail instead.
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Weather, retail sales and court cases the talk of the ASX
Ninemsn
Retail sales were the big story of the day, with Woolworths (ASX: WOW) announcing soft revenue numbers for the third quarter. The ongoing price war with competitor Coles – owned by Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) is taking its toll, with price deflation of 4.4% ...
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Sterling hovers near 20-mth high vs euro before retail sales data
Reuters UK
Sterling stays near 20-mth high vs euro, hits 5-mth peak vs dlr * UK retail sales due at 0830 GMT, good number could boost pound * Continues gains as more BoE stimulus looks less likely * Traders say reported options barrier at $1.61 may limit gains ...
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Markets Are Clam, Awaiting Confidence Data From Germany And Retail Sales From UK
Action Forex
In addition, eyes are concentrated on the second largest economy in the euro-area region, which is preparing for the presidential elections, awaiting confidence data from Germany and retail sales figures from the royal economy.
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Offer to acquire Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA - Offer document now available
MarketWatch (press release)
The complete details of the Offer, including all terms and conditions, are contained in the offer document now available at www.nordea.no/sfr . The offering document is also being sent to Statoil Fuel & Retail shareholders.
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Futuristic shopping: Retailers attempt to lure technology obsessed Gen-Y ...
Daily Mail
The retailer is adopting cutting-edge technologies and continuing to move beyond the boundaries of a stores' four walls, especially for 'Pinterest-obsessed' customers; which will possibly reshape everyday shopping experiences. Young consumers are a key ...
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Daily Mail
'We want Dunelm to become one of Britain's great retail businesses'
This is Leicestershire
Today, the retail empire he founded is worth £1 billion and he and his family have a £675 million fortune. Bill has seen Dunelm Mill, the business he began on a Leicester market stall in 1979, become the UK's second-largest homeware retailer, ...
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Group rethinks support for retail site
StarPhoenix
The proposed "lifestyle centre" at Preston Avenue and Cornish Road just off Circle Drive requires a zoning change to allow retail development, which city administration has recommended be denied. The area is zoned for mixed-used residential - up to ...
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Forex: GBP/JPY extends gains above 1.3100 on UK Retail Sales
FXstreet.com
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - UK retail sales came out much higher than expected with 1.8% and 1.5% (ex-fuel) improvement in March (MoM). The yearly data doubled expectations on ex-fuel figures (2.8% vs 1.4%) and more than doubled in general (3.3% vs ...
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NEW KRAFT FOODS-COSTA AGREEMENT REFLECTS COMPANY'S AMBITION TO WIN IN RETAIL ...
MarketWatch (press release)
[2] "We're stepping up our efforts to win in the retail on-demand coffee segment, and this new agreement with Costa is an example of that," said Hubert Weber, President, Coffee, Kraft Foods Europe. "Tassimo is the easiest, fastest and most affordable ...
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PPWSA up again, with retail buyers moving in
Phnom Penh Post
PPWSA closed up 4.84 per cent yesterday at 9750 riel (US$2.44), climbing from 9300 the day before, as an increasing number of retail investors bought into the company. Daily price increases or decreases are capped at 5 per cent, according to ...
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Pound Surges On Strong Retail Sales Data Set
TheStreet.com
By DailyFX 04/20/12 - 05:00 AM EDT By David Schutz, UK retail sales rose at the fastest pace in over a year as warm March weather boosted clothing and gardening equipment sales, the UK stats bureau reported today. March sales rose 1.5% on the month ...
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Bank of America, Focusing Less on Retail, Leans on Trading for Profit
New York Times (blog)
Like other big banks, Bank of America has been increasingly focusing on wealthy customers in its retail banking business, placing mortgage officers and Merrill Lynch financial advisers in branches and trying to cross-sell more products.
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New York Times (blog)
Could a mainstream retail bank disrupt banking?
Finextra
In a previous post we looked at the pressing need for retail banks to embrace customer-led innovation. Whereas innovation may have been a priority in the past, the threats banks now face from outsiders means that a fundamental re-think of the business ...
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Retail: The Coming Change Is Clearer
International Business Times AU
But gone are the days of headlong expansion for retailers riding on the back of easy credit for themselves and their customers. Major economies such as the US, UK, Western Europe and Australia and New Zealand are seeing sluggish to weak retail sales ...
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German Business Confidence And UK Retail Sales Boost Confidence In Markets
Action Forex
Moving to the UK, retail sales report also came buoyant as the reading with auto fuel beat forecasts of 0.5%, coming in at 1.8% in March, the fastest pace for more than a year, from a prior of -0.8%. The reading excluding auto fuel rose 1.5% compared ...
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