Samsung Retail Stores to Open in Canada This Year

Mall developers offer free rentals to entice retailers Livemint Mumbai: Mall developers are wooing retailers with incentives such as free rentals for three-six months and rebates on furniture and fixtures as they struggle to fill a glut of shopping space. For instance, Neptune Builders, which launched its Neptune ... See all stories on this topic »

Sofa retailer DFS is sitting pretty despite the recession Telegraph.co.uk Today, DFS, the sofa retailer, opened its first shop outside of the UK and signalled that it had its eye on international expansion. DFS's share of the upholstered furniture market – a market which is shrinking – has climbed over the last year and ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

TARGETjobs: Graduates shun banking in favour of careers in retail The Guardian From being a regular in the top-five career destinations, banking, insurance and financial services have this year dropped out completely, with retail – which did not even make the top 10 in 2011 – zooming in to take its place. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

IT investments to drive retail sector growth Financial Times By Paul Taylor in New York Planning technology investments so that they support and enable business objectives is a long standing challenge for all large organisations, particularly those in the fast moving retail sector. Figuring out the best areas to ... See all stories on this topic »

Retail sales bloom in warm weather Indianapolis Star Inspired by unseasonably warm weather, shoppers pushed retail sales for the month of March higher than expected with a 3.9 percent gain, according to data from research firm Retail Metrics, which originally estimated March sales would rise 3.3 percent. See all stories on this topic »

Slow but steady for REITs Sydney Morning Herald No pot of gold … weaker retail and residential sectors could cause earnings downgrades. Photo: AFR THE first quarter of the 2012 calendar year has ended with a whimper for the Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts, which shifted marginally down ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Greens burn hole in pockets Times of India Retail prices, on an average, are at least `8 to `10 (per kg) higher than at the Koyambedu wholesale market for all vegetables while retail brands like Spencers and Reliance Fresh sell all vegetables at prices ranging from `12 to `15 higher than at the ... See all stories on this topic »

Samsung Retail Stores to Open in Canada This Year Mobile Magazine Following in those footsteps, it looks like Samsung is ready to open some retail outlets of its own right here in Canada. Samsung has already experimented with retail stores internationally, including the temporary "pop-up" stores that were placed next ... See all stories on this topic » Mobile Magazine

Having lots of well-paid staff around is good for retail profits Boing Boing By Cory Doctorow at 3:15 pm Friday, Apr 6 Why "Good Jobs" Are Good for Retailers, a Harvard Business Review study by MIT's Zeynep Ton, argues that the success of retailers like Uniqlo and Trader Joe's can be attributed, in part, to maintaining high ... See all stories on this topic »

Meet Queensland's online retail pioneers Courier Mail GREEN THUMBS: Maleny's Jeff and Frances Michaels have spent 20 years building up their hugely successful online organic gardening business Green Harvest. Glenn Barnes Source: The Courier-Mail WHEN Frances Michaels wanted to set up an online organic ... See all stories on this topic »

US Retailers Report Strong Momentum For March Sales Wall Street Journal By Karen Talley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Retailers generally reported strong sales for March, as warmer weather, an earlier Easter and appealing fashions drew customers in. Standouts included Gap Inc. (GPS) and Target Corp. See all stories on this topic »

Demolition Paves Way for 17-Story Retail, Residential Tower Patch.com The "Gallery of Bethesda" will bring a 234-unit residential building with ground-floor retail to 4800 Auburn Avenue. By Erin Donaghue Artist's rendering of Woodmont Central" mixed-use residential buildings, proposed for Rugby and Del Ray Avenues. See all stories on this topic »

Talk Radio, Consumers and Retail Radio & Television Business Report The content you're trying to view is for members only. Please subscribe in order to access this content. RBR-TVBR's 'Media Information Bureau' offers the most unique and business-driven content for today's working broadcaster. See all stories on this topic » Radio & Television Business Report

JJB Sports given £20m lifeline by US sports retailer The Guardian US retailer Dick's Sporting Goods is investing £20m in Britain's JJB Sports, throwing a lifeline to the loss-making UK chain and signalling international ambitions for the American business. Dick's, which runs over 550 stores in the US, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Operations go south Sydney Morning Herald As part of the 161 Castlereagh Street project, developer and part-owner Grocon has accelerated its leasing program with the creation of a retail precinct linking Pitt and Castlereagh streets. The 60000-square-metre office building will feature 2800 sq ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald