Sephora Makes Over the Future of Shopping

Retail administrations rise by 15% The Press Association Shoppers abandoning high street stores for internet rivals helped trigger a 15% rise in retail administrations in the first quarter of 2012, a report has revealed. Accountancy firm Deloitte said a total of 69 retailers collapsed, up from 60 in the same ... See all stories on this topic »

Star recruit will oversee retail growth Sydney Morning Herald TOP Westpac recruit Brian Hartzer has told the bank's senior executives he expects to start his new role from the middle of June, with the aim of giving the lending heavyweight renewed momentum at its retail business. The former top ANZ executive was ... See all stories on this topic »

Alltel Wireless Uses Oracle Retail to Support Stores MarketWatch (press release) Allied Wireless Communications Corporation (AWCC), doing business as Alltel Wireless, has implemented Oracle Retail Stores Solutions across all of its retail locations to support its growing consumer and commercial customer base in the United States. See all stories on this topic »

Improving Economy Has Retailers Nordstrom, Inc. and The Gap Inc. Reporting ... MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, NY, Apr 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- It is shaping up to be a good year for major retailers. Contributing factors such as warmer weather, demand for new spring fashions and an improving economy have a number of major retailers ... See all stories on this topic »

Zep Inc. Reports Second Quarter Financial Results MarketWatch (press release) The second fiscal quarter of 2012 reflected strong sales in the retail and distribution sales channels resulting from new and expanded customer relationships, with the Company achieving organic sales growth year-over-year due to the success of selling ... See all stories on this topic »

Timothy B. Boerkoel Joins CTPartners as Managing Partner, Global Consumer and ... MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, Apr 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CTPartners (ASE:CTP) , a leading global retained executive search firm, announced today that Timothy Boerkoel has joined the firm as Managing Partner, Global Consumer and Retail Practice. See all stories on this topic »

iGoDigital Partners with Bazaarvoice and ExactTarget to Host Top Retailers at ... MarketWatch (press release) The Austin eRetail Roundtable will kick off the Social Summit by gathering retail executives from companies such as Best Buy, Dell, Cabela's, The Land of Nod, QVC, Lowe's, and Orvis to tackle the hot topics and burning questions surrounding the retail ... See all stories on this topic »

£36000 spent on retail site Hartlepool Today NEW figures show council bosses have so far spent almost £36000 on plans to redevelop a derelict retail site. Hartlepool Borough Council is yet to buy Jacksons Landing, at Hartlepool Marina, as part of plans to then sell the land on for redevelopment. See all stories on this topic »

Ag Retailers Honored With Regional Environmental Respect Awards CropLife Five ag retail businesses have been selected as regional winners for the 2012 Environmental Respect Awards. Five top farm supply retail businesses have been selected as Environmental Respect Award regional winners in the US for 2012. See all stories on this topic »

Dubai Duty Free to raise Dh4b to finance Dubai International Airport gulfnews.com According to Generation Research, an independent industry specialist, the company has grown to become the largest single airport travel retailer in the world, accounting for 5 per cent of airport shop sales and 3.2 per cent of the wider duty free and ... See all stories on this topic »

Sephora Makes Over the Future of Shopping MarketWatch (press release) SAN FRANCISCO, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sephora is reinventing retail with its new approach to online and in-store shopping. Its social and mobile makeover, unveiled today, includes: an entirely new personalized web experience, ... See all stories on this topic »

McDonald's Pursuit of Perfect Fries Risks Exposing Flaws: Retail San Francisco Chronicle April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Biting into a McDonald's Corp. French fry should be like "walking on freshly fallen snow." Barbara Booth, the company's director of sensory science, was presiding over the fast-food giant's semi-annual French Fry Evaluation -- a ... See all stories on this topic »

Ti Alliance gets help from retail chain Plattsburgh Press Republican TICONDEROGA — A regional hardware chain has given the Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance a hefty contribution to do its work. Aubuchon Hardware Stores Chief Executive Officer M. Marcus Moran Jr. Moran and Board Chairman William E. Aubuchon III were ... See all stories on this topic »

Wii U parts rumored to cost $180: won't retail under $300 SlashGear All in all, the console isn't expected to cost less than $300 at retail. Sources say that Nintendo want to cut production costs as much as possible in order to maximize profit (shocker!). They hope the move will re-build confidence with investors, ... See all stories on this topic » SlashGear

Battle lines drawn over workplace flexibility Sydney Morning Herald The ACTU seized on a submission from the National Retail Association arguing in favour of reduced minimum hours for secondary school students employed as casuals. The retail group wants a Fair Work Australia decision for a 90-minute-a-day minimum for ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Manager Merchandising - Retail FashionUnited India With 5-6 years of experience in Retail Industry as Merchandiser or similar position. Post Graduation in Apparel Marketing and Merchandising/ Fashion Management Studies / Garment Manufacturing Technology or AMM/GMT/B.Tech/BE/PG Diploma from NIFT or ... See all stories on this topic »

Dhanlaxmi Bank chooses a rocky road Livemint The bank will cut salaries by up to 40%, surrender excess real estate, focus on retail banking, expand its gold loan portfolio and increase current and savings account deposits. All of them, except the bit about slashing salaries, are standard ... See all stories on this topic »

St David's shopping centre enjoys record £400m sales WalesOnline Centre director Steven Madeley last night said St David's – which underwent a £675m extension in 2009 – had bucked a national downturn in the retail market. Figures published by the British Retail Consortium last year showed footfall figures across ... See all stories on this topic »

Dhanlaxmi Bank to rationalise staff strength, not planning to shut down branches Hindu Business Line PTI Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank on Monday said it will not shut down any of its branches to reduce cost but will rationalise staff strength and focus on retail business to be profitable in the current financial year. See all stories on this topic »

Mistral Equity Partners Invests in XpresSpa MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, Apr 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mistral Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on the consumer, retail and consumer media sectors, announced today that it has invested growth capital in XpresSpa, the leading airport retailer of spa ... See all stories on this topic »