Tuesday, May 08, 2012

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Retail FDI: Domestic sourcing norms not just for local market
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The government has said that the 30% norm for sourcing from local small and medium enterprises is not just for the local market only, and anything sourced from such enterprises by a single brand retailer for its global operations will also ...
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Centro Retail in Talks to Settle A$200 Million Lawsuit
Bloomberg
Centro Retail Australia, formed from the reorganization of a mall manager facing claims of more than A$200 million ($204 million) by shareholders in a lawsuit, is in talks to settle the case. The company asked for a share-trading halt "pending an ...
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Facebook's Retail Investors Seen Missing Day-One IPO Surge: Tech
Bloomberg
Only institutions with connections to the underwriters will get to buy at Facebook's offering price, which means most retail investors will miss the initial pop -- typically where the bulk of the gains are concentrated. Of the 10 US consumer Internet ...
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Study: Retail workers' turnover offers some hope
BusinessWeek
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO A management consulting firm is reporting that employee turnover is rising at 54 retail chains it surveyed -- particularly in e-commerce -- and it says that offers hope for the overall job market. Hay Group last month surveyed a ...
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Global retail software company acquires majority stake in Alacrity
ITWeb
Argility is the leading developer and provider of software solutions and integration services to the retail sector in the southern African region. Argility is also active in selected global regions with clients such as Moss Brothers, Foschini, ...
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Barclays back in US retail market
Business Day
ABSA owner Barclays is moving into the US retail banking market for the first time in decades, with the launch of an online savings account designed to secure cheaper and more stable funding for planned growth in its global credit card business.
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Farmers benefit from retail investment, says BRC
Stock Market Wire
StockMarketWire.com - As the Government prepares to announce its supermarket/supplier adjudicator bill in next week's Queen's Speech, a new report from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) spells out the ways in which the country's farmers are ...
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'New retail space will hit our town'
This is Hull and East Riding
BEVERLEY shopkeepers are stepping up opposition to controversial new retail plans for a site near the town's minster. A delegation from the town's chamber of trade met officials at East Riding Council to spell out objections to the scheme.
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Retail Developments in India Hold Promise for Shopper Marketing: Q&A
Chief Marketer
The retail industry is developing rapidly in India with big foreign companies like Walmart and Tesco hoping to open retail stores there. The marketplace is expected to double in size from $396 billion this year, to $785 billion by 2015, according to ...
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Is Retail Ready For NBN?
SmartHouse
"There is very little in terms of promotion of the potential available for online retailers," says Noble. Many companies are lacking proactivity when preparing for high speed broadband, despite the massive advantages it will offer small and large ...
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April retail sales worst since 2009; Costco misses, Nordstrom tops forecasts
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
Major retailers such as Costco and Macy's reported that April revenue rose less than 1 percent in the worst performance since 2009 when the US economy was just coming out of a bad recession. The disappointing results follow two consecutive months of ...
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Customer Service Champs: JD Power Ranks US Retail Banks
The Financial Brand
The study, now in its seventh year, finds that overall retail banking customer satisfaction has improved a meager 0.13% since 2011. But the increase could have been more had it not for people's irritation with fees dragging scores down.
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Costco moves to increase its share of online retail
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
It's a curiosity of how the Internet works that a shopper using a search engine to find a flat-screen TV probably will not turn up Costco Wholesale, a major television vendor and the country's largest retailer after Wal-Mart. Costco.com is not built to ...
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Silk Ties Brand Launches Retail Website
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Since its establishment, Mitchell Roberts has sold its line of 100-percent Jacquard Silk Woven Fabric ties through various partner retailers. Today, Mitchell Roberts announces the launch of its retail website at http://www.mitchell-roberts.com, ...
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China NDRC May Cut Fuel Prices Later Tuesday -C1 Energy
Wall Street Journal
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China may announce a cut in retail gasoline and diesel prices later Tuesday, consultancy C1 Energy said, quoting a person close to China's National Development and Reform Commission. The NDRC's pricing department will meet in the ...
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Hong Kong Builders Go West in China With Bet on Chengdu
Bloomberg
Swire Properties Ltd. (1972) will open a 6.4 billion yuan ($1 billion) retail and office project in downtown Chengdu in early 2014. Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (16), the world's second-biggest property company, Henderson Land Development Co. and Wharf ...
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Ferns N Petals partners with 20:20 MSL
exchange4media.com
By exchange4media News Service Ferns N Petals, a leading flower retail chain in India, has partnered with 20:20 MSL to build brand awareness and manage its reputation as the company looks to intensify its tier II and tier III presence in India, ...
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