Wednesday, May 09, 2012

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Shoppers at retail chains buy premium items
Times of India
KOLKATA/BANGALORE: Shoppers at food and grocery retail chains appear disconnected from the overall weak consumer sentiment in the country as they upgrade to premium products and buy bulk packs, helping big retailers and consumer goods firms boost ...
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Retail sales slide in wettest April on record
Telegraph.co.uk
The wettest April on record dampened demand for summer fashion as retailers suffered their biggest sales falls for more than a year, figures from the British Retail Consortium revealed on Wednesday. There was a silver lining from the rain as sales of ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
$200m Centro settlement a win for all Australian investors, say shareholder ...
The Australian
THE success of a $200 million class action case against the property group Centro Retail Australia is a win for all Australian investors, lawyers for the shareholders say. Law firm Maurice Blackburn, which represents hundreds of investors who have been ...
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South Korea's Lotte, GS Retail submit bids for Woongjin Coway
Reuters India
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Lotte Group and GS Retail Co Ltd (007070.KS) have submitted preliminary bids for an about $750 million stake in water purifier company Woongjin Coway Co Ltd (021240.KS), sources with the knowledge of the matter said on ...
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Hon Hai Eyes Retail Expansion in China
Wall Street Journal
Taiwan-based Hon Hai's plans to strengthen its sales services in China, including online retail, also come as the company seeks a new source of profit amid growing concerns over rising wages at its Chinese factories. While Shenzhen will remain Hon ...
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Pound Holds Decline Versus Dollar as Retail Sales Plunge
Bloomberg
The pound held yesterday's losses against the dollar as UK retail sales dropped the most in more than a year in April, before Bank of England officials consider more economy-boosting asset purchases. Sterling held gains from the past three days versus ...
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Can Inman Turn Billabong's Tide?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Gavin Lower Australia-based surf and sports wear retailer Billabong International on Wednesday installed Launa Inman, the former boss of discount department store chain Target Australia, as its new chief executive. Ms. Inman replaced Derek O'Neil.
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Weaker retail sales, jobs surveys raise risk of longer slump
Reuters UK
By Olesya Dmitracova | LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales posted their biggest fall in more than a year last month and growth in the number of people placed in permanent jobs in Britain slowed, raising the risk of another quarter of economic ...
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Market Research Forecasts US Retail Sales of Cosmeceuticals at $11.9 Billion ...
Einnews Portugal
For more information, visit http://www.marketresearch.com/Packaged-Facts-v768/Cosmeceuticals-Edition-6281775/ Based on the factors and trends discussed throughout this report, Packaged Facts projects that US retail sales of cosmeceuticals will reach ...
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Retail bonds: a good deal or too risky?
Citywire.co.uk
by Sarah Miloudi on May 09, 2012 at 09:34 The growing trend of corporate bonds being sold at retail has seen several well-known firms raise more than £1.4 billion from private investors, but are they a good deal? The London Stock Exchange's Order Book ...
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Private label: Owner's pride, neighbour's envy
Daily News & Analysis
But regarding products like atta, rice, handwash, cereals, or even jeans, T-shirts and churidars, she prefers shelling out a little less and buying 'in-house' products — those sourced locally by the retailer. She recently purchased a 200ml bottle of ...
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Retail chains: Shape up or ship out
Indian Express
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M&G dominates retail sales in Q1
Money Marketing
Comparatively, second-placed Standard Life Investments saw net retail sales of £483.5m over the same period. Threadneedle came in third with £472.1m, BNY Mellon was fourth-placed with £469m, while fifth-placed BlackRock drew £314.2m in net retail sales ...
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F&C AUM boosted by retail fund inflows
FT Adviser
F&C Asset Management saw assets under management (AUM) increase by £1.7bn in the first quarter, partly driven by net retail inflows of £13m. By Nyree Stewart | Published 07:42 | comments The firm now has total AUM of £101.8bn in spite of outflows of ...
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Upper Valley Pike retail space sold
Springfield News Sun
By Everdeen Mason, Staff Writer 3:10 AM Wednesday, May 9, 2012 SPRINGFIELD — A local commercial real estate company Tuesday purchased an abandoned building on Upper Valley Pike for $220000 with hopes to convert it to a retail space.
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New retail guidelines could help town centres to survive
Irish Independent
By Donal Buckley Two organisations representing retailers around the country have welcomed the new Retail Planning Guidelines published by Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan. "The new guidelines appear to strike the right balance between ...
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HP Unveils New High-Performance Business Solutions
MarketWatch (press release)
The highly customizable HP RP7 all-in-one retail system with a sleek and stylish design that fits into a variety of retail settings. -- The HP L6015tm and L6017tm Retail Touch Monitors with multitouch projected capacitive screens for retail and ...
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Hong Kong's retail property market thrives at expense of competitiveness
Asia Property Report
Wellington Street is home to retailers and brands that are more flexible in their location preference, and are willing to explore streets close to first-tier locations. According to recent reports by Colliers International, while the residential, ...
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Asia Property Report
Coca-Cola Joins Subway Fat Fight as NYC Steps Up Attacks: Retail
Bloomberg
For years, New York City has campaigned to reduce sugary soft drink consumption. Its latest ads, plastered all over New York's subways, compare sugary drinks with globs of fat and packets of sugar. Now, beverage makers, including Coca-Cola Co.
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Big Five Duty Free selects Lorge for Sage ERP X3 solution, Marketech Retail ...
ITWeb
Accounting and business management software solutions specialist Lorge has been contracted by Big Five Duty Free to implement, service, support and maintain its Sage ERP X3 software solution in collaboration with Marketech Retail Solutions, ...
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Board backs New Holland Mill retail center
Gainesville Times
The company plans to make the retail center look much like the adjacent mill on the New Holland property. It also plans to offer land to the city for a welcome sign into the city limits. The City Council will make the final decision on the annexation ...
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David Jones, Amazon invest in photography for online stores, retail experts ...
SmartCompany.com.au
Retailers have once again been reminded of the importance of high quality photography, after department store giant David Jones revealed it has built a studio in order to professionally photograph the 90000 items set to appear on its new web store.
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