Thursday, May 17, 2012

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Brazil Retail Sales Resilient In March, Rise 0.2%
Wall Street Journal
Retail sales in March rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% from February, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said Thursday. The advance was greater than the median forecast of analysts polled by the local Estado news agency, ...
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Internet Retail and Fulfillment Association Forms to Implement Same-Day Delivery
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Internet Retailer, Fulfillment & Delivery Association (IRFDA) today announced its formation to lead the implementation of same-day delivery of online orders and other friction reducing premium services for internet retailers and fulfillment service ...
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Retail Stocks Cool Down as Consumer Spending Softens in April
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, NY, May 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- After an impressive first quarter retail stocks have cooled off recently as recent data shows consumer spending softened last month. SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) -- which seeks to replicate an index ...
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Italy's banks eye retail investors for funds
Reuters
Banking lobby flags weak issuance in early 2012 * Measures being considered to spur retail bond issuance * Italy's banks can withstand mkt funding troubles-Citi MILAN, May 17 (Reuters) - Italy's banking lobby is looking at ways to make it easier for ...
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SPS Commerce Extends Retail Universe Trading Community to NetSuite Customers
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) , a leading provider of on-demand supply chain management solutions, today announced that the Retail Universe trading community, an online community for trading ...
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Retail renaissance
The Economist
Since the mid-1990s Europe's big retail banks have managed to cut their costs relative to income by an average of just 0.3% a year, reckons Simon Samuels, an investment analyst at Barclays. Yet even that modest figure flatters the banks.
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The Economist
Hearts On Fire Diamonds Unveils New Retail Concept with Forum Shops Store Opening
MarketWatch (press release)
Hearts On Fire (HOF), the pre-eminent consumer brand in fine diamond jewelry, today unveiled a revolutionary new retail experience with the opening of its store at the Forum Shops in Las Vegas. The retail launch is part of Hearts On Fire's global ...
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Silver Jeans Co. Expands Brand Into US Retail Roll Out
MarketWatch (press release)
The announcement marks the start of a global retail strategy for the brand and the creation of a new retail division within the Silver Jeans Co. corporate structure. "At Silver Jeans Co., we feel the time is appropriate for us to finally act on our ...
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Golfsmith Opens Delaware's Largest, Experiential Retail Golf Store in Christiana
MarketWatch (press release)
NEWARK, Del., May 17, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The nation's largest specialty golf retailer is swinging into Delaware and opening the largest experiential golf store in the state. Golfsmith's new location in Christiana provides area golfers ...
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Symphony taps modern retail, e-commerce and TV shows to sell air coolers from ...
mydigitalfc.com
Ahmedabad, Thursday, May 17, 2012: World's largest air cooler maker, Symphony Limited, has begun to aggressively target modern retail chains, e-commerce and TV shows from this season to expand its sales further in India. Company expects these new modes ...
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Perron buys into Centro
The Australian
CENTRO Retail Australia has offloaded 50 per cent stakes in three of its premium shopping centres to Perth-based billionaire Stan Perron for $690.4 million. In the largest retail property transaction in more than a year, Perron Group will take half ...
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Retail sales slow down
The New Age Online
South African retail sales growth slowed further in March to 2.1% from 2.2% in February confirming an economic slowdown which has been communicated by a slew of indicators released in the past few days. Retails sales figures released by Statistics ...
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Retail property expert joins board of developers
This is Plymouth
A chartered surveyor, qualifying in 1975, he has had a long and successful career in commercial property, being involved in all aspects of retail property, including asset management, leasing, development and marketing. He has had a 32-year involvement ...
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eBay UK Says Retail on Cusp of Third Wave of Tech Revolution
Auctionbytes
By Ina Steiner eBay UK commissioned research by retail firm Conlumino that shows that the retail industry is "on the cusp of a third wave of technological revolution." After online and mobile, a new wave of shopping technologies will again present ...
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Auctionbytes
Rogers Unveils Innovative New Retail Store Design
Canada NewsWire (press release)
TORONTO, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ - Rogers Communications officially launched today its new retail store concept, which includes a new design and service strategy, with the grand opening of its new location at Yonge and Bloor in Toronto.
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Retail and Consumer Co-ops Address Consumer Needs
MarketWatch (press release)
QUEBEC CITY, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Retail and consumer co-ops are leaders in their industries around the world and household names. The 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives is proud to announce six new speakers from this key ...
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Retail Theft Suspects Flee Woodman's; Two Arrested
Patch.com
Police say three suspects in retail theft were involved in altercation on Howell Avenue. One got away in a green van. By Mark Schaaf Two men were arrested and a third got away following a retail theft at Woodman's and an altercation on Howell Avenue ...
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ICSC convention: "Retail speed dating"
Bizjournals.com
When 30000-plus retail real estate professionals descend on Las Vegas for the International Council of Shopping Centers' annual convention this weekend, the mood should be more upbeat than in recent years. The global ICSC convention is known as the ...
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Isis solidifies retail partnerships
TG Daily
But that may soon change, as rival service Isis is now securing retail partnerships. The venture has firmed up support with Foot Locker, Champs, Jamba Juice, Macy's, Dillard's, Aeropostale, and Coca-Cola vending machines. If you're at least familiar ...
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TG Daily
As Clinton Cards collapses, what are the PR lessons from retail failures?
Retail Week
Consider some of the retail corpses of the last five years. What were their stories? Borders, Barratts, Alexon, TJ Hughes, Jane Norman, Habitat, Focus DIY, Officers Club, Oddbins, Adams Childrenswear, Stylo, Allied Carpets, Past Times - what did they ...
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