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Retail sales slow as Europe jitters hit shoppers
Sydney Morning Herald
Retail sales growth stalled to its slowest pace in seven months in April as worries about the European crisis hit local spending. The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator rose 0.5 per cent in April, slowing from 0.6 per cent in March and 0.8 per ...
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April deluge 'hit retail figures'
The Press Association
The number of shoppers in town centres, where more than one in ten premises lie empty, fell 12.6% last month compared with April 2011, according to data from retail specialist Springboard. April's adverse weather exacerbated an already woeful three ...
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Tourist arrivals fail to lift retail spending
TODAYonline
by Lynda Hong Ee Lyn But the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) believes that tourism has not really helped boost the retail dollar in Singapore. This year, a record 14.5 million tourists are expected to visit Singapore, up 10 per cent from last ...
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The week ahead: Retailers to reveal just how chilly the climate is
Scotsman
By MARTIN FLANAGAN A RETAIL week looms in City results, with Marks & Spencer, ASOS, Mothercare and Burberry among those set to update the market against a tough high street trading backcloth. Marks & Spencer is tomorrow expected to announce its first ...
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The Great Retail Fail
DailyFinance
By Sean Williams, The Motley Fool The latest round of retail same-store sales figures gathered from 18 retailers around the US wasn't good. After months of crushing expectations, same-store sales figures at some of America's most popular shopping ...
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David Jones Seen Luring LBO on Lowest Value Since '04: Real M&A
Bloomberg
Competition on the Internet from American retailers, including Saks Inc. and Nordstrom Inc. (JWN), and Australian savings rates that are more than double those in the US have sent shares of Sydney-based David Jones down 51 percent in the past year.
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Bloomberg
Online Retail Success Hinges on Trust
Power Retail
A recent study on personal data by the Boston Consulting Group asked how much is trust worth in online retail? The answer: perhaps even more than you would guess. It goes without saying; developing rapport and trust-based relationships with customers ...
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Attendees Expect 2012 RECon to Be the Best One Since 2007
Retail Traffic
Retail real estate professionals are starting this year's RECon conference with a sense of optimism, as retailers have finally began looking at expansion and investment sales markets have loosened up. The 2012 RECon promises to be the most upbeat ...
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Contractor sues retailer over remodeling project
Anchorage Daily News
AP FAIRBANKS, Alaska - An Idaho-based general contractor is suing Fred Meyer Inc. and its parent, Kroger Co., claiming the retail chain improperly dumped the contractor over the renovation of a Fairbanks store. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ...
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Work getting underway on Wilshire housing and retail complex
Los Angeles Times
By Roger Vincent Construction is set to begin Monday on a $200-million apartment and retail complex at one of the busiest intersections in the Koreatown district of Los Angeles. The project called the Vermont is the largest residential development to ...
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Apple Retail Stores Desperately Wanted By Cities [Report]
Cult of Mac
Apparently, Apple retail stores are like catnip (or, something stronger, no doubt) to cities across the US. According to a new report, Apple is courted by cities looking to capture the extra cash of the tragically young and hip urban consumers that ...
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Insurer adding retail to its Front Street building
Bermuda Sun
He said the front of the building will include some retail. "We're incredibly sensitive to Front Street and what Front Street means to a lot of people so we want to create an environment where you can not only come in and do your insurance business, ...
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J.C. Penney Swaps Erase 3 Years of Progress: Corporate Finance
Bloomberg
Credit-default swaps on the Plano, Texas-based retailer have soared 165 basis points this week to 620 basis points at 10:57 am in New York, the highest level since December 2008, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg. JC Penney's debt rose to five ...
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Bloomberg
The crippling effect of poverty on the insurance sector
Vanguard
Managing Director of Custodian & Allied Insurance Plc Mr. Wole Oshin, said that the economy at the moment is not ready for broad based retail insurance business because broad based retail business will actually depend on disposable income.
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Business Rx: 6th Street Commerce
Washington Post
When he moved back to the East Coast and started working with a family business, he got a taste of retail and the pains store owners deal with in selling online. He realized there was potential for a software product to make the process easier.
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Consensus builds on petrol price hike
Calcutta Telegraph
New Delhi, May 20: A hike in price is a possibility in petrol but not for diesel, given a double-digit retail inflation rate. When the empowered group of ministers, led by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, hunker down later this month to consider fuel ...
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Calcutta Telegraph
In 4 years, Mumbai's grocery bill soars 100%
Times of India
A review of retail prices of everyday food items in Mumbai shows that several of them have almost doubled over the last four years. While milk cost Rs 24 per litre in 2008, the price today stands at Rs 52. Even the cost of potato has risen from Rs 8-10 ...
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