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Aditya Birla retail arm to open more hypermarkets in Bangalore
Daily News & Analysis
Despite challenges like high rentals and a crowded retail market, Aditya Birla group is betting big on Bangalore and is planning to increase the presence of its More outlets across the city. In a chat with DNA, Russell Berman, the CEO of More's ...
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Shoppers' drive south worries retailers
Vancouver Sun
After years of watching Canadians line up to cross the border seeking cheaper prices, particularly with the dollar near parity, local retailers now face the prospect of even higher duty-free thresholds. Canadian retailers are starting to fight back, ...
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From the Retail World, a Lesson for Racetracks
New York Times (blog)
In the late 1980s and '90s, asset protection was a serious division of retail stores. The biggest part of the bottom line was judged by the amount of shrinkage we were able to recuperate, via investigations, audits and resolution of criminal cases.
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Retail roundup: Prada, Asos, CVS free gas promotion
Los Angeles Times
--British online retailer Asos reported a sizable jump in profit in the last fiscal year as shoppers snapped up more of its stylish yet affordable clothes. For the 2012 fiscal year, the clothier raked in a profit of 40.9 million pounds (about $64 ...
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Province's retail sales show a March decline
Vancouver Sun
Following two months of gains, retail sales in BC eased in March, dipping 0.2 per cent from February to a seasonally adjusted $5.14 billion. In contrast to the previous month, when BC gains outpaced a national decline in sales, the opposite was true in ...
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American Pie Revisited: The Day That Retail Died
Barron's
Three investors sued the company; AP reported that lead underwriter Morgan Stanley said it would compensate retail investors who overpaid. Nasdaq's CEO apologized to Morgan Stanley for its handling of the IPO, Fox News said.
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Talbots' next chapter could be bankruptcy
Boston Herald
By Donna Goodison / Retail Talbots Inc.'s failure to reach a $215 million buyout deal with Sycamore Partners sent its stock plummeting more than 40 percent yesterday and prompted at least one analyst to speculate bankruptcy was in its future.
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Ian Robertson and Eric Carlson inaugurate BMW Brand Store in Paris (Photos)
Rush Lane
Mr Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing, said in the French capital on Wednesday: "The world of retail has changed significantly – customer behaviour, needs and expectations have changed, ...
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Rush Lane
Is online the game-changer for retailers?
Herald Sun
THEY may be giants on the high street, but when it comes to online, our big-name retailers are small fish in a global pond. After coming late to the online party, it's now a case of sink or swim for department store groups, which are quickly ...
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The death of retail has been greatly exaggerated
Yahoo!7 News
We know the retail environment is tough. We know there is uncertainty. So why keep saying "no worse" when you've no idea how worse things might get? No guidance is far better than a total guess. All that said, we actually think we could be close to the ...
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Yahoo!7 News
Why Geotexting Won't Save Retail
DailyFinance
In today's edition, Eric and Austin discuss a trend in retail that looks great on paper, but is actually a bunch of hot air: geotexting, or geofencing. This strategy involved sending consumers opportunistic text messages when they are in a certain ...
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Omega president Urquhart hopes to have presence in best retail addresses
WAM - Emirates News Agency
What was revealing is that business in our retail stores even increased, showing that consumers didn't jump ship and were looking to be reassured." The same uncompromising approach has seen them reap a rich harvest in the Middle East, of which the UAE ...
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Sacramento Retail Salesperson Wages above National Average
The Sacramento Press
by Nancy Flagg, published on May 25, 2012 at 8:19 PM Sacramento hourly wages for retail salespersons improved to two percent above the nationwide average in 2011, according to data recently released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Why Myer is the One Retail Stock You Don't Want in Your Portfolio
Money Morning Australia
The fact that people just aren't shopping has become a reason for many retailers reporting lower profit numbers, if not outright losses. Look at the chart below of Aussie consumer confidence. It's just hovering below zero in Australia.
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Money Morning Australia


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