Wednesday, May 09, 2012

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Giving retail another go
Hindu Business Line
Despite having burnt his fingers with Vishal Retail, Ramchandra Agarwal puts his faith in the sector as he prepares for a second coming. Mahipalpur, a dusty suburb separating Delhi from Gurgaon, is not where wannabe entrepreneurs set up offices.
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Hindu Business Line
U.K. Retail Sales Drop Most in More Than a Year, BRC Says
Bloomberg
UK retail sales fell the most in more than a year last month as poor weather and consumer caution on spending curbed demand at stores. Sales at stores open at least 12 months, measured by value, declined 3.3 percent from a year earlier, ...
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Bloomberg
Clinton Cards: what went wrong
Telegraph.co.uk
By Harry Wallop, Retail Editor At its peak the company owned 1145 shops, making it one of the country's largest retail chains and it controlled 25pc of the greeting card market, allowing it squeeze suppliers. Selling greeting cards seemed to be a ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Surf retailer Billabong replaces CEO with Launa Inman
Herald Sun
NEW Billabong chief Launa Inman has acknowledged she faces a long road turning around the struggling surfwear retailer. The company announced yesterday it was parachuting the respected retail veteran into the top job, ousting Derek O'Neill.
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Be selectively positive in retail sector: Mehrab Irani
Economic Times
In a chat with ET Now, Mehrab Irani , Investment Manager of Tata Investment Corporation Ltd, shares his views on retail space. Excerpt: What is your call on the retail sector? Yes, there has been lot of news flow. We can be positive selectively on ...
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China Cuts Retail Fuel Prices for First Time in 7 Months
Bloomberg
China will cut retail gasoline and diesel prices tomorrow for the first time since October after international crude costs fell to a government threshold for adjusting fuel rates. The maximum price at which gasoline can be sold to motorists will be ...
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Bloomberg
Major Retail Brands Select VeriFone GlobalBay Mobile POS
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) today announced that New Balance and Samsonite have joined the ranks of major retail brands that have selected VeriFone GlobalBay's Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) solution ...
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More Retail Websites than Ever Achieve High Scores on ForeSee's Top 100 E ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A record 36 of the top 100 online retailers achieve the "threshold for excellence" on the annual Top 100 E-Retail Satisfaction Index from customer experience analytics firm ForeSee.
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Retailers set to benefit from budget's household boost
ABC Online
In fact, some analysts say the struggling retail sector could be the big winner from the Government's end of financial year cash splash to households. MICHAEL JANDA: Most of the focus last night was on how Wayne Swan plans to bring the budget back to ...
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Centro Agrees to Record $202 Million Lawsuit Settlement
BusinessWeek
By Joe Schneider and Soraya Permatasari on May 09, 2012 Centro Retail Australia (CRF), formed from a mall manager's reorganization, and PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed in principle to a settlement of A$200 million ($202) million with Centro shareholders ...
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Retail sector opposes curbs on grocery chains
Helsingin Sanomat
The large retail chains have also been accused of using superior purchasing power in relation to the suppliers. According to Kalliokoski, this criticism does not apply to the K Group, which, in his view, is a mere sum of the country's independent ...
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Consumer Reports Index: Retail Spending Continues Slide Despite Record High ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Consumer Reports Index, a gauge of overall consumer financial health, showed American's retail spending declined for the fourth straight month despite significant improvements in sentiment, employment, stress and financial difficulties.
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First Piperlime Retail Store Coming to New York City This Fall
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, Piperlime, the online shop known for the freshest styles in fashion, announced it will open its first retail store this fall, at 121 Wooster St. in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.
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Brafton Brings Strategic Content Marketing Services to 3dcart Retailers
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Seasoned Retail Content Vets Write News, Blogs & More to Enhance Online Visibility TAMARAC, FL and BOSTON, MA (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 To be seen and heard in a cluttered digital world, online retailers are learning about the power of content marketing.
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NCR Corp to enter into retail segment
Hindu Business Line
ATM solutions and services provider NCR Corp said it will introduce self-check out terminals in large format hypermarkets in India. This will save customers the botheration of standing in long queues. It also plans to launch a 'multi-function kiosk' in ...
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Ingenico Partners With Saygent to Revolutionize Customer Feedback
MarketWatch (press release)
In today's fast paced era of mobile and in-store retail purchases, merchants are continuously looking for non-traditional approaches to obtain customer feedback in order to make to better decisions on how to enhance the consumer shopping experience in ...
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Wet weather leads to April retail sales washout
Retail Week
Retail sales were washed out last month as the wettest April on record took a heavy toll, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. We provide a range of advertising opportunities. By advertising with us, you are guaranteed to reach the ...
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Superdry USA To Unveil 14000-Square-Foot Store In New York City's Times Square ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Innovative British lifestyle brand Superdry USA will debut its largest North American retail destination to date this May 9, 2012, with the unveiling of a two story, 14000-square-foot store in New York ...
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HyLo Boutiques connects Philly-based designers with retailers and customers
Philadelphia Inquirer
"We are refining the local retail experience and presenting it in a new way. We are repositioning hyper-local so that people want to reach for it." In other words, Green brings in a cool crowd with cool friends, who think local is cool.
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Indian Footwear Market Forecast 2014
MarketWatch (press release)
Our research also foresees immense opportunities for increasing trend of online footwear retail market. Shoe manufacturers have gained a sudden upsurge in the retailing of footwear with the rise of e-commerce and the growing trend of online shopping.
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