Monday, May 07, 2012

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Australia retail sales post biggest jump
Pakistan Daily Times
SYDNEY: Australia's retail sales posted their biggest jump in nearly a year in March, an encouraging end to the quarter amid industry hopes for a sustained pick-up after a surprisingly large interest rate cut last week. Monday's data showed retail ...
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Centro Retail in trading halt
Ninemsn
Centro Retail Australia has gone into a trading halt pending an announcement on settlement discussions over its $200 million class action. About 5000 investors, some of whom lost life savings, have accused Centro of misleading and deceptive conduct for ...
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US Consumers Want Retailers to Integrate Channels, New hybris Study Finds
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The hybris Multichannel Shopping Survey found over 80 percent of US consumers more likely to become loyal customers to retailers that provide an integrated experience across channels. Montreal (PRWEB) May 07, 2012 hybris, a leading provider of ...
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Retailers on the verge of recovery after shock April sales rise, but ...
SmartCompany.com.au
Retailers are starting to see the light of recovery, according to surprise figures released yesterday showing a 0.9% rise in sales for April, with experts suggesting Australians are finally spending again as prices hit a 30-year low.
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Retail Directions Continues Expansion in the Asia Pacific Region
iTWire (press release)
Retail Directions announces the appointment of two new senior executives for Australia and the Asia Pacific (APAC) region - Jim Christie and Thomas Pilcik. Retail Directions, whose retail software is revolutionising the way retailers run their ...
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TECHNOLOGY SPECTATOR: Retail lessons from Apple and Ikea
Business Spectator
In contrast, the giant discount furniture retailer IKEA has never been copied. The company has been slowly rolling its stores out across the world for [close to 50] years; and yet nobody has copied IKEA. Why would this be? It's not trade secrets or ...
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Plan for retail space on old Flemington Agway property gets preliminary OK
Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
By Rick Epstein / Hunterdon County Democrat FLEMINGTON — The site plan for a retail development on half of the former Agway property received preliminary approval from the borough Planning Board tonight, May 7. Except for two board members who were ...
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Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
CBA executive Ross McEwan resigns, takes Royal Bank of Scotland role
Herald Sun
THE Commonwealth Bank's retail banking services group executive Ross McEwan has resigned to take up a senior role with the Royal Bank of Scotland. Mr McEwan will leave later this year to take up the role of chief executive officer, UK retail, ...
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Retail sees modest sales rise, but clothing and department stores struggle
Marketing magazine Australia
RT @MarketingMag The rise of the 2nd (3rd & 4th) screens http://t.co/EKIlgLA3 Retailers notched a modest boost in sales during March with a 0.9 percent month-on-month and 3.7 percent year-on-year increase, according to ABS retail trade figures released ...
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Marketing magazine Australia
Facebook shares elusive for small investors
San Francisco Chronicle
Small investors eager to get Facebook shares at the initial public offering price shouldn't get their hopes up just because Facebook added E-Trade, a retail brokerage with an average account size around $60000, to the list of firms that will underwrite ...
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Amazon Leaps Into High End of the Fashion Pool
New York Times
The online retailer is shooting 3000 fashion images a day in a photo studio using patent-pending technology. And it is happily losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year on free shipping — and, on apparel, even free returns — to keep its shoppers ...
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New York Times
Commercial Finance Firm Seeking Commercial Mortgage Funding Opportunities For ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Says Jake Clopton, founder, "We are looking specifically for retail properties and office buildings with good tenants where we can offer sub 5% rates to borrowers." As capital markets continue to loosen and benchmark's remain low, Clopton Capital is ...
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