Thursday, July 26, 2012

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DIPP to rework the current rules on brand ownership for retail FDI
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Taken aback by the decision of the foreign investment promotion board to reject a proposal by Zara Holding, a Netherlands-based company, to retail the luxury brand Massimo Dutti, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has ...
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Japan: June Retail Trade soft at 0.2%
FXstreet.com
FXstreet.com (San Francisco) - Japanese Retail Trade data came in weaker than expected at +0.2% in the year to June, from last month's +3.6%, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry reported Friday. The market expected a 1.2% increase. Also, in ...
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Retailers on their marks to chase Olympic gold
Retail Week
... the Games will provide a much-needed boost to consumer sentiment and sales. With an estimated £560m of retail spend up for grabs, retailers are jostling for position to take advantage of extra footfall in London and a positive swing in the mood ...
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Institutional, retail investors dump equity funds-Lipper
Reuters
NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - Institutional and retail investors dumped equity funds in the week ended July 25, as fears that the euro zone debt crisis could envelope larger economies rattled markets, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper service showed on ...
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India's shopping malls lose bustle as economy cools
Reuters India
It will take years for the glut of retail space conceived during headier times to be absorbed by tenants, even as India fine-tunes rules to make it easier for foreign shops to enter the country on their own, analysts say. "We are holding back on new ...
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Exclusive - U.S. weighs retail sweep after Wal-Mart bribery scandal
Reuters UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are considering launching a wide-ranging examination of the retail industry for violations of an anti-foreign bribery law, after Wal-Mart and other retailers have come forth with their own potential offenses ...
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THE DISTILLERY: Retail rivalry
Business Spectator
Australia's scribes love a good retail rivalry, and there's none bigger than the one between Woolworths and a resurgent Wesfarmers. Now that both companies have handed down their final-quarter sales results there's the usual debate about which battles ...
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Antitrust Nominee Supports Repeal of Supreme Court Decision on Retail Pricing
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON--The Obama administration's nominee to be the Justice Department's next top antitrust enforcer said Thursday he would favor a repeal of a controversial Supreme Court ruling that allowed manufacturers to set retail prices for their products.
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Zellers on road to retail extinction as HBC to close most stores
GlobalNews.ca
Is your mall getting a Target? TORONTO - Zellers stores may soon join now-defunct Canadian chains as a relic of the retail past after its parent company said Thursday it will close most of the 64 remaining locations, affecting up to 6400 jobs. Hudson's ...
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Japan Retail Trade (YoY) 0.2% in Jun
Forexrazor
Japan Retail Trade (YoY) 0.2% in Jun. FXstreet.com (Barcelona) For more information, rea... @ 7:17 PM, Thursday July 26 2012. FXstreet.com (Barcelona) For more information, read our latest forex news. For more information, read our latest forex news ...
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Retailers' Idea: Think Smaller in Urban Push
New York Times
With little room to expand in the suburbs, retailers, including Office Depot, Wal-Mart and Target, are betting that opening small city stores will help their growth. It is a significant shift from their approach in the past, when they tried to cram ...
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New York Times
Greek Yogurt-Maker Chobani Opens First Retail Store in New York City
Inc.com
"We don't have any specific plans for a second store, or how fast will there be a national rollout--we really just got started and we're still tweaking and learning," says Chobani's director of retail operations, Dar Vasseghi. Up until this week, the ...
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RETAIL: Male Vanity on the Rise
Press-Enterprise
As the fairer sex, women, not surprisingly, are the majority of salon customers, with 72 percent of females and 52 percent of men using professional care services, according to Mintel Research. But reports show that younger guys are not averse to a bit ...
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Online sales tax bill stirs up opposing views in DC
InternetRetailer.com
With the merchants who make up the Internet Retailer Top 500 accounting for nearly all of the online state sales tax that goes uncollected, retailers outside of the Top 500 should be exempt from sales tax collection, Steve DelBianco, the executive ...
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Shop with a tap
Hindu Business Line
For the retail business, addressing consumer loyalty has never been as important as it is today. We see offers such as "two for the price of one" everywhere; we see loyalty points that translate into "money off" transactions in stores and special ...
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Hindu Business Line
RETAIL: Walmart sued by disabled over payment machines
North County Times
RETAIL: Walmart sued by disabled over payment machines. Wal-Mart sued by disabled over payment machines. Print Email. 2012-07-26T13:00:00Z 2012-07-25T17:40:41Z RETAIL: Walmart sued by disabled over payment machines North County Times ...
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Concerns raised over impact of new retail sales tax
CTV News
Some Manitobans are worried a new tax could hit hard for people living on fixed incomes. In its spring budget, the provincial government announced a seven per cent retail sales tax on various insurance policies in Manitoba. Insurance broker Nate ...
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KSS Retail Introduces Advisory Services Program
CSNews Online
CINCINNATI -- KSS Retail, a dunnhumby company, has developed a tiered Advisory Services program to enhance its existing service platform. Under the program, the company will provide specialized, one-on-one, senior-level consultation with the goal of ...
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