Friday, July 13, 2012

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Retail still looks for end in sight
Sydney Morning Herald
ON THURSDAY Myer cut 100 staff to rein in costs amid the toughest retail environment in 25 years. Yesterday Specialty Fashion, the company behind the Katies and Millers chains, warned its full-year earnings were likely to halve after a drop in ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
X5 Retail Softens Expectations as CEO Departs
Wall Street Journal
X5, Russia's biggest retailer by sales, has been in state of flux since Mr. Gusev took control in March 2011, with revenue contracting for the past several quarters and the company faced with increased competition from other retailers such as Magnit (MGNT.
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Retail rents push city to the fore
Sydney Morning Herald
MELBOURNE retail rents jumped by 20.8 per cent in the past year, the biggest rise of any city in the world, and making Melbourne seventh in the top 40 retail rankings. Sydney remained the third-most expensive retail city in the world, despite a 14.7 ...
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Will Google take to the streets with its own retail stores?
CNET
Google is establishing some 'zones' in Best Buy and a few other outlets, buy it may end up being compelled to follow Apple and Microsoft with a chain of retail stores worldwide. Read this blog post by Dan Farber on Internet & Media.
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Windows 8: The end of the full retail version?
CNET
If Microsoft no longer sells full retail versions of Windows starting with Windows 8, as rumored, don't expect many tears to be shed. Read this blog post by Mary Jo Foley on Windows 8.
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Activist investor Ackman buys into P&G, shares rise
msnbc.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor William Ackman looks ready to take on management at yet another major company as he builds a stake in the iconic U.S. household products company Procter & Gamble Co <PG.N>.
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M&S finds itself going out of fashion
Financial Times
Neil Saunders, managing director of Conlumino, the retail consultancy, believes M&S has two other options: "muddling along in the middle", or more preferably, "ripping up the rule book and starting again" on clothing. He cites the example of John Lewis ...
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Samsung Retail Store Opens in Vancouver, Receives Flak for Resembling Apple ...
The Droid Guy
Samsung has opened a new retail store in Vancouver, Canada which is receiving a lot of criticism for bearing resemblance to the Apple Store.
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The Droid Guy
Chinese middle class embraces technology as the "perfect storm" for online ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The boom in technology is revolutionizing the retail market, with the sudden growth in e-commerce powered largely by middle class urban spending as they are people with the access, the smartphones and devices, the credit cards to facilitate payments ...
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Piers Fawkes: Is Retail Undergoing A Music Industry Style Change?
PSFK
Like the entertainment industries, retail is witnessing the impact of 'On Demand' and 'Peer-to-Peer' services.
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Retail in need of therapy
The Australian Financial Review
It's a tough time to own retail property. But for some investors, those who are looking for diversification and to focus more on income than capital growth, retail property might be worth considering.
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The Australian Financial Review
Spain's bank recap to hit retail
International Financing Review
Retail investors who bought an estimated €30bn of high-yielding junior debt in Spain's ailing banks are expected to face deep losses under European Union plans to recapitalise the lenders. Spain pushed other countries to recapitalise banks directly ...
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Baltimore-area retail vacancy rates, rents drop in second quarter
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Greater Baltimore's retail vacancy rate slightly declined to 6 percent during ...
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RETAIL: BerryBean changes hands, makes changes
Press-Enterprise
New coffee house owner Yxstian Gutierrez, 26, plans more community involvement.
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STATISTICS CANADA : Quarterly Retail Commodity Survey, first quarter 2012
4-traders
Retail sales rose 5.6% in the first quarter from the first quarter of 2011. Higher sales were reported in all major commodity groups. ...
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Estee Lauder benefits from airport retail market
MSN Money
It has succeeded in capitalizing on the growing travel retail market over the past few quarters and currently sells its prestige beauty products through more than 1000 airport outlets. This channel has performed particularly well within Europe, Asia ...
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No single retailer is very successful everywhere
Livemint
No single retailer is very successful everywhere, , Home.
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