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SBI starts retail loan war, cuts home, auto loan by 0.5%
IBNLive.com
SBI starts retail loan war, cuts home, auto loan by 0.5%. A day after the credit policy, big daddy State Bank has started a rate war. It has slashed lending rates on home and auto loans between 50 to 60 basis points to make them the lowest in the industry.
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Retail shareholders, employees lose interest in Infosys stock
Economic Times
BANGALORE: Shares of Infosys, once a preferred savings instrument for the Indian middle-class, especially in the South, are falling out of favour with the investing public as evidenced by the fall in retail shareholding in the Bangalore-based software ...
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Green Gold Animation eyes retail, global markets
Hindu Business Line
On growth plans, Rajiv said 'brand bheem' is being leveraged to expand the retail stores. Through Green Gold store, nearly 500 products are being promoted. There are 19 stores at present. Plan is to start three-four every month and hit 100 by the end ...
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Hindu Business Line
Diamond jewellery major Kama Schachter to expand retail footprint
Economic Times
KOLKATA: Kama Schachter, one of Asia's largest manufacturers and exporters of diamond jewellery, plans to expand its retail footprint in India. The company expects to have at least 300 retailers for Kama Love and 350 retailers for Kama Platinum in a ...
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Star Health and Allied Insurance aims Rs 850 crore premium from retail segment ...
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Health insurer Star Health and Allied Insurance today said it expects to garner Rs 850 crore premium from the retail segment in this fiscal. "The company collected Rs 503 crore from retail segment last fiscal. We are aiming at Rs 850 crore ...
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Valero Fixes Balance Sheet by Dumping Beer: Corporate Finance
Bloomberg
The largest U.S. refiner by processing capacity aims to leave its retail unit with a comparable debt load to peers and keep investment-grade ratings for the remaining business. A dividend to the parent from the spinoff combined with reduced capital ...
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Harley-Davidson retail sales up 2.8 in Q2
Powersports Business
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1, 2012 — Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) reported continued increases in earnings and dealer new motorcycle sales for the second quarter of 2012. Income from continuing operations was $247.3 million, or $1.07 per share, ...
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Retailers plan to tap capital market for funding
Inquirer.net
Learning more about Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) will be interesting for retailers as more and more retail businesses respond to challenges of expansion and maintaining stability," Paul Santos, chairman of PRA's 21st National Retail Conference and ...
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S Mobility - Amalgamation of Spice Distribution Limited with Spice Retail ...
Moneycontrol.com
S Mobility Ltd has informed BSE that Hon'ble High Court of Himachal Pradesh vide its Order dated July 10, 2012 sanctioned the Scheme of amalgamation of Spice Distribution Limited with Spice Retail Limited (both subsidiaries of the Company). On filing ...
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S.Africa's Nedbank boosted by retail arm
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 1 (Reuters) - South Africa's Nedbank Group posted a 24 percent jump in first-half profit on Wednesday, boosted by a turnaround at its retail arm as it focused on high revenue generators like credit cards and personal loans. Nedbank ...
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AT&T orders retail staff to sell anything but the iPhone, multiple sources tell us
BGR
Regional retail sales managers at AT&T have been instructing store managers to pump the brakes on Apple's iPhone. Instructions handed down from corporate state that customers seeking smartphones at AT&T retail stores should be steered away from ...
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For Retailers, Where's the Olympic Gold?
CNBC.com
The good news is the sun came out in time for the Opening Ceremony and we can now put away our ski jackets just in time for August. The bad news is sunshine will not save retail. And despite many retailers' early hopes, the Olympics probably won't either.
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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Is No Wimp, Launching an Exclusive Retail Campaign ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In preparation for the latest theatrical release - DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS - on August 3, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products has launched a national retail campaign with Walmart, making the world's largest retailer a "One Stop WIMPY Shop.
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The Philadelphia Collection to return, aims to drive local retail
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Founded in 2010 by the City of Philadelphia, Center City District and the Philadelphia Retail Marketing Alliance, the weeklong series of fashion and style events looks to promote all aspects of the city's fashion economy. This year, The Philadelphia ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSOCIATION : FACT CHECK: Retailers ...
4-traders
"The Marketplace Fairness Act recently introduced in the Senate would require online retailers to collect and pay sales taxes to states where they have no physical presence or democratic recourse. Overstock.com, eBay and the like could have to pay ...
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Micromax Funbook Pro available at retail online shelves
India Today
The new version of Micromax Funbook Pro i s available at retail online shelves for Rs 9999. The 10.1-inch tablet can be purchased from popular deal site, Snapdeal.com. According to reports, the website is taking pre-orders for the tablet whose spy ...
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ACCC chairman calls for retail rules revamp
The Australian
Speaking at the NAB National Small Business Summit in Melbourne yesterday, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims said he was hoping the supermarkets would agree to a system that would require them to give more ...
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Visa and MasterCard settle a retailer suit over swipe fees
InternetRetailer.com
Payment card networks Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., along with a number of major credit card issuing banks such as Bank of America, Citibank and JPMorgan Chase, have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by retailers that alleged the companies violated ...
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LNK Partners Closes Second $400 Million Fund Dedicated To Investments In ...
MarketWatch (press release)
1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- LNK Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in the consumer/retail sector, today announced the final closing of LNK Partners II, L.P. The fund, which was oversubscribed but capped at its $400 million ...
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Coach Drops as Kors Grabs Handbag Customers in Slowdown: Retail
Businessweek
Coach Inc. (COH) (COH) Chief Executive Officer Lew Frankfort has beaten Wall Street sales estimates in 85 percent of all quarters for the past five years, through good times and bad. Not yesterday, when Coach reported North American comparable sales ...
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Corn Prices Skyrocket: Retail Yet To Be Affected
Kapitall Blog (blog)
Widespread drought and soaring temperatures have caused corn crops to suffer. The poor yields quickly sent corn future contracts to record highs, an effect analysts say will impact consumers considerably, but not just yet. The drought is one of the ...
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New West End Company to tempt shoppers via social media
Retail Week
Retailers have complained that their London stores have been quiet during the Olympics, while figures from Experian showed that footfall had slumped in central London, with a week-on-week footfall slump of 12.4% in the West End and west London retail ...
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NRF to Congress: Close the Sales Tax Loophole This Year to Strengthen Local ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, Aug 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The National Retail Federation today urged members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to support legislation that would simplify and streamline the sales tax system to ...
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Amazon's retail bulldozer rumbles on
Fortune
Several articles in recent weeks raised the possibility of this ultimate Amazonifiation of retail. Construction of more warehouses is all that stands between the company and total domination, they suggested. Such conjecture largely ignored an important ...
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Fortune
West Elm to Open New Retail Store in Durham, NC
MarketWatch (press release)
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Aug 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Home furnishings retailer West Elm announced today that it will open a new retail store at 6910 Fayetteville Road in Durham, NC on August 23rd, 2012. Located in the Streets at Southpoint, the new store ...
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8 Specialty Retail Stocks to Buy Now
Investorplace.com
This week, eight Specialty Retail stocks are improving their overall rating on Portfolio Grader. Each of these rates an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy"). Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) is bettering its rating of C ("hold") from last week to a B ...
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Could Obamacare Actually Help Retail?
GlobeSt.com (blog)
Obamacare isn't too popular with some of the leaders of the retail industry. The National Retail Federation certainly wasn't happy, calling the Supreme Court's decision last month supports a law that "wrongly focuses more on penalizing employers and ...
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AT&T Recognized by CIO Magazine for Use of Technology to Enhance ...
MarketWatch (press release)
AT&T retail systems are integrated with att.com so customers can begin their shopping experience online at home and finish in the store where retail employees can retrieve the customer's online cart. Customers can also build their cart in store and ...
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How Can Retailers Combat Showrooming?
Apparel Magazine
The cross-channel commerce solutions and retail technology provider's study found that the most successful retailers focus on the fundamentals — such as buy online, pick up in store, and consistent, transparent pricing and promotions. Key takeaways ...
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The missing link in retail customer experience
Retail Customer Experience (blog)
As I make my rounds teaching Retail University around the world, one of the most asked questions is "how do we transform customer experience in retail stores?" Countless millions have been spent on training retail store sales associates to deliver a ...
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Nedbank retail growing by over 30%
Moneyweb.co.za
PRETORIA – Nedbank (JSE:NED) now has 5.6m clients in retail, with a net gain in clients of 585 000 for the last six months. Over the last three reporting periods, the bank, South Africa's fourth largest lender by assets, gained 1.145m net clients. In a ...
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Count Me In Announces Groundbreaking Retailer Solutions for Facebook and ...
PR Web (press release)
App offers branded solutions for its retail clients allowing them to seamlessly integrate collaborative gifting and gift registry tools from within their Facebook and Pinterest pages. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on ...
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