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Fitch downgrades retailers to 'negative' as slowdown bites
Moneycontrol.com
Fitch downgrades retailers to 'negative' as slowdown bites. Reflecting the general gloom in the economy, rating agency Fitch today downgraded the outlook for the domestic retail sector to "negative" from "stable". Source: PTI. Share · Tweet · Share on ...
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Fitch Ratings downgrades retail sector outlook
Business Standard
Global ratings firm Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook for the Indian retail sector for the second half of this year from stable to negative, owing to a sustained fall in the discretionary spending ability of consumers, which, according to the firm ...
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Fitch: India's retail sector outlook negative for H212
Moneycontrol.com
Fitch Ratings has revised the H212 outlook for the Indian retail sector to negative from stable in view of a sustained deterioration in the discretionary spending ability which is unlikely to improve over the short term. Source: Moneycontrol.com ...
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Retail sales growth slows in July - BRC
Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales growth slowed in July as a sunny spell towards the end of the month failed to make up for weeks of rain which depressed sales of summer clothes and other seasonal products, the British Retail Consortium said on ...
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Big retailer sounds alert on earnings
Sydney Morning Herald
FURNITURE and electricals superstore Harvey Norman has sounded a warning to investors on the eve of the corporate reporting season, revealing that woeful sales through much of 2012 would strip away as much as 40 per cent off its profits for the full year.
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EIA: US Retail Gasoline Prices Surge 13.7 Cents a Gallon
Fox Business
The national average retail price of regular gasoline surged 13.7 cents a gallon to $3.645 a gallon, its highest since May, in the week ended Monday, the Energy Information Administration said. The rise was the biggest one-week increase in prices since ...
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Japanese giant Aeon in deal talks with Indian retailers
Business Standard
Two Indian grocery retail chains, which rely on the franchisee route to operate neighbourhood convenience stores, are understood to have opened stake sale negotiations with Aeon Co, the Japanese retailing and financial services behemoth, which reported ...
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Gina Rinehart's Hancock appeals to Fairfax's retail investors
The Australian
GINA Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has opened a new front in its battle for Fairfax Media board seats, by appealing directly to retail shareholders with a letter outlining the mining magnate's complaints against the struggling publishing business. The ...
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Vanguard, E*Trade Resume Routing Retail Orders to Knight -Spokesman
Wall Street Journal
(ETFC) have begun sending a portion of their retail customer orders to Knight Capital Group (KCG) after the embattled brokerage secured a $400 million lifeline from a group of investors. Vanguard and E*Trade were among several large firms that ...
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Key retail analyst upgrades Wal-Mart shares
CBS News
NEW YORK — A key Wall Street retail analyst is recommending investors buy Wal-Mart shares, citing that the world's largest retailer is enjoying increases in sales heading into the critical back-to-school shopping season. In a note to clients Monday ...
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BGA demands retail marketing, branding of rice in lieu of bulk sales
Business Recorder (blog)
The Basmati Growers Association on Monday demanded of the Rice Exporters Association (Reap) to prefer retail marketing and branding of Basmati rice in the developed countries instead of bulk sales to the Middle East, where others would get benefit ...
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United Kingdom: BRC Retail Sales Monitor - All (YoY) (Jul): 0.1%
FXstreet.com
United Kingdom: BRC Retail Sales Monitor - All (YoY) (Jul): 0.1%. Mon, Aug 06 2012, 23:01 GMT | FXstreet.com · Share. Related News. United Kingdom: BRC Retail Sales Monitor - All (YoY) (Jul): 0.1% · New Zealand Labour cost index (YoY) steadies at 2.1% ...
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Lincoln Road Retail Demonstrates South Beach Strength
GlobeSt.com (blog)
MIAMI-As Miami's retail market continues outpacing the nation, one of my favorite retail strips has been seeing renewed action: Lincoln Road in South Beach. I used to work for a sports photographer on Lincoln Road in the mid-1990s. I lived two blocks ...
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Retail Properties Of America Q2 FFO Up; Lifts FY12 Operating FFO Outlook
RTT News
(RTTNews) - Retail Properties of America, Inc. (RPAI:Quote) reported that its second-quarter Funds From Operations or FFO was $70.2 million, or $0.31 per share, up from $49.0 million, or $0.25 per share for the same period in 2011. Operating Funds From ...
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HMV moves to replace finance director
Financial Times
Mr Kenyon is regarded as a solid retail finance director who is likely to work well with Trevor Moore, who was last week named as the new chief executive of HMV. Mr Fox announced that he would leave the retailer in September after six years at the ...
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Financial Times
NEW INFO; Organized Retail Crime Raid at Proctorville Flea Market
WSAZ-TV
A top investigator for Walgreen's retail crime division says consumer crime set ups like this one costs all retailers from 30 to 40 billion dollars a year. Gary Weisbecker tells us; "you just can't always pass the costs on to consumers. You're going to ...
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US retail sales and sporting sponsorships
just-style.com (blog)
Lured by warm weather and promotions to clear summer merchandise, US shoppers hit the stores in July giving an overall boost to many apparel retailers - but the results shed little light on back-to-school spending plans. Highlights included a 10% jump ...
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Poor access stifles online retail in SA
Independent Online
Cultural challenges and less predictable data packages are possibly dissuading consumers from making the shift to online grocery purchases, according to technology experts. Spiwe Chireka, the manager for the International Data Corporation's telecoms ...
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Independent Online
Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. to Announce Second-Quarter 2012 Financial ...
Sacramento Bee
6, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMRG), the largest retailer of big & tall men's apparel and accessories, announced today that it will release its second-quarter 2012 financial results before the market opens on Friday ...
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Japanese retailer Muji coming to SoMa
San Francisco Chronicle
Muji, a Japanese retailer with a devoted following among designers and those untouched or recovering from logo fever, has announced plans to open a San Francisco store in November. Muji SoMa will be the fifth U.S. store - the first opened in 2007 in ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Wren Solutions Delivers Retail Intelligence with Updated Version of Encapsulon ...
Sacramento Bee
The new version helps retailers to automate and optimize audit programs through enhanced mobility, improved reporting and greater intelligence; making it easier and faster for retail loss prevention and operations teams to identify and correct sources ...
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Cycle Gear Opens 97th Retail Store In Lynnwood, Washington
Hot Bike Magazine (blog)
cycle-gear-logo. BENICIA, CA – August 3rd, 2012 - Cycle Gear Inc., the nation's largest retailer of motorcycle apparel and accessories, is pleased to announce that it has just opened its 97th retail store in Lynnwood, Washington. Located at 4210 196th ...
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Retail development touted for Captain Stirling site
inmycommunity
... a retail redevelopment at the site go ahead, according to the Wordsworth family. Retailer Woolworths wants to build a shopping centre with a supermarket, Dan Murphy's liquor store and specialty shops on the site, which also includes five ...
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July 'lacklustre' for retailers
expressandstar.com
Retailers have suffered a "lacklustre" July as expectations of an Olympic boost appear to be "wide of the mark", a leading survey shows. Sales values edged 0.1% higher on a like-for-like basis in July, compared with a 0.6% rise in the same month last ...
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expressandstar.com
Guernsey's Leale's Yard retail park plan 'progressing'
BBC News
A retail park on Guernsey has attracted interest from UK firms, but its owners say it could still be years before on-site operations could start. Colin Macleod, chief executive of the Channel Islands Co-operative Society, which owns Leale's Yard, said ...
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BBC News
Retail growth continues
Jeweller Magazine
Australian jewellery retailers will be hoping figures recently released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate a changing of consumer psychology, with sales in clothing, footwear and personal accessories category continuing to show growth.
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Consider Shopping for Discount Retail Stocks
Investorplace.com
The rise in discount retail stocks is pretty well known by now, with these smaller picks showing up Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) stores for a few years running. But the million-dollar question for these low-price retailer shops is whether the gains will continue.
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