Friday, August 24, 2012

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PayPal In Retail Stores Will Shoot eBay Higher
Seeking Alpha
With the recent news that eBay has reached a deal with Discover Financial Services (DFS) to allow its PayPal services to be used in retail stores throughout the country, eBay may be set to change the game once again. With this recent news, eBay's ...
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CBI says high street lost out in Olympics
Telegraph.co.uk
The CBI's distributive trades survey found that 31pc of retailers suffered lower sales volumes than a year ago over the first two weeks of August, which coincided with the Games, while 27pc said they were higher. The rounded balance of +3 was the ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Australia's Woolworths sees tough year in retail gloom
Reuters
Second half net profit down 13.2 pct. * Earnings for 2013 seen growing 3-6 pct, below analyst estimates. * Retail sector gloom deepens in uncertain global economy. * Shares off 3.1 pct initially before recovering (Adds background, RBA comments). By ...
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Microsoft opens Boston retail store (pictures)
CNET
Apple didn't reinvent the wheeel here people, they researched the retail marketplace and adapted it to their needs. Posted by John72953 (224 comments ): August 23, 2012 6:30 PM (PDT) Like (1) Reply Link Flag. *Yawn*; Posted by TORGIsHere (20 ...
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Declining stock market volumes force retail brokers to boost revenues from ...
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Declining stock market volumes have forced several retail broking firms, which traditionally dealt in equities, to boost revenues from commodity and currency broking in the past few quarters. These businesses contributed 25-30% to the firms' ...
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Starbucks Schools Other Retailers on Mobile Payments
Businessweek
Since May, Penn State student Sarah Espinoza has been hitting her local Starbucks (SBUX) in State College, Pa., for double-tall, no-water soy dirty chais two to three times a day, about double her usual rate. This spring she downloaded a Starbucks ...
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PRC clears USPS to reduce hours of retail service
Direct Marketing News
The U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) oversight body, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), released Aug. 23 its advisory opinion on the nationwide Post Office Structure Plan (POStPlan), which allows the USPS to begin implementing reduced hours of retail ...
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Retail Details: Basic supplies for a long, hot summer
StarNewsOnline.com (blog)
A quick check of your local forecast and you'll begin to think politicos are predicting the weather. My fellow North Carolinians, tomorrow there is a slight chance of rain, but also a great possibility for sunshine. You should be sure to pack your sun ...
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Retail income buoys Manchester Airport Group's full-year results
MoodieReport
The company noted: "The increase is driven by strong performances from duty free and financial services as well as the successful extension of contracts to existing retailers." Retail revenue also benefited from a focus on maximising space with short ...
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MoodieReport
Iconic retailer Allans Billy Hyde collapses: Why its offshore backer pulled ...
SmartCompany.com.au
Another retailer has bitten the dust. Australian Music Group Holdings, trading as the iconic Allans Billy Hyde brand, has been placed in receivership. Rumours of the company's demise were floating around in March, but joint managing director Tim Mason ...
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Mamata opposes FDI in retail, insurance
Livemint
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), a key ally of the Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, strongly opposed allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in key sectors such as retail, insurance and aviation, arguing that it ...
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Maryland retailers passing the seasonal test
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Even with shoppers emphasizing value, total national spending on clothing, notebooks, pens, paper, electronic products such as tablets and other items is expected to shoot up 22 percent over last year, to $83.8 billion, according to the National Retail ...
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New Australian online retailer Jasu is looking for shoppers with Klout
SmartCompany.com.au
At a time when many retailers are struggling to attract customers, online retailer Jasu is actively restricting its customer base by limiting access to its website to customers based on their Klout score. Jasu launches on Monday and will feature ...
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Indo-Pak nod for cross-border retail banking
New York Daily News
Indo-Pak nod for cross-border retail banking. By Muzaffar Rizvi Friday, August 24th 2012, 12:46 AM. Tweet. Confidence-building moves by India and Pakistan have received a major boost as the central banks of the two neighbours cleared the way to set up ...
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Ian Cheshire to chair BRC as new chief appointed
Retail Week
Ian Cheshire to chair BRC as new chief appointed. 24 August, 2012 | By George MacDonald. KPMG head of retail Helen Dickinson and Kingfisher group chief executive Ian Cheshire are to become the new leaders of the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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Mamata says no to FDI in insurance, retail, pension
Hindustan Times
allowing FDI in multi-brand retail, pension and insurance sector. Top Congress sources said although she has apprehensions about allowing FDI in civil aviation, she has kept the doors open for negotiations on the issue. In her meeting with party MPs on ...
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Strong retail performance at Remarkables Park continues
Voxy
Remarkables Park Ltd, principal owner and developer of the 150ha master planned Remarkables Park Zone, is planning to more than double the size of the Remarkables Park Town Centre. The news comes hot on the heels of an announcement from ...
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Profile: Sally Bailey, chief executive, White Stuff
Retail Week
The quirky lifestyle retailer had appeared to be immune to the recession – Bailey points out that the year Lehman Brothers collapsed, White Stuff experienced strong growth and like-for-likes soared 10%. And that growth had continued throughout the ...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s Retail Store Design is Copied by Samsung too?
The Markets Are Open (blog)
It has to be the irony to end all ironies. Even as Samsung and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) are awaiting the jury verdict at the end of a trial where Apple has accused the Korean company of copying its designs, Samsung has opened a store in Australia that ...
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Tesco closes stores as expansion stutters
China Daily
Retail giant insists further outlets to be planned in strategic locations. British retail giant Tesco Plc, the world's third-largest retailer by sales revenue, confirmed it would close four stores in China, a move to concentrate on its key business ...
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China Daily
Four factors in successful retail developments
Bizcommunity.com
There four factors property investors need to take into account before launching new retail developments, if they wish to ensure their investments do not join the list of those that prove unsuccessful. Despite the number of shopping centres opening up ...
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