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FDI in multi-brand retail: A premature idea
Economic Times
After my article last month (Retail FDI Won't Help, ET, July 13), a number of readers called up to ask if I was against FDI in multi-brand retail. However, this was not the intent of that article. My principal point was that FDI in multi-brand retail ...
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NPD Says New US Videogame Industry Retail Sales Fell 20% In July
Wall Street Journal
Aggregate sales of retail packaged goods across the videogame industry in the U.S. fell to $548.4 million in July, down 20% from $686.3 million posted in the same month last year, according to the latest survey by industry researcher NPD Group. The ...
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Traders oppose foreign direct investment in retail
Times of India
VARANASI: In response to a call given by Uttar Pradesh Udyog Vyapar Pratinidhi Mandal, members of Varanasi Vyapar Mandal staged a sit-in, opposing foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, at Lahurabir crossing on Thursday. The members of VVM and ...
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Retailers press forward on $7.2 billion card fee settlement
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for U.S. retailers said on Thursday they expect to submit a proposed $7.2 billion antitrust settlement with Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc for court approval within the next several months, despite opposition to the pact from ...
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Retailers Bracing for Higher Health Care Costs
CSPnet.com
WASHINGTON -- Employers in the retail and restaurant industries are more likely than other companies to drop their health plans or cut workers' hours when new Affordable Care Act requirements take effect in 2014, according to new data from consulting ...
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Kohl's Swaps Jump After Retailer Cuts Forecast for 2012 Profit
Bloomberg
The cost to guard against losses on the debt of Kohl's Corp. (KSS) rose the most in four weeks after the third-largest U.S. department-store company cut its fiscal 2012 profit forecast and said second-quarter sales fell. Credit-default swaps tied to ...
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Free IPads Highlight US Stores' Back-to-School Frenzy
Businessweek
Retailers, stinging from lackluster sales in the first half of the year, are tempting shoppers with promotions to distract them from anxiety tied to the U.S. economy, where the unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for more than three years. Kmart ...
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Modern retail to grow 6-times to $220 billion by 2020: Ficci study
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Despite the current slowdown, the retail industry is poised to touch $ 1.3 trillion in the next eight years, driven largely by modern trade, which will jump seven-fold by then to touch $ 220 billion. "The estimated value of the retail sector at ...
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KCE holds retail electricity prices steady
Voxy
Electricity generator and retailer, King Country Energy (KCE), announced today it will not raise its published electricity retail prices this year. KCE reviews its prices on an annual basis and normally applies any changes, if necessary, during October ...
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