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Retail sales rise in July but Olympic boost might disappoint
Telegraph.co.uk
Retail sales rose modestly in July but hopes that the Olympics will transform retailers' fortunes are unrealistic, the British Retail Consortium and KMPG have warned. Total sales values rose 2pc last month compared with a year earlier, below inflation ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Fitch downgrades Indian retail to negative on business slowdown
Firstpost
Reflecting the general gloom in the economy, rating agency Fitch downgraded the outlook for the domestic retail sector to "negative" from "stable". Outlook on the retail sector is revised to negative from stable. This is due to a sustained ...
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Firstpost
TMC will oppose FDI in retail: Mukul Roy
IBNLive.com
... MF News · MF Columns. TMC will oppose FDI in retail: Mukul Roy. CNN-IBN | Aug 07, 2012 at 08:51am. In a reminder, the Trinamool Congress on Monday warned the Congress of its plans to oppose FDI in retail and privatisation of pension funds. Tweet ...
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Esprit names retail veteran as CEO
Financial Times
Esprit is in the midst of a $2.3bn restructuring aimed at bolstering its retail presence and speeding up the response of its supply chain, both of which have been sluggish in part because the company has a large wholesaling operation as well. Net ...
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PE firm buys stake in apparel retailer Soft Surroundings
Fibre2fashion.com
Soft Surroundings, a leading direct marketer and specialty retailer of branded apparel, accessories, beauty products and home furnishings, announced that it has sold a majority interest in its company to form a strategic partnership with Brentwood ...
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Retail gasoline at $3.62 a gallon nationally, $3.85 in California
Los Angeles Times
Refinery and petroleum pipeline problems in the Midwest states led a rise in retail gasoline prices that pushed the national average for a gallon of regular past the $3.60 mark. Prices also rose in California, but by a much smaller amount. The national ...
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Key Retail Analyst Upgrades Wal-Mart Shares
TheStreet.com
... in this article:WMT · Tweet. NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...
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Marimekko to open new retail stores in major US cities
Fibre2fashion.com
Marimekko's robust investments in growth in the United States are continuing, and it will open three new company-owned retail stores in major cities on the East and West Coast this year. Marimekko has also signed an agreement with the Canadian modern ...
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Fibre2fashion.com
Is Indian retail gasping for life?
mydigitalfc.com
Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook for the Indian retail sector to negative from stable for the second half of the ongoing financial year. The credit rating agency said a sustained deterioration in the discretionary spending ability, which is ...
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Fitch downgrades domestic retail sector outlook to negative
Times of India
MUMBAI: Fitch Ratings, a global rating agency, has revised the second half 2012 outlook for the domestic retail sector to negative from stable, in view of a sustained deterioration in the discretionary spending ability which is unlikely to improve over ...
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Go Harvey Norman, where?
Business Spectator
Harvey Norman has a unique retail model but that model does not look right for the next five years. Unfortunately it will be extremely difficult for the company to change, so the latest slump in profits is much more serious than simply economic conditions.
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Retailers fail to get Olympics boost in 'lacklustre' July
The Guardian
Helen Dickinson, head of retail at professional services firm KPMG, said: "Sadly July was a lacklustre month and it's doubtful this trend will change as early expectations that the Olympics will raise retailers' fortunes look to be wide of the mark ...
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The Guardian
Oil futures slip as retail gasoline prices jump
MarketWatch
Retail gasoline prices in the U.S. were a very different story, however, with the Energy Information Administration reporting a 13.7-cent surge to an average price of $3.645 a gallon. The leap in retail pump prices — the largest one-week jump since ...
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HMV appoints Ian Kenyon as group finance director
Retail Week
Kenyon will take up his role from September 3, replacing David Wolffe. Retail Week reported yesterday that Wolffe is poised to leave after 18 months at the entertainment retailer. He will remain at HMV until Kenyon starts to "ensure a smooth handover".
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Windows 8 Retail Box Packaging Revealed
Windows 8 Beta
Last week Microsoft Released Windows 8 to Manufacturers,with the public release slated for October 26th 2012.Microsoft is gearing up for the big release and so are we,bringing every news about the upcoming operating system from the software giant.
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South Korea's foreign currency deposits grow
Zee News
Seoul: South Korea's foreign currency retail deposits grew USD3.31 billion last month as more export proceeds were deposited in the foreign currency accounts amid a continued trade surplus, the central bank said Tuesday. Foreign currency retail ...
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Zee News
Retail campaign pushes company growth for DairyBelle
Bizcommunity.com
DairyBelle has announced that its recent campaign, Savour every Flavour, has contributed to the 9% growth, YTD, over the 2011 figures. The success of the campaign, which rolled out in May 2012, is largely due to strategic and relevant creative concept ...
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Top 25 retailers
Inside Retailing
Inside Retail Magazine's Top 25 Retailers list underlines just how difficult retail trading conditions are in Australia, with nine of the biggest retail companies in the nation set for lower sales in the current 2012 financial year than last year. The ...
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Gills Onions recall spreads throughout the nation's retail food chain
Ventura County Star
Gills Onions' recall of its fresh onions due to possible bacteria contamination has rippled through at least 32 states and many major supermarkets. Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Market, Wegmans, Weis, Publix Super ...
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