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Barclays retail boss Jenkins gets CEO task
Business Standard
Britain's Barclays has picked softly spoken retail boss Antony Jenkins as its new chief executive to fill the shoes left by Bob Diamond, the colourful American investment banker who resigned after a rate-rigging scandal. Jenkins, brought in six years ...
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Retailers Report Strong Gains for August
TIME
A range of retailers from discounter Target to club-operator Costco on Thursday reported August sales that beat Wall Street estimates. The results seem to show that what Americans do and say are two different things: The strong sales reports come a day ...
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Steelbird to open 200 retail outlets in next one year
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Helmet manufacturer Steelbird is setting up exclusive retail outlets for its premium products and plans to open a chain of 200 stores across India in next one year under the 'Steelbird Riderz Shop' brand. The Delhi-headquartered firm, which ...
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Barclays appoints retail boss Jenkins as CEO
Moneycontrol.com
Britain's Barclays on Thursday named retail boss Antony Jenkins as its new chief executive, handing an insider the task of helping to repair the damage caused by a rate-rigging scandal. Source: Reuters ...
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AT&T bites into Apple strategy with its own mega retail store
CNET
"Customers will not only be able to interact with and purchase our products, but they will also experience the forefront of evolving wireless technology and see how AT&T is leading it," Paul Roth, president of AT&T retail sales and service, said in a ...
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ICG launch retail bond paying 6.25pc
Telegraph.co.uk
Philip Keller, managing director of ICG commented: "Following the positive performance of our first retail bond last December we are pleased to return to the market with this second launch. Given the company's strong balance sheet we believe that this ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Weak Retail Sales Results from Europe and Japan Hit Stocks
MarketWatch
Markit Economics released a number of retail Purchasing Managers' Index reports on Thursday, including its report on Eurozone Retail PMI (NAR:VGK) . What follows is the breakdown appearing in the report (with figures below 50 indicating contraction): ...
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US retailers beat sales forecasts
Financial Times
Gap and the owner of Victoria's Secret reported sharp sales growth in August as the US retail sector appeared on course for another strong month in spite of economic uncertainty. Ten of the twelve retailers that had reported by early morning had sales ...
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Retail sales rise 3.6% in August, beating forecasts
Los Angeles Times
Shoppers hit the malls for back-to-school shopping in August and handed retailers a healthy boost despite continued worries about the job market and a sluggish economy. Major chain stores posted a 3.6% sales increase in August compared with the same ...
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Analysis: JJB Sports - what went wrong?
Retail Week
JJB Sports raising the 'for sale' sign over its business is one last throw of the die for the retailer which has been in constant decline for the past five years. It has made many, near fatal, errors over that time period which has led to its current ...
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Deals of the Day: Barclays Taps Retail Boss to Lead Bank
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Barclays Taps Retail Boss to Lead Bank: Barclays tapped longtime executive Antony Jenkins to become its new chief, ending a nearly two-month leadership vacuum following the sudden resignation of former chief Robert Diamond amid a scandal over ...
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Retailers Report Best Sales Growth Since March
DailyFinance
A small group of merchants representing roughly 13 percent of the $2.4 trillion U.S. retail industry report monthly revenue at stores open at least a year, a key measure since it excludes results from locations that open and close during the year. Some ...
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First Monthly Retail Sales Decline in Japan, Nikkei Drops 1%
123Jump.com
6:00 PM Tokyo – The benchmark index in Tokyo declined 1% after retail sales fell in July and on a decelerating auto sales growth and stagnant wages. Construction machinery stocks declined after iron ore prices fell to the low last seen in 2009.
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American Apparel Wins Store Operations Superstar Award by Retail TouchPoints
Sacramento Bee
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 29, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- RetailNext, the leader in comprehensive in-store analytics, today announced that American Apparel, a retailer of branded fashion-basic apparel with 285 stores, was named a Retail TouchPoints' Store ...
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J. Crew's dynamite retail magic
MSN Money
TheStreet.com The best retailer on earth reported Wednesday. Not that anyone cares. I'm talking about the amazing numbers from privately held J. Crew (which, actually, have yet to be reported because of some public debt that was sold to finance the ...
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Research and Markets: Airport Retail Trends in Asia-Pacific, 2012-2013
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Airport Retail Trends in Asia-Pacific, 2012-2013 is a new report by Canadean that analyzes trends in airport retail and explores how opportunities and demand are set to change in 2012-2013. Furthermore, this report not only provides a comprehensive ...
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Five Below (FIVE): A Pricey Retail Stock With Strong Fundamentals, Growth ...
iStockAnalyst
(By Mani) Specialty value retailer Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE), the second best performing IPO in the past three months, has several positive attributes that are unique in retail, including 25 percent unit growth, high single digit comps growth and ...
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Private fuel retailers run out of gas
mydigitalfc.com
Seven years after private sector firms such as Essar Oil and Reliance Industries set up their first pumps to sell auto fuels in response to a government's decision to deregulate prices of fuels, private sector refiners and marketers, find themselves ...
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North Queensland publican Michael Nasser blames large retail liquor outlets ...
Herald Sun
THE far north Queensland publican who threw a lifeline to one-time rugby league bad boy Todd Carney claims liquor pricing and advertising wars between large retail outlets is a big contributor to alcohol-fuelled violence. Michael Nasser, who gave ...
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