Friday, August 10, 2012

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Devil's in the detail of retail recovery
The Australian
Even the conspicuous areas of retailing such as department store sales improved. Indeed, the discretionary sectors were among those that recorded the strongest growth. The weak retail sector has of course been given a badly needed injection from the ...
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Dixons Retail takes full control of PIXmania
Reuters
LONDON Aug 10 (Reuters) - Dixons Retail, Europe's second biggest electricals retailer, said on Friday it would take full ownership of online business PIXmania after agreeing to buy out the minority interest of its founders. The firm said it would pay ...
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Free iPads! Free haircuts! Retailers pulling out stops for your back-to-school ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
With Abercrombie & Fitch Co. giving away 1000 iPads and J.C. Penney Co. offering $10 million of free haircuts, U.S. retailers are pulling out the stops to make sure they get a share of what may be the best back-to-school shopping season in a decade.
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Poshmark attempting to revolutionize retail with mobile-first approach
ZDNet (blog)
After sampling the app for short while, it looks like Poshmark took the best of some of the leading online and mobile retailers and integrated them all into one platform. To put it in more relative terms, think of Poshmark as Instagram meets Etsy with ...
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Retail resources in race for returns
Mail & Guardian Online
A significant valuation gap has been developing in equities between the retail sector and resources. According to Alexander Forbes's Global Large Manager Watch, this has resulted in large disparities in returns among fund managers – more than 10% in ...
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Trinamool to continue opposition to FDI in retail
Northern Voices Online (blog)
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Amid efforts by the Congress to build consensus within the ruling coalition on the issue of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, a Trinamool Congress leader has reaffirmed the party's opposition to ...
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Sears: Financial play or retail turnaround?
MarketWatch
Sears's share in the U.S. retail market has declined to 1.5% last year from 1.7% in 2006; Wal-Mart's share rose to 11.5% from 9.8% in the meantime while Target's was up to 2.6% from 2.2%, Euromonitor data showed. Its U.S. same-store sales also had ...
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Next Wk/US: Retail Sales, CPI/PPI, IP,Phil Fed,Hsing Sts,TICS
ForexLive (blog)
Next Wk/US: Retail Sales, CPI/PPI, IP,Phil Fed,Hsing Sts,TICS. By Market News International || August 10, 2012 at 14:10 GMT. || 0 comments || Add comment. By Kasra Kangarloo. WASHINGTON (MNI) – The star indicator in the week ahead will be retail sales ...
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Apple stores cast shadow on US retailers
Financial Times
The two companies occupy different corners of the retail landscape and have seen sales growth dwindle for different reasons. But what unites them is the shadow cast by Apple's bricks-and-mortar shops, a potential model for physical stores in the ...
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PepsiCo, Retail Partners and Feed The Children Team Up to Help Detroit ...
Sacramento Bee
About PepsiCo PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Our main businesses – Quaker ...
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Massachusetts hopes sales tax holiday boosts retail sector
Reuters
BOSTON Aug 9 (Reuters) - Despite an improving economy, Massachusetts is going ahead with an annual "sales tax holiday" in an attempt to bolster demand during the summer retailing doldrums. The holiday is scheduled for Aug. 11 and 12, when the state's ...
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6 US retailers set to invade Canada's malls
Updated News
"There's a lot of fear how the landscape is changing, there are lots of rumours about who is weak and who will go down next," retail analyst and former Eaton's executive Jim Danahy says. The causes have been slightly different, but now, even those that ...
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Kimco's Up 23 Percent, What's This Retail REIT Doing Right?
Forbes
Last November Kimco celebrated its 20th anniversary as a public company and since its founding in 1958, the retail REIT has evolved into a diversely risk-aligned investment platform. Kimco has a well-balanced tenant portfolio that includes many leading ...
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Cracking the US market: What fashion retailers need to know
Retail Week
Young fashion retailer River Island is eyeing sites in New York, while Ted Baker has just opened a flagship store on 5th Avenue as it further expands across the country. French Connection, however, has found the going tough. Yesterday (Thursday) it ...
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New bus service will link town with Congleton Retail Park
This is Staffordshire
Biddulph-based bus company Bakerbus has announced service number 95 will run to and from Lower Heath via the retail park every hour from Monday to Saturday after its launch on August 20. And as an introductory offer the service will be free of charge ...
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Casio claims new Android tablets are ideal for range of retail applications
Retail Times
Designed to integrate with Casio's Android-powered EPoS terminals, the tablets will also benefit from the retail-focused Android apps available from the new cloud-based Casio Business Portal, the company said. Claimed to combine the ease-of-use of ...
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The 5 Largest Retailers In South Africa
Ventures Africa
VENTURES AFRICA – South Africa is increasingly appearing on the radar screen of western retailers looking for the next growth opportunity in emerging markets as consumer spending remains subdued at home. Consultants Deloitte and Planet Retail have ...
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Ventures Africa
Wi-Fi on London Underground a boost for online retailers
Retail Week
Transport for London is rolling out Wi-Fi, run by Virgin Media, across its network and 72 stations already carry the service. Wi-Fi is free during the Olympics but users will have to pay a fee after the Games have finished. Ocado does just under half ...
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Sam's Club extends credit relationship with GE Capital Retail Bank
Drug Store News
STAMFORD, Conn. — Sam's Club has extended its relationship with GE Capital Retail Bank, a consumer lending unit of General Electric. GE Capital Retail Bank will continue providing the Sam's Club credit card program to their advantage and business ...
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Retail Manager
Travel Weekly UK
RETAIL TRAVEL MANAGER BASED IN SOUTHAMPTON. Do you have experience as a Retail Travel Manager? Are you a Travel Manager with solid long-haul product knowledge looking for a new challenge? We have a dream Retail Store Manager role for ...
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India's Retail Potential Tops $1T 2020
Rapaport
RAPAPORT... India's retail sector is poised to become a $1.3 trillion opportunity by 2020 as integrated, multi-channel retailing will drive the upcoming wave of consumption, according to a report from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and ...
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Retail coupon roundup
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
Go HERE for links to printable store coupons good at major retail stores such as Kohl's, Famous Footwear, Bath & Body Works, Shoe Carnival, Target, Yankee Candle and many more. Thanks MySLCMommy.com! Reader comments on sltrib.com are the ...
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