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Retailers set store by festive season as July sales fall to two-year lows
The Australian
Sales at department stores fell by 10.2 per cent in July compared to June, their biggest monthly fall since 2005 and a sharp reversal from the 3.7 per cent gain seen in June, which had kindled a brief spark of hope that the sector may finally be ...
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Retail back in its former rut
The Age
The $2.85 billion in early carbon tax compensation and schoolchildren bonus payments boosted retail spending by 0.6 and 1.2 per cent in May and June, but when the sugar hit stopped in July - the month the government turned off its spending tap in order ...
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DA criticizes retail hike in fuel prices
Independent Online
Ms Peters has approved that the retail margin on all grades of petrol be increased by 3.5 cents per litre from 91.8 cents per litre to 95.3 cents per litre with effect from Wednesday‚ September 5. A statement issued by her department said this increase ...
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Independent Online
Future Ventures' FMCG arm to buy convenience stores of Pantaloon Retail
VC Circle
Future Consumer Enterprises Ltd (FCEL), a wholly owned arm of Kishore Biyani-promoted investment and business management company Future Ventures India Ltd, is planning to buy the convenience store chain under Pantaloon Retail. However, financial ...
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VC Circle
Drop in retail sales
ABC Online
ELEANOR HALL: Australian retailers received a kick in the guts today. Sales figures were expected to continue their upward trajectory after improving in the first half of this year. But today's numbers show that instead, retail sales fell by 0.8 of 1 ...
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Australia retail sales suffer setback in July
Reuters
(Adds market, analyst reaction). * Retail sales fall 0.8 pct in July, biggest drop in 21 mths. * Job ads down 2.3 pct in August, fifth month of falls. * Market narrows odds on rate cut, but not this week. By Wayne Cole. SYDNEY, Sept 3 (Reuters ...
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Australian Retail Sales Drop in July by Most Since October 2010
Bloomberg
The retail figures reflect the worst month for department- store sales in seven years and increasing concern about job security as Europe darkens the global outlook. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens, who economists predict will keep the ...
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VFNO event will support Australian fashion & retail sector
Fibre2fashion.com
This year's VFNO is expected to draw unprecedented footfall to the CBD shopping precinct with numbers expected to smash attendance from previous years, the 'one-night-only event' will attract over 120,000 shoppers all eager to shop like a Vogue VIP!
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Fibre2fashion.com
School reopenings lighten up US retailers' sentiments
gulfnews.com
IBM's chief retail expert Jill Puleri said with the event driven shopping as kids leave for school and college, IBM expects sales of home and women's categories to go up over eight per cent during the quarter. Sales trump expectations. The August sales ...
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Marks and Spencer Brings Retail-On-Demand To The New Brand Champions
PSFK
Marks and Spencer Brings Retail-On-Demand To The New Brand Champions. As online shopping grows, UK retailer tests a 'multichannel' approach, using touchscreens and Wi-Fi at a massive new concept store. By Grant McCracken on September 3, 2012.
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Retail structured products pose systemic risk, concludes report
Risk.net
A recent report from the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has concluded that high volumes of structured products sales to retail investors could transmit systemic risks to the financial sector in European countries whose banks are highly reliant on ...
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Risk.net
Decathlon: What do retailers need to know?
Retail Week
The retailer is one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the world and owned by French group Oxylane. The first store was opened in Lille in 1976. It now has over 500 shops in 20 countries and generated global sales of $9bn (£5.9bn) in its most ...
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Retail bond market hots up with new 6.25% deal
Citywire.co.uk
Philip Keller, managing director and chief financial officer of ICG, said the first retail bond delivered a 'positive performance' and, given the company's balance sheet, believes this bond provides 'an excellent opportunity' for retail investors. ICG ...
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Retail Chain Landmark Launches e-Books Store
MediaNama.com
Following the official launch of Amazon's India Kindle store, books and music retailer, Landmark, which is part of the Tata group has launched e-books on its portal LandmarkOnTheNet.com. Users will be able to download books in digital format, and read ...
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Tablet PCs play a key role in retail commerce – Otto Group
Fibre2fashion.com
Retail commerce via mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs is booming. At the Otto Group the number of website visits in Germany has trebled within a year, with gross turnover levels growing even more strongly, almost quadrupling. The leader ...
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Fibre2fashion.com
Retail sales drop is a 'return to normal'
Brisbane Times
A sharp fall in retail sales in July is probably a return to normality after a surprisingly strong couple of months for the sector. Australian retail spending fell 0.8 per cent in July, data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Monday ...
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Foreign investments & e-commerce activities
Moneycontrol.com
Single Brand Retail: Illustratively, when Addidas Company open its stores in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai etc. selling Addidas shoes, Addidas T-shirt, Addidas Sunglasses only, this Is Single Brand Retail. Multi Brand Retail: When Reliance opens malls and ...
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Moneycontrol.com
UAE ranks amongst the top 10 importers of Swiss watches
gulfnews.com
The country imports 488.8 million Swiss Francs worth of for watches alone. The luxury timepiece retail sector within the UAE is currently the only Middle Eastern country to be featured in the Top 10 round up, ahead of Saudi Arabia which was at number 14.
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Retailers hail benefits of new label technologies
just-style.com
While the main benefits of RFID for retail outlets are keeping physical inventory files accurate through frequent cycle counting, benefits exist for suppliers, too who can reap benefits from RFID in terms of verifying cartons automatically, as they are ...
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Industry funds foster benefits for members
Sydney Morning Herald
On average, industry super funds have out performed retail super funds - largely owned by banks - over one, three, five, seven and 10 years to July 31, according to the SuperRatings SR50 Balanced Index. Industry super funds have also been vocal in the ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
PNB cuts interest rates on retail advances
Myiris.com
Punjab National Bank, nationalized public sector bank in India on Monday decided to reduce rate of interest on housing loans and car loans by 25 bps and 50 bps respectively. The new rates of interest on housing loans shall be base rate (at present 10 ...
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Retailers, government set sights on 'shopper-travelers'
Business Mirror
With the country's appeal as a shopping haven, two Philippine shopping festivals are being organized by retailers and the government. The Department of Tourism (DOT) is laying the groundwork for these two separate events. One attracts tourists from ...
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Retail recovery underway: Growth above trend as handouts, interest rate cuts ...
SmartCompany.com.au
Retailers may be in the midst of the recovery they've been hoping for. According to new figures from Deloitte Access Economics, retail sales increased 2.8% during the first half of the year – the best rate seen in the past few years. Some of the most ...
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