Monday, November 26, 2012

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Need to stop slicing the retail category
Indian Express
Customers stepping into any major brand outlets anywhere in the world will find it difficult to figure just where single brand retail experience ends and that of multi-brand begins. In the tough market to make shoppers stay in the outlet, companies aim ...
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UPDATE 3-Retail stocks slip, holiday sales boost seen fleeting
Reuters
The National Retail Federation said sales for the four days from Thanksgiving to Sunday rose 12.8 percent from the same period last year, well above the 4.1 percent gain the trade group expects for the whole season. Still, the S&P 500 Retail Index ...
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Online Retail Changing the Landscape of Holiday Shopping
Fox Business
Did you buy on Black Friday you know you did did you have your running shoes on when you -- to put on the steel toed boots to fight the crowds. Or did you just kick back in your bathroom. Home online spending passing the billion dollar mark for the ...
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FDI in retail derails Parliament; RS, LS adjourned
Moneycontrol.com
FDI in retail derails Parliament; RS, LS adjourned. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day after an uproar over FDI in multi-brand retail. The Rajya Sabha was also hit by the SC/ST quota issue. Source: IBNLive.com. Share ...
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Moneycontrol.com
Retailer lobby retaliates against White House Christmas threat
Daily Caller
The National Retail Federation issued a thinly veiled rebuke of President Barack Obama's latest political gambit Monday, saying "we need leadership from policymakers in Washington, D.C. and a detailed plan based on fact, not fear … on reality, not ...
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Daily Caller
Left parties to intensify agitation against FDI in retail: Brinda Karat
Daily News & Analysis
Left parties would intensify their nation-wide agitation against the Government's move to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat said on Monday. Speaking at a state-level convention organised by CPI, CPI(M) and Forward ...
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HBC IPO puts iconic retail empire up for grabs.
Toronto Star
Most Canadians associate HBC with shopping, not real estate. But as the hundreds of pages of documents released for the initial public offering (IPO) on Monday make clear, the greatest value in what is left of the company since it was purchased in 2006 ...
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Toronto Star
Weaker Retail Sales Weigh on Stocks
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK—The Dow Jones Industrial Average cooled off after notching its biggest advance in months last week, with shares of most retailers losing ground after Thanksgiving-weekend sales growth came up a bit short of last year's levels.
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How small retailers are embracing the multi-channel challenge
The Guardian (blog)
In today's competitive and uncertain retail landscape, it's becoming increasingly difficult for smaller retailers to compete against the scale and cost advantages of the larger players. For many smaller retailers, online commerce had become a secret ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Loretta LaRoche: The season for retail lunacy arrives again
Norwich Bulletin
Well, the retail insanity began this past Thursday night. A handful of stores announced that they would begin their Black Friday sales at 8 p.m., so some people left their families and friends to go shopping. I'm sure in some cases entire Thanksgiving ...
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Thanksgiving retail sales 'up sharply'
BBC News
US shoppers went to town over the Thanksgiving weekend, with retail spending up sharply on last year, a survey suggests. A record 247 million people visited stores and websites between Thursday and Sunday and spent a total of $59.1bn (£36.9bn), 13% ...
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BBC News
Black Friday Mirage Hides US Retail Depression
ETF Daily News (blog)
Where inflation closely relates to retail sales is that any/all retail sales statistics are only relevant if inflation is totally stripped-out of any calculation. Reporting that consumers paid higher prices for goods tells us absolutely nothing about ...
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ETF Daily News (blog)
FDI in retail: Will support no-confidence motion by Oppn, says TMC
Zee News
New Delhi: In what can be said as a big jolt to Left and Bhartaiya Janata Party (BJP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday refused to accept the demand of opposition parties for a debate on the issue of FDI in multi-brand retail under rules that entail ...
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SCOREBOARD: Retail anomaly
Business Spectator (blog)
Stocks had a pretty decent bid last week (the S&P500 was up 3.6 per cent) so I'm not so sure that last night's falls are indicative of anything – just some pull back from a solid run. I have seen some reports that weak Thanksgiving sales were partly to ...
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Retailers Keep Deals Flowing on 13% Holiday-Sales Jump
Businessweek
U.S. retailers are extending deals into Cyber Monday and beyond to try to sustain a 13 percent gain in Thanksgiving weekend sales. Spending in stores and online rose to $59.1 billion in the four days starting Nov. 22, the National Retail Federation ...
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Consumers gain access to Interbike as retail guests
Bicycle Retailer
Organizers are testing the concept of a restricted consumer day where consumers would pay $50 in advance and register through local dealers before getting a badge as a retail VIP guest. Show director Pat Hus likens the invitation-only program to Willy ...
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Retail and fast food boost profits for Blackburn-based business
Lancashire Telegraph
GROWTH in convenience retail and fast food sales boosted revenues at Blackburn-based Euro Garages, who run service stations and associated franchises. Latest annual trading figures showed sales for the Beehive Trading Park-based group rose three per ...
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Retail, talks on Greece and fiscal cliff in focus
MarketWatch
Wall Street pointed lower on Monday, ahead of a meeting among euro-area finance ministers to help clear the next tranche of Greek aid, while fiscal-cliff negotiations are also in the spotlight. No major data are on the agenda. Retail remains a focus ...
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Private Equity's Retail Therapy
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Black Friday and Cyber Monday brought out the holiday shoppers this year, but they aren't the only ones hitting the retail aisles. The number of private equity investments in the retail and consumer space grew by 15% year over year in the first nine ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Retailers banking on busy Cyber Monday
Minnesota Public Radio
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bye-bye Black Friday. So long Small Business Saturday. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed online sales spiked on the Monday following Thanksgiving, is the next in a ...
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