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FDI in Retail: BSP and SP likely to abstain from voting
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Battlelines were drawn in Lok Sabha on Tuesday over entry of retail giants into the country as Congress and BJP squabbled, echoing by-now familiar arguments and accusing each other of taking U-turns. The debate, which is to be followed by a ...
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Economic Times
Retail prices of vegetables nearly double
Times of India
PUNE: Retail prices of vegetables remained 80% to 100% higher in the city on the fourth day of the commission agents' strike, though the wholesale market received around 13 tonne vegetables and fruits on Tuesday, compared to 11 tonne on Monday.
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Gloves off as House debates retail FDI
Hindustan Times
The much-anticipated two-day debate on the government's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail got off to a spirited start in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, with both the Opposition and the Congress fiercely defending their stands. But, the Samajwadi ...
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Hindustan Times
FDI in retail is death knell for small industries: Sushma Swaraj
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Asserting that FDI in multi-brand retail will sound the "death knell" for small industries and traders, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday accused the government of having failed to evolve a political consensus on the controversial issue ...
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Times of India
FDI in retail not good for nation, says Mulayam Singh Yadav; PM changed his ...
NDTV
New Delhi: Mulayam Singh Yadav, who provides crucial external support to the UPA government, has told the Lok Sabha that he is opposed to Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail as it will hurt the interests of Indian farmers. He was ...
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NDTV
Live Blog: Sushma Swaraj says FDI in retail is a conspiracy against small ...
India Today (blog)
05: 15 pm: Opposing FDI in retail, Mulayam Singh Yadav says that farmers have been ignored by FDI policy and so far multinational companies, who always want just profits, have ignored the interest of the farmers. 05:10 pm: Samajwadi Party supremo ...
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India Today (blog)
Retail shares retreat on FDI Bill worry
Moneycontrol.com
A majority of retail stocks slipped at the end of the Tuesday's session on the BSE led by Trent (opening: Rs 1, 239; closing: Rs 1,210) and Shoppers Stop (opening: Rs 445; closing: Rs 427). Surprisingly, retail giant Pantaloon (opening: Rs 231.05 ...
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Moneycontrol.com
Trichy traders threaten to block trains
Times of India
The trader's association claims to represent over 21,000 small retail traders in the city, more than a lakh labourers and allied business people, who believe that their survival is at stake if FDI is allowed in multi-brand retail. "Survival of those ...
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FDI debate: Supermarkets will wipe out small retailers, says Swaraj
Firstpost
New Delhi: Slamming the government for allowing FDI in retail, the Opposition today asked it to withdraw the decision in national interest fearing it would render retailers jobless, impoverish farmers and hurt consumers. Initiating the debate on the ...
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Firstpost
Why Canadian retailers are a productivity bright spot
Montreal Gazette
Retail is one of the toughest sectors out there: Customers are fickle, margins are often razor thin and competition is fierce. Oddly, those factors might be what helped the sector stay sharp enough to become the "illuminating bright spot, and the most ...
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Retailers eyeing impact of shipping port strike
Yakima Herald-Republic
YAKIMA, Wash. — All the strategy sessions by retailers for this year's holiday shopping season likely did not include plans for the week-long strikes at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The recent strikes came after contract negotiations broke ...
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Chile's Retail Heavyweight Cencosud Halts Shopping Spree -CEO
Fox Business
Now one of the region's largest retailers with sales of $16 billion last year, Cencosud is focused on Colombia, where the Carrefour acquisition added about 90 stores to its portfolio but also raised its debt to 12-month earnings before interest, taxes, ...
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Quantum Retail to Showcase Growth and Customer Achievements at NRF ...
Sacramento Bee
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 4, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Retail technology and supply chain innovator Quantum Retail will showcase the company's growth and customer achievements along with the latest version of its Q platform at the National Retail Federation's ...
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To attract shoppers, retailers add entertainment
Charlotte Observer
Just putting a price on a product and sticking it on a shelf is so old school. And with consumers buying more each year online, brick-and-mortar retailers are working harder to add entertainment to their mix — from American Girl's scavenger hunts to ...
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If you can't beat the whingers, join 'em
Sydney Morning Herald
Amid this silly season of big retailer-pleading-poverty, the latest ABS retail stats appeared, at least on the surface, to support their gloomy world views. Sales did not grow one iota from September to October and were up just 3.0 per cent year over year.
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