Monday, December 17, 2012

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Won't monitor retail dollars: RBI to Finmin
Economic Times
The government had opened the multi-brand retail sector to foreign investment despite stiff political opposition, but has put in place myriad conditions, including mandatory investment in logistics or back-end and local sourcing norms, to make the ...
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Govt to lay a smooth road for retail reforms
Business Today
After winning the vote on allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, the government is now quietly working behind the scenes to smoothen the flow of FDI and make subsequent growth of the sector easy. According to sources, some of ...
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Business Today
Smart ICT & CE retail buyers register for DISTREE EMEA to find new products ...
openPR (press release)
With product lifecycles shortening and new vendors keen to establish efficient retail routes-to-market, DISTREE EMEA has become a showpiece event for suppliers and retailer buyers to meet one-on-one in a professional business-focused environment.
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openPR (press release)
Home Depot Acquires Data-Driven Retail Pricing Startup BlackLocus
TechCrunch
Big retailers are showing more and more that they're not just about to let the tech wave pass them by. The latest example? BlackLocus, an Austin, Texas based startup that builds technology that helps retailers make data-driven pricing decisions, has ...
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Insiders Bought Retail Properties of America, Should You?
Insider Monkey (blog)
According to a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Kenneth Masick purchased 4,700 shares of Retail Properties of America Inc (NYSE:RPAI) on December 14th at an average price of $11.92 per share. Masick serves on the company's Board of Directors and so this ...
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How Mobile Is Changing Holiday Retail Reporting and Market Research
Business 2 Community
In this tough economy and with the holiday retail season underway, businesses that interface with customers are hustling to make sales and make plans for the year ahead. But massive opportunities are left on the table if they aren't gathering data as well.
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Christmas shopping: Did retail season already go over the 'fiscal cliff'?
Christian Science Monitor
The final stretch to Christmas Day will make or break retailers' holiday shopping season following a sluggish start that was hampered initially by turbulent weather conditions and more recently by the continued debate over the so-called "fiscal cliff ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Retail brands on Twitter aren't Tweeting
BizReport
Would you set up a Freephone number for your customers that was never answered? Then why set up a Twitter account without a strategy and the resources to make it a useful channel? New research from Acquity Group finds brands on Twitter aren't picking ...
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Over 2m games sold at UK retail last week
MCV
Sales have been steadily rising throughout December as Christmas approaches, and last week sales were driven by significant price reductions on games such as Medal of Honor, Halo, Hitman, Need for Speed and more. Unit sales rose 11 per cent ...
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MCV
US Online Retail Sales +13% to $34B
Rapaport
RAPAPORT... Online Christmas-season retail sales in the U.S. were up 13 percent year on year to $33.8 billion for the period extending from November 1 through December 14, according to comScore. During this past week alone, four individual days ...
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Online sales up, but still small fry
The Age
Australian retailers aren't expecting a boon of online sales this Christmas. More than 65 per cent of retailers think less than 2 per cent of their Christmas sales will come from online channels despite optimism that 2012 results will surpass those of ...
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The Age
Renovation of NSLC outlet opens up retail possibilities
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The first phase of revamping the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp . store on Agricola Street is well underway. Work on scaling down the 6,700-square-foot outlet into a smaller version began Nov. 12 and is to be completed by mid- to late March. In the meantime ...
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RETAIL: Longtime bicycle shop closing after 40 years
Press-Enterprise
RETAIL: Longtime bicycle shop closing after 40 years. DAVID BAUMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. Joe Klure, owner of California Cyclery in Riverside is being forced to close his business to make way for a McDonald's. The bike shop, one of 2 in the city, ...
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