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Lack of trust in market biggest hurdle in retail participation, say experts
Financial Express
Mumbai: Even as Indian equities are a widely publicised asset class, retail investors continue to take a cautious approach towards the market, and attracting them continues to be a challenge for the industry, say experts representing various segments ...
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Marks & Spencer Sales Drop Worsens on Retail Rivalry
Businessweek
Business in the most recent quarter wasn't helped by Christmas spending that the British Retail Consortium called "underwhelming," and increased discounts at rivals such as Debenhams Plc (DEB), which said this week that 18-week same-store sales rose ...
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MWV combats retail theft by deactivating electronics before they leave the store
Digital Trends
Every year, retailers lose as much as $120 billion dollars in stolen products – whether from in-store thefts or corrupt logistics teams. To provide a 21st century solution that extends beyond the chirping alarms, we stopped by to chat with MeadWestVaco ...
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Play.com to close retail business
NME.com
In a statement Play.com said: "Moving forward we are intending to focus exclusively on our successful marketplace, which is our main business area, and to phase out the direct-retail part of our business." All 174 staff in its Jersey offices will be ...
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How retail figures may point to a coming disruption
Gamasutra
When the NPD Group announces their retail video game sales estimates for the U.S. tomorrow, it's almost guaranteed that December and the full year figures will show – again – a contraction. We already know the UK video game industry results, based on ...
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Gamasutra
UK to Keep Retail Prices Index for Index-linked Bonds
NASDAQ
LONDON--The U.K. will continue to use the retail prices index to calculate returns for holders of index-linked government bonds, the treasury said Thursday. Britain's top statisticians earlier Thursday said the retail prices index shouldn't be changed ...
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Tough year ahead for NFC as retail payments diversify
Telecoms.com
NFC technology advocates face continued disappointment in 2013 as it is likely to be overshadowed by other developments in retail payments, according to a report by financial research firm Celent. "NFC has been touted as the next big thing for many ...
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Play.com to close retail business, but marketplace lives on
Pocket-lint.com
Retailer Play.com is to shut down the direct retail business that has allowed those in the UK to buy cheap CDs and DVDs online for the past few years. The move comes as the Jersey-based retailed admitted on Twitter that direct sales are "no longer ...
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Pocket-lint.com
Play.com closes retail operations, over 200 laid off
Joystiq
Play.com is closing its retail operations in March as it transitions into a marketplace-only website, a move that is resulting in 214 employees losing their jobs. The Jersey-based company, one of the first online retailers to sell video games to the UK ...
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Mealie-meal retail prices remain above KR50
Zambia Daily Mail
Mealie-meal retail prices remain above KR50. Written by Online Editor. Rate this item. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. (0 votes). By NELLA MUKALENGE MEALIE-MEAL prices have remained high on some parts of the Lusaka market despite the president's directive to millers to ...
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Surge in retail and real estate sectors fire up UAE's ad spend
Zawya (registration)
While the UAE's retail sector continued to propel ad budgets, real estate related ads managed to make a strong comeback for the first time in four years during the third and fourth quarters. The pick-up in momentum should settle into the initial months ...
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Two Tucson retail centers are sold
Arizona Daily Star
Campbell Plaza, on North Campbell Avenue at East Glenn Street, has been purchased by Irvine, Calif.-based Krausz Puente LLC and Krausz RC Properties One. "Core assets like Campbell Plaza are in high demand," said Mike Sandahl, a broker with CBRE ...
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Retailers rejoice over extended trading after November sales slide
StartupSmart
New retail sales figures show sales slid by 0.1% in November, but the December figures could see a significant turnaround after retailers sang the praises of extended trading hours. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, retail turnover fell ...
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Retail Emails Take a Holiday from Conventional Wisdom
Direct Marketing News
It's a basic email marketing rule of thumb: Don't overload customers' inboxes. Oh, and personalize messages to ensure high open rates, experts counsel. This holiday season, some leading retailers told those experts to go take a sleigh ride. They boldly ...
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Retail version of The Walking Dead for 360 suffering stuttering problems
Strategy Informer (press release)
According to an official forum post, "Xbox 360 4GB models not fitted with an internal hard disk drive, playing the disc-based (retail) version of the game" are having issues. The obvious remedy to the problem is to buy an internal disk drive compatible ...
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Comment: Online retail can cause dilemmas for retailers
Retail Week
While December was not a bloodbath for retailers, the pace of growth of online sales dwarfed those achieved in store, the British Retail Consortium's December figures revealed. Today an online offer is part of the entry-ticket to retail, and mainstream ...
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Retail Week
Comment: Jessops' dullness was its downfall
Retail Week
If you look at all the retail casualties of the last five years, a near-common denominator is their inability to fire the imagination of consumers about their products and services. I have dined out before on the analogy about the power tool ...
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Retail Week
Profitect to Lead Session on "Big Data, Predictive Analytics, and the Bottom ...
PR Newswire (press release)
9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Profitect announced today it will host a Big Ideas session at the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 102nd Annual Convention and EXPO. The panel will bring together industry thought leaders to discuss how big data and predictive ...
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