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Spanish retail sales slump 10.7% as austerity hurts consumers
The Guardian
The retail slump actually accelerated, rising from a fall of 7.8% for November and an annual rate for 2012 of 6.8%. Retail sales in Spain have now fallen for 30 successive months, and the decline has quickened since the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, ...
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The Guardian
Retail Buying May Not Herald Stocks' Peak
Wall Street Journal (blog)
According to HSBC , while retail interest in equity has been sporadic at best since at least 2011, and outflows have dominated since 2009, the latest spurt of buying has lasted no less than nine weeks. That makes it rather a standout. And the bank's ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Economy spurs growth of hotel-retail mixed-use
Lexology (registration)
The recovery of the retail sector has not been as strong as some would like, but it has been strong enough to bring owners out of survival hibernation. Many of the largest shopping center owners and developers were in various stages of adding hotels to ...
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Retail Wisdom: Lessons Learned From Holiday 2012
Forbes
The post-holiday haze has lifted, leaving much head scratching and gnashing of teeth about what happened and why. Most agree it was an imperfect retail season. Sales results were reported up 3 percent versus 2011, reflecting a season that was "peak-ed" ...
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Forbes
Sporting goods store unveils 'retail lab' with in-store tech
Retail Customer Experience
The Canadian sporting goods retailer Sport Chek today unveiled a tech-heavy retail lab at its flagship store in Toronto. Utilizing interactive kiosks, digital signage and augmented reality, the official store of the Canadian Olympic Team goes all out ...
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Market Report: Retail market poised for rebound
Portland Business Journal (blog)
NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson reports the vacancy rate for the Portland area's 45.5 million square foot retail market rose slightly to 7.02 percent in the fourth quarter as 67,751 square feet went dark. The fourth quarter was nevertheless an active one ...
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Hess up 11%; Elliott says sell Bakken, retail ops
MarketWatch
Hess up 11%; Elliott says sell Bakken, retail ops. 0 Comments. Tweet. Share. Digg; Yahoo! Buzz; MySpace; del.icio.us; Reddit. LinkedIn; Fark; StumbleUpon; Newsvine. new. Portfolio Relevance. LEARN MORE. Want to see how this story relates to your ...
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The BlackBerry Z10 to hit retail on BlackBerry OS 10 launch day
Examiner.com
While RIM made us aware of that date months ago, what still isn't officially known is when the first BB10 devices will hit retail. Based on a report on Tuesday, it looks like the answer is: the same day. A Vodafone UK (VFUK) employee has leaked an ...
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Examiner.com
IBM suggests how social business can work for healthcare, retail, gov't
ZDNet
Summary: To further encourage how social business can be put to work, IBM and friends offered a deep dive for how these technologies can be used to improve healthcare, retail, and government. Rachel King. By Rachel King for Between the Lines | January ...
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Apple rumored to open first retail store in Berlin, new Castro St. San ...
9 to 5 Mac
Two new reports today provide some intel on Apple's future retail store plans. First, a report from SocketSite (via sfist.com), citing a "plugged-in tipster," claimed Apple is eyeing an old Bank of America building at 400 Castro Street and the corner ...
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Female retail workers in Saudi Arabia to be separated from male colleagues by ...
GlobalPost
Women may be allowed to work in certain retail stores in Saudi Arabia circa 2013, but they're still subject to unusual restrictions — as evidenced by authorities recent decision to require shop owners to construct a physical wall to separate male and ...
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Showrooming and Social Shopping
ClickZ
Marketers can't continue having a one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to marketing to Latinos, especially in the retail space. Brands need to focus on the Latino archetypes that are predominant in their specific category; they need to understand ...
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ClickZ
Arena Hedges, Shorts And Retail Investors - Oh My
Seeking Alpha
There is no secret that Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) is a favorite investment for retail investors. This can be a blessing as well as a curse. It is not necessarily a case that the Street is smarter than a retail investor, but more along the lines that ...
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Retail grant competition aims to repopulate 5th Street Arcades in downtown ...
Plain Dealer
Colonial-Euclid-Arcades-Dick-Pace.JPG View full size Developer Dick Pace stands next to an empty store window in the Colonial Arcade, part of the 5th Street Arcades, last year. Pace master-leased the tired, half-empty retail space in the downtown ...
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Big Box Retail Opportunity Could Capitalize on Western Queens Growth
Commercial Observer
Massey Knakal is marketing a massive lot at 39-19 21st Street for $1.5 million, hoping to capitalize on the rapid development occurring in western Queens. Neatly tucked between a number of strategic roadways and two rapidly changing neighborhoods, the ...
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Best Retail Jobs and Employers Aren't Good Enough for College Grads Says ...
About - News & Issues
Two different reports identifying and ranking the best U.S. retail industry employers were released in January 2013 by two different organizations. But no matter how good U.S. retail employers and jobs may be, they're not good enough for today's ...
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Online retail sales expected to grow in 2013
WSOC Charlotte
Experts expect to see retail sales increase in 2013, but not by as much as we saw in 2012. Analysts said online sales have been strong and will likely keep growing in the months ahead. Eyewitness News shared the numbers with local business owners who ...
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Retail status report: Business First talks with local experts VIDEO
Business First of Louisville (blog)
Tommy Edwards, Helen Bryant and Robert Schwartz talk with Business First president and publisher Tom Monahan about Louisville's retail industry during the "What's Brewing?" breakfast series.
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Retail sales hit record in 2012
StarPhoenix
Saskatoon had the lowest retail vacancy rate in the province at close to two per cent, followed by Regina at 2.52 per cent, North Battl-eford at 3.08 per cent, Prince Albert at 3.60 per cent, Yorkton at 3.89 per cent and Lloydminster at 3.94 per cent ...
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Bethesda Barnes & Noble Safe Amid Retail Store Closures
Patch.com
Mitchell Klipper, chief executive of Barnes & Noble's retail group, told The Wall Street Journal that Barnes & Noble has plans in the works to close existing stores and cut back on opening new ones, evening out to a loss of about 20 stores per year ...
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In Brief: Retail park sues bank over €54m
Herald.ie
THE owners of Belgard Retail Park in Dublin have sued a bank over the alleged mis-selling of loan swaps totalling almost €54m. Mr Justice Peter Kelly yesterday agreed to fast-track in the Commercial Court the action by Komady Ltd and Michael O'Reilly, ...
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