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Epic Retail Fail: Where Did the Target + Neiman Marcus Collection Go Wrong?
TIME
Too weird, too pretentious, too expensive, and, in the end, too out of step with what today's arbiters of style deem cool. Those have been among the many critiques of Target's multi-designer collaboration with luxury retailer Neiman Marcus — a ...
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15 iPad-friendly Retail Sites
Practical Ecommerce
All of this growth in tablet ownership makes it a requirement for online retailers to design sites that work well on an iPad's relatively small touch screen. What follows are a list of several retail websites that look great on an iPad right now. Some ...
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Poland: Food retail continues to modernise
FreshPlaza
... not affected as some parts of Europe by the Euro crisis and continued to show signs of growth throughout. It indicates that, whilst convenience stores are still an important part of Polish food retail, supermarkets and hypermarkets are gaining ...
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Retail marketers: how to turn data into cash
Econsultancy (blog)
Most retailer marketers are sitting on a mine of unused big data. This kicks off a series of how-to-guides for constructing agnostic strategies around big data for the purpose of improving conversion. Big Data has saturated the news cycle in 2012. But ...
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Econsultancy (blog)
Good golly, Polly proves size isn't everything in retail world
Courier Mail
The retailer, whose first store opened in 2005, on Monday had 273,373 "likes" on its Facebook page, compared to Sportsgirl at 201,922, Quiksilver's 169,407, and Mimco's 106,422. Princess Polly did not have far to look for online inspiration, with one ...
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Moncton eyes new retail development near airport
CBC.ca
Jacques Dubé, Moncton's city manager, said developers are looking to the east for building options. (CBC). Moncton has designs on a new shopping complex near the Greater Moncton International Airport that could be a magnet for more big box stores.
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CBC.ca
Home Retail Group cuts call costs with SMS automation
ComputerWeekly.com
Home Retail Group, whose brands include Argos, Homebase has cut telephony costs by rolling out an automated text messaging service across its three call centres. The company has cut costs by moving 60% of customer contacts via SMS, using a hosted ...
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UPDATE: Citigroup Downgrades Ascena Retail Group to Neutral, Lowers PT
Benzinga
In a report published Wednesday, Citigroup downgraded its rating on Ascena Retail Group (NASDAQ: ASNA) from Buy to Neutral, and lowered its price target from $25.00 to $20.00. Citigroup noted, "We rate ASNA Buy. We believe ASNA's competitive and ...
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Why Integrate? Planning for Present and Future Retail Success
MSDynamicsWorld.com
Best practice retailers are breaking down the walls that exist between channels and integrating processes and systems to improve the customer experience and reduce operational costs. And recent research reveals that many of those businesses lagging ...
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Portugal's Retail Sales Slump Eases In November
RTT News
Portugal's retail sales decreased at a slower rate in November, data released by Statistics Portugal showed Wednesday. Retail sales declined 5.3 percent on an annual basis in November, slower than the 6.5 percent fall seen in October. In September ...
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Dubai Duty Free's 2012 sales hit $1.6bn
ArabianBusiness.com
The retail area extends over 8,000 sq m, bringing Dubai Duty Free's total retail footprint to 26,000 sq m. The company added in a statement that sales in December set a new monthly record of AED619m, boosted by single day sales of nearly AED77m on ...
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ArabianBusiness.com
Keeping It Rich on Madison Avenue
Wall Street Journal
Joseph Sitt, a major retail landlord in trendy areas like SoHo and the Meatpacking District, has purchased the block-long retail space in the former Helmsley Carlton House on Madison Avenue for $277 million, according to people familiar with the ...
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Wall Street Journal
Better signs on US retail sales
FXstreet.com
US chain store sales up 2.9% in the week ended Dec 29, according to Redbook. Last week, risk trades sank due to indications of soft retail sales. Forex Live. Advertisement. The opinions and analysis offered on Forexlive are for educational purposes ...
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Ferreira promoted to Cross global travel-retail head
DFNIonline.com
David Ferreira Writing instruments supplier AT Cross has promoted David Ferreira (pictured) to head of global travel-retail. According to the company, Ferreira will define the worldwide travel-retail strategy, be involved in worldwide agreements with ...
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DFNIonline.com
Tough UK retail environment to continue in 2013
just-style.com
Barclays head of retail and wholesale Richard Lowe said: "The borderless retail landscape created by e-commerce means that it is easier than ever before for retailers of all shapes and sizes to tap into new markets. By adopting online strategies ...
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Analysis: What 2013 holds for the retail sector
Retail Week
"The start of the year will be tough," says Lloyds TSB head of retail for large corporate Charles Lamplugh. The economy is forecasted to remain flat over the year and the retail sector is expected to reflect that. Verdict forecasts growth of 1.8% in ...
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Epson Mourns Loss of Barry Wise, Long-Time Retail Industry Expert
MarketWatch (press release)
"Barry was a one-of-a kind visionary who made an indelible mark in the retail technology industry," said Mike Helm, Director of Sales for Epson's Business Systems Division and long time colleague of Wise. "Barry was passionate and insightful about how ...
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