Monday, January 07, 2013

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Retail's holiday hiring up 10%
GlobalPost
Holiday hiring was up 10.3 percent over last year, resulting in the highest year-end bump in the retail sector since 2006, according to an analysis of government job data by Chicago-based Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The company's CEO John A.
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UGG Maker Retools IT to Prepare for Retail Expansion
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Faced with falling demand for its UGG boots Deckers Outdoor Corp. is preparing to more than double its retail operation and shift away from a strategy that had been predominantly focused on wholesale. To prepare for the rapid expansion, Deckers is ...
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Who Should Apple Hire To Replace Former Retail VP John Browett? [Let's Talk]
Cult of Mac
John Browett didn't last long at Apple. He was brought on by Tim Cook at the beginning of last year to lead Apple's retail division and then he was fired 9 months later. The former Dixons CEO didn't mesh well with Apple's culture, and he caused unrest ...
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Night fire destroys retail outlet
Fiji Times
A LATE night fire that broke out in the middle of Tavua Town resulted in the complete destruction of a popular supermarket. Shop N Save Supermarket's Tavua branch was engulfed in flames on Sunday night as the authorities battled to control the blaze ...
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'Borderlands 2' retail expansion listed in Australia
Digital Spy
The first Borderlands received a similar retail expansion pack that included the game's first two expansions 'The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned' and 'Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot'. The game's other DLC expansions later became available through the Borderlands ...
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Web makes Christmas for retailers
Financial Times
Online spending saved retailers from a disastrous Christmas after the rain kept shoppers indoors over the festive period. In the latest sign of UK shopkeepers' reliance on their websites, the British Retail Consortium, a trade body, said customers ...
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Future of retail lies beyond the clouds
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian retailers will need to exploit new technologies such as 3D printing, augmented reality, location services, mobile wallets, big data analytics and machine-to-machine systems to appeal to consumers and compete successfully in future, according ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Milwaukee industrial, retail markets close 2012 on a high note
The Business Journal (blog)
As has been the trend for more than a year, industrial real estate performed better than office or retail properties in the Milwaukee area. The fourth quarter brought 425,584 square feet of positive absorption and a 6.5 percent vacancy rate. That ...
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Surf retail excellence
Inside Retailing
The awards ceremony is preceded by the Tag Team surfing event featuring "Brands United" vs "Retail All Stars" and will see the brands trying to level the score after last year's loss to the retail team. Mel Bawden, executive officer for Surf Retailers ...
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Hartsville entrepreneur to Guide Coker's Retail Operations
SCNow
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Local bookstore owner Emily Phillips has accepted an appointment, effective Jan. 28, to serve as director of campus retail operations at Coker College. Phillips owns and manages Burry Bookstore, a 40-year-old family business on West ...
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Nicki Minaj and Adam Levine score retail deals, Nicolas Ghesquière's 'Star ...
Entertainment Weekly
Both Adam Levine and Nicki Minaj are reportedly close to inking deals with a mass retailer for their own fashion, accessories and housewares lines. [NY Post]. What are designer Nicolas Ghesquière's post Balenciaga plans? His first-ever Tweet may offer ...
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JPM: Record $680B Retail Bond Fund Inflows in 2012
Barron's (blog)
JP Morgan says global retail investors bought close to $680bn of bond funds in 2012, surpassing the previous peak seen in 2009, all while selling $23bn of equity funds in the year, making the gap between bond fund and equity fund buying also the ...
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