Monday, January 14, 2013

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FDI in retail would promote instability: Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz
Economic Times
PATNA: Nobel laureate American economist Joseph Stiglitz today said that FDI in multi-brand retail in India would promote instability due to exploitative and corrupt practices adopted by MNCs to monopolise the retail markets in any country. "The FDI in ...
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Economic Times
V-Mart Retail raises Rs 26.25 crore via pre-IPO placement
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Delhi-based departmental store V-Mart Retail today raised Rs 26.25 crore through pre-IPO placement of 12.5 lakh shares at a price of Rs 210 per share. "The company has made a pre-IPO placement of 1,250,000 equity shares of the face value of ...
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BlackBerry Z10 retail pics surface ahead of official announcement
Digit
According to CrackBerry, online retailers Best Buy and Future Shop are now accepting pre-orders for the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones. RIM has however refrained from letting out details about the handsets that are up for pre-orders or any speculation ...
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Digit
Swatch Group Acquires Harry Winston's Luxury Retail Division For $1 Billion
Forbes
The Swatch Group has acquired the famed Harry Winston luxury diamond jewelry and timepiece retail business for $750 million plus their assumption of up to $250 million of pro forma net debt. When this transaction is completed the company, Harry Winston ...
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Microsoft Dynamics For Retail Delivers The Future Of Omnichannel Customer ...
Daily Markets (press release)
Introducing personal, connected and relevant retail experiences through true omnichannel management, next-generation point of sale and revolutionary e-commerce. NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — At the National Retail Federation's annual ...
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Facebook hits 27m UK users and unveils Retail Centre
The Drum
The figures, revealed today, coincide with the launch of Facebook's Retail Centre, in which the social network aims to offer advice and tips on how retailers can maximise their use of the platform. In total Facebook claims one billion users globally ...
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Economic Outlook: Retailer sales on display
Financial Times
Retail sales and inflation data will return to the forefront of attention this week, while traders will also get fourth-quarter growth data from China and a chance to listen to Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve. Mr Bernanke will speak about ...
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IBM Social Sentiment Index Predicts New Retail Trend In The Making
Daily Markets (press release)
NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — National Retail Federation Convention — Based on an analysis of more than a half million public posts on message boards, blogs, social media sites and news sources, IBM (NYSE:IBM) predicts that 'steampunk,' a ...
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Tech Titans Use Mobile to Break Retail Mold
PYMNTS.com
The "Tech Titans" – Amazon, Apple, eBay, Facebook and Google – are changing the face of retail, driving sweeping change using technology. The Titans challenge retailers to jump on their progressive bandwagon or lose discerning consumers who will seek ...
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United Retail Federation accepts deregulation of trading hours in southeast ...
Courier Mail
United Retail Federation general manager Bruce Mills said small businesses were exhausted by endless trading-hours battles against Coles and Woolworths in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, and the move was an "olive branch" and an ...
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PayPal expands retail store payments service
SiliconValley.com
NEW YORK -- PayPal says it is expanding its payment service to more brick-and-mortar retailers, including RadioShack and Dollar General stores. EBay's (EBAY) payments subsidiary is announcing Monday that as of the end of 2012 it had agreements with ...
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ROAM to Showcase the Latest Innovations in Retail Mobile POS at NRF
PYMNTS.com
ROAM, the leading mobile commerce platform provider, today announced that it will demo a suite of new retail mobile point of sale solutions that expand mobile functionality beyond payments, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) BIG Show in New York ...
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Dell Retail Announces Comprehensive Solution to Help Retailers Move to the ...
PYMNTS.com
Dell today unveiled Cloud Client Computing for Retail, its first end-to-end cloud solution specifically designed to enable retailers to seamlessly move to an in-store cloud environment. The comprehensive offering addresses endpoint devices, networking, ...
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National retail conference starts in NYC
Minneapolis Star Tribune
After a lukewarm holiday selling season, America's retailers are flocking to New York City this week for The National Retail Federation's annual conference that starts Monday. Retailers will be looking to learn or showcase ways they can use smartphone ...
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Tyco Retail Solutions and RetailNext Team to Offer Comprehensive In-Store ...
Marketwire (press release)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jan 14, 2013) - NRF Big Show 2013 Booth #2611 -- Tyco Retail Solutions (www.tycoretailsolutions.com), a leading global provider of retail performance and security solutions, today announced a key alliance with RetailNext, ...
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Epson Announces OmniLink Smart Solutions for Retail
PYMNTS.com
Today at the NRF (National Retail Federation) 102 Annual Convention & EXPO, Epson America, Inc., a leading supplier of value-added Point of Service (POS) solutions, introduced its OmniLink™ smart solutions, a new family of intelligent products that ...
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GE Capital Retail Bank Closes MetLife Bank Deposit Transaction
MarketWatch (press release)
STAMFORD, Conn., Jan 14, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GE Capital Retail Bank, a Federal Savings Bank, announced today that it finalized the acquisition of MetLife's deposit base and online deposits business. The deal adds approximately $6.4 billion in ...
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Retail Imports to Rise 2.3% in January, NRF Says
Transport Topics Online
Import cargo volume at major U.S. ports will increase 2.3% this month from a year ago as retailers continue to urge labor and management to avoid a strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, according to a report by the National Retail Federation. The ...
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Zebra Technologies Expands Mobile Point of Sale Offerings at the National ...
PYMNTS.com
Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a recognized global leader in solutions that extend real-time visibility into business operations, today announced its plans to introduce new mobile point of sale (POS) offerings in 2013. To be showcased ...
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CITY INSIDER
Retail Week
What's more, with John Lewis' impressive online sales now accounting for a quarter of the retailer's business, plans are currently in motion to expand its ecommerce offering into Germany and France with products available to buy in euros later in 2013.
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ChannelAdvisor Participates in Upcoming Retail Industry Conferences Hosted ...
PYMNTS.com
ChannelAdvisor, a leading provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions that enable retailers and manufacturers to increase global sales, today announced its participation in three leading industry conferences in January 2013 hosted by Shop.org, Women's ...
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AirWatch Simplifies Mobility for More Than 150 Global Retail Clients ...
PYMNTS.com
AirWatch®, the global leader and innovator in mobile security and the largest Mobile Device Management (MDM) provider, presents and speaks on their retail mobility solutions at the 102nd annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Convention and EXPO in ...
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Dubai retailer to invest $91 million in India
Retail Digital
Dubai-based retailer Marina Home is planning to open stores across India, and is planning to invest $1 million, reports say. The amount, which translates into Rs 500 crore, will be used to open 50 stores across the country, reported Press Trust of India.
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Stores hunt for technology at National Retail Federation conference
Washington Business Journal (blog)
More than 27,000 attendees are expected at the four-day National Retail Federation convention where they will be shopping for technology, exchanging ideas and listening in on 100 educational sessions and keynote speeches, The Wall Street Journal ...
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