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Landmark will be a $1 bn retail company by fiscal 2014: Hariharan
Livemint
Mumbai: Dubai-based Landmark Group, which has invested $300 million (around Rs.1,650 crore ) in India, plans to invest an additional $200 million by March 2015 to expand its retail footprint. The retailer, which runs the Lifestyle department store ...
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Unsafe retail payments can threaten economy: RBI
Economic Times
"Although at the current juncture, retail payment system may not threaten the financial stability, the segment requires greater monitoring ... to keep the public confidence in the system," HR Khan said on Thursday. "Any breach of trust will prove ...
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Economic Times
Franchise India opens new horizons for e-Retail Business at the Indian e ...
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Franchise India - Asia's largest integrated franchise solution company held the annual Indian e-Retail Congress 2013 at The Claridges, Surajkund on 15th & 16th February 2013. This event provided a direct B2B engagement to many Indian leading ...
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Today's retail figures highlight severe flaws in Britain's economic policy
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
The ONS published retail figures for January this morning, and they're bad. Sales fell by 0.6pc both on the month and on the year. Sadly, this cannot be dismissed as a rogue result arising thanks to the unusually snowy weather in January – the last ...
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Budget 2013: 5 quick steps to spur growth in retail sector
NDTV
New Delhi: The recent amendments to the foreign direct investment regulations in the retail sector have been lauded by corporate India. Not only is the policy change initiative from the government regarded as path breaking, it also helped in driving ...
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New Zealand retail sales volumes hit six-year high
Newstrack India
Wellington, Feb 15 (IANS) Fuel purchases drove the highest quarterly rise in six years in the volume of New Zealand retail sales in the December quarter last year, the government statistics agency announced Friday. The volume of total retail sales rose ...
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Prime retail realty supply sees 83 percent drop in 2012
Firstpost
Retail space supply declined 83 percent in 2012 against 2011 as developers focused attracting tenants in completed properties and reducing existing vacancy levels, a new study by global property consultant CBRE showed. Even though retailer enquirers ...
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Surprise fall in UK retail sales - reaction
Telegraph.co.uk
Even allowing for a substantial hit to retail sales from the snow, the further fall in January fuels concern that consumers may be becoming more careful in their spending as consumer price inflation moves back up and squeezes purchasing power. A ...
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Former Apple retail boss John Browett to lead Monsoon
Telegraph.co.uk
Although the majority of his recent career has been spent selling technology, Mr Browett has already got some experience of fashion retail under his belt from his time as senior executive at Tesco. He was held in very high regard at both Tesco and ...
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Retail investors exit US stock funds, look elsewhere -Lipper
Reuters
ETFs are generally believed to represent the investment behavior of institutional investors, while mutual funds are thought to represent the retail investor. The benchmark S&P 500 rose just 0.5 percent over Lipper's weekly reporting period. Data ...
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Retail investors behind SET rally
The Nation
The Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday continued to climb to its highest peak since 1994, buoyed by optimism over more monetary easing from Japan and a possible cut in the Bank of Thailand's policy rate. Retail investors, highly sensitive to market ...
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Pound hits 7-month low on retail sales
Financial Times
Sterling fell below $1.55 to a low of $1.5461, its lowest level since July 2012, after heavy snow in January caused retail sales to fall 0.6 per cent, missing expectations of a 0.5 per cent rise. The figures heightened concerns that the UK could enter ...
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Singaporean retail sales rises less-than-expected
Investing.com
Tweet. Investing.com - Retail sales in Singapore rose less-than-expected last month, official data showed on Friday. In a report, Statistics Singapore said that Singaporean Retail Sales rose to a seasonally adjusted -0.9%, from -1.1% in the preceding ...
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Former Apple retail chief John Browett now CEO of UK chain
Apple Insider
Former Apple retail chief John Browett now CEO of UK chain. By AppleInsider Staff. After being ousted from Apple in October, former Vice President of Retail John Browett has taken a new job as chief executive at UK-based women's fashion chain Monsoon ...
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Live demo of RFID apparel retail application in Arkansas
Fibre2fashion.com
RFID Journal announced that it will feature live retail apparel demonstrations of radio frequency identification by the University of Arkansas' RFID Research Center in the exhibit hall at RFID Journal LIVE! 2013, the world's premier conference and ...
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Forex - NZD/USD climbs following retail sales report
Investing.com
In a report, Statistics New Zealand said retail sales there jumped 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012, easily topping economists' expectations of growth of 1.4%. That is good for the best rate of growth in six years, indicating that despite the ...
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Former Apple Retail VP John Browett Takes Job At UK Fashion Retailer
Cult of Mac
How does one go from leading the most profitable retail division in the world to a London-based clothing retailer? Just ask John Browett. He spent less than six months as Apple's senior VP of retail. Before Tim Cook brought him on at the beginning of ...
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Former Apple Retail VP John Browett Takes Executive Job at UK Fashion Retailer
Mac Rumors
john-browett RetailWeek is reporting that former Apple Senior Vice President of Retail John Browett has taken a job as the chief executive of United Kingdom fashion and accessories retailer Monsoon Accessorize. Browett will start on March 4, almost 5 ...
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Retail calls for Wii U price cut and new strategy
MCV
UK games retailers want Nintendo to revitalise Wii U sales with a fresh marketing push and a price drop. Console sales have slowed since its December launch. Last week, it lost exclusive rights to Rayman Legends and Ninja Gaiden 3, and Activision boss ...
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Emerging markets to drive retail foreign exchange growth in 2013
FX Week (subscription)
The survey of 31 global retail foreign exchange brokers carried out in December 2012, revealed expectations for a rise in the number of retail forex traders in Africa, Central and South America, the Middle East and Asia, this year. Respondents said ...
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Pound Sets a New 6-Month Low on Disappointing Retail Start to the New Year
DailyFX
UK retail sales (excluding auto fuel) fell 0.5% in January, disappointing expectations for 0.5% growth in sales and down further from the revised 0.4% retail decline in December. Retail sales were up 0.2% from January 2012, according to the UK Office ...
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Why investors in retail should learn to love digital
Globe and Mail
The Best Buy/Future Shop consumer electronics retail chain recently announced that it was closing 15 stores in Canada. The big box stores are feeling the pressure from online electronics retailers such as Amazon and Tiger Direct with their discount ...
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Globe and Mail
French MNOs retail channel to be hit in 2013-14 - Virgin CEO
Telecompaper (subscription)
Telecom operator's retail channel will be affected by a trend to online-only subscriptions in 2013 and 2014, Pascal Railland, COO of full MVNO Virgin Mobile France, told Les Echos. Virgin Mobile has 62 stores so far and aims to eventually have 100. It ...
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Retail, food service industry top target of fraudsters
SC Magazine Australia
The retail and food service industries are the top targets for attackers due to the troves of consumer data they collect – and the fact that their systems often are inadequately protected, a security firm has found. Trustwave's 2013 Global Security ...
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Forex: EUR/GBP down on opening, UK retail sales ahead
NASDAQ
Soon, at 09:30 GMT, UK retail sales will be published, with analysts expecting rising figures in January. "The big wildcard here is how sales held up in the face of the cold and snowy weather. While we don't expect the negative impact to be nearly as ...
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CEO Tim Cook: Apple retail stores are 'like Prozac' to me
Register
We're investing in retail around the world, in product innovation, in new product, in supply chain. We're acquiring some companies. ... To add to that fact, we're returning $45 billion to shareholders through a combination of dividends and buybacks. I ...
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UPDATE 1-NZ retail sales surge in Q4, but rates still on hold
Reuters
Volume of retail sales strongest rise in six years. * Data shows modest pick up in consumer activity. * Growth in sales of fuel, cars, building goods. * Kiwi jumps to 17-month high. WELLINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - New Zealand retail sales volumes rose ...
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New Zealand Retail Sales Surge Most In Six Years
RTT News
New Zealand's retail sales volume increased at the strongest pace in six years in the December quarter on higher fuel and auto spending, as consumer confidence started to recover amid positive views about the prospects of the general economy. The data ...
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RTT News
Weak Retail Data Knock Sterling; Euro, Stocks Tread Water
Wall Street Journal
Sterling fell sharply against the dollar Friday after U.K. retail sales disappointed, while European stocks were mixed and the euro oscillated as investors eyed the Group of 20 talks in Moscow. Sterling briefly plunged to a six-month low of $1.5476 ...
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