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Price check needed on retail shares
Adelaide Now
Baker Young Stockbrokers managed portfolio analyst Toby Grimm says retail stocks performed poorly before 2012 because of factors including cautious consumers tightening their belts and the strong Aussie dollar tempting more people to shop online.
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Store wars: Retail landlords battle for high-end tenants
Globe and Mail
Cadillac Fairview Corp. and Oxford Properties Group are fighting to snare potentially lucrative department-store retailers, including Nordstrom Inc. of Seattle, Toronto-based Holt Renfrew & Co. and Quebec-based La Maison Simons, which generate ...
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Globe and Mail
Scottish retail suffering a decline in footfall
Scotsman
Diane Wehrle, research director at customer counting firm Springboard – which produces the figures for the BRC and SRC – said relatively poor performance of shopping centres and retail parks could be due to the collapse of certain chain retailers.
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Scotsman
Fair Work keeps retail, hospitality penalties
ABC Online
The Fair Work Commission has decided to maintain current penalty rates for retail and hospitality workers. In its finding, the commission said employers and the industries did not present a compelling case for reducing the Sunday or evening work penalties.
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Glasgow's retail history celebrated in new photography exhibition
stv.tv
The dynamic past and uncertain future of the retail industry in one of the UK's biggest cities has been captured in a new exhibition of photographs. Glasgow's retail history, based on new research and previously unpublished photos, will be unveiled to ...
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Net-A-Porter targets Asia Pacific
Inside Retail Asia
This week, the online luxury retailer will also unveil translated websites in Mandarin, French, and German as part of its global strategy. "We've continued to experience strong growth, particularly internationally, and place an ever increasing ...
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Retail lull squeezes ad spend
The Australian
Retail advertising, the biggest category in the ad market, fell 8 per cent year-on-year last month, compared to a 1 per cent fall in January and 3 per cent growth in December, according to the SMI financial booking data from media agencies. Spending ...
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SMI: Retail ads drop off as market declines 4.4%
B&T Marketing & Media
A drop in retail advertising put agency ad spend back by 4.4% year-on-year in February according to the latest round of Standard Media Index (SMI) figures. Retailers spent 8% less in February through their agencies, while FMCG is also weak with an 11 ...
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Retail investors' profit-booking snaps two-day bull run on QE
Gulf Times
Local retail investors' profit booking yesterday snapped two days of bull-run on Qatar Exchange. Notwithstanding robust buying interests in industrials and transport equities; the 20-stock QE Index (based on price data) fell 0.11% to 8,574.71 points ...
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Gulf Times
Retail reflects improved consumer sentiment
ABC Online
ALAN KOHLER: And how do you see the retailers overall, Joe? JOANNE GRAY, EDITOR, AFR BOSS MAGAZINE: Well, I mean, I think you can say that David Jones and Myer have realised that they're way behind online strategy and they were also way ...
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Docomo acquires Magaseek
Inside Retail Asia
Docomo has acquired 71 per cent stake in the online retailer for 2.04 billion yen (around US$22 million). The acquisition is the most recent in a series of moves by Docomo to broaden its e-commerce business, this time by expanding into the fashion field.
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Collapsed Payless Shoes saved in sale to global shoe retail giant
LeadingCompany
Payless Shoes has been saved from administration after being purchased by global shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource for an undisclosed price. The 220-plus strong discount footwear chain was placed in voluntary administration in September last year with ...
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