Thursday, March 14, 2013

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UPDATE 2-Brazil retail sales recover modestly in January
Reuters
Retail sales rise 0.6 pct from December. * Including cars and building materials, sales up 0.3 pct. By Silvio Cascione and Asher Levine. SAO PAULO, March 14 (Reuters) - Retail sales in Brazil expanded moderately in January, government data showed on ...
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Profit outlook boosts Home Retail shares
Financial Times
Shares in Home Retail Group swung back into favour with investors after the owner of the Argos and Homebase brands increased its full-year underlying pre-tax profit expectations, on the back of demand for tablet devices. The FTSE 250 retail group has ...
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US Online Retail Sales To Reach $370B By 2017; €191B in Europe
Forbes
We have just finalized our projections for US & EU eCommerce for 2012-2017 and not surprisingly, the numbers are strong. Excluding auctions, we expect US online retail sales to reach $262B this year, 13% higher than the total in 2012. In Europe, online ...
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Ocado and Home Retail share rise burns short-sellers
Telegraph.co.uk
Ocado and Home Retail have been a target short-sellers – who borrow stock to bet on falling share prices. Home Retail is the most shorted business in the FTSE All-Share index, according to financial data company Markit. Ocado is the fourth most ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Bovespa-Index Futures Rise as Brazil Retail Sales Top Estimates
Bloomberg
Bovespa-index futures advanced after a report showed retail sales in Brazil increased more than forecast, easing concern that the economic recovery will falter. JBS SA (JBSS3), the world's biggest beef producer, may be active after reporting fourth ...
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Retail Data Drives Broad Market ETFs Higher - ETF News And Commentary
NASDAQ
The broad market benchmarks again reached new highs yesterday driven by robust retail sales data. Retail sales rose 1.1% in February, the largest increase in five months, suggesting that the economy is gaining momentum (read: Time to Buy Retail ETFs? ).
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Home Retail lifts profit forecast as Argos sales rise
Reuters UK
Like many British retailers, Home Retail Group has felt the pressure of consumers being squeezed by higher prices and muted wage growth, with Argos also facing big competition from online rivals and supermarkets. The improvement was Argos' third ...
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Minecraft for Xbox 360 Getting Physical Retail Edition
TechnoBuffalo
Minecraft for XBLA Minecraft has been selling like absolute gangbusters on the Xbox 360. It's brought in millions for Microsoft, 4J Studios and Mojang. In it's current form, though, it's only available as a digital download. However, that's going to ...
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Home Retail Raises Profit Estimate as Sales Beat Expectations
Bloomberg
Home Retail Group Plc (HOME) rose the most in 20 months after sales beat expectations at Homebase home- improvement stores and the Argos catalog chain in the last two months of the fiscal year. The stock gained as much as 17 percent in London trading, ...
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U.K. Stocks Advance; Morrison, Ocado Rise on Online Plan
Bloomberg
Home Retail Group Plc jumped to a 20-month high after the owner of the Argos and Homebase chains released a trading update for the year ended March 2. Ocado (OCDO) Group Plc surged to a 19-month high after saying it is in talks to help Morrison with ...
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Financial stocks up, retail sales positive sign
MarketWatch
Financial stocks up, retail sales positive sign. 0 Comments. Tweet. new. Portfolio Relevance. LEARN MORE. Want to see how this story relates to your portfolio? Just add items to create a portfolio now: Add. Create Portfolio or Cancel Already have a ...
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V-Mart Retail Opens new Store at Akbarpur, Uttar Pradesh
Equity Bulls
V-Mart Retail Ltd has opened a new store located at F.D.R.A Plaza, Opp. Sanjay Cinema, Malipur Road, Shahzadpur, Akbarpur, Uttar Pradesh. The store is spread in an area of 8500 sq. ft.. This takes the total number of stores is 63. The V-Mart Retail Ltd ...
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Spanish retail sales rise unexpectedly
Investing.com
In a report, INE - National Institute of Statistics said that Spanish retail sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of -10.2%, from -11.4% in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from -10.7%. Analysts had expected Spanish retail ...
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EUR/ USD – Loses Ground After Strong US Retail Sales Numbers
OANDA Forex (blog)
The US dollar continues to put pressure on the euro, which has now fallen below the important 1.30 level. The euro posted losses on Wednesday, after the US released more positive numbers. Retail Sales and Core Retail Sales both posted gains and beat ...
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The Stream Series: The Future of Retail
Huffington Post
There were so many interesting discussions to share from the recent Stream unconference, but the one that inspired me most was on the future of retail. Around 50 retailers and those passionate about the industry came together on the Phuket Club Med ...
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Retail sites dominate list of most visible sites in paid search
Econsultancy (blog)
Retail websites account for more than half of the top 20 most visible advertisers in Google paid search, according to a new report from Searchmetrics. Question answering site Ask.com actually takes top spot for paid search, with Amazon and Zappos ...
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Econsultancy (blog)
retail can prosper downtown
Houston Chronicle
The survey, commissioned by Mayor Annise Parker's recently formed task force to study the viability of retail in the urban core, asked people who live and/or work downtown about their shopping behavior and needs. More than 94 percent of respondents ...
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