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Hess to exit trading, retail; focus on oil, gas exploration
Reuters India
N) will exit its retail, energy marketing and energy trading businesses following pressure from its third-largest shareholder — activist investor Elliott Management — to break up the company. The company, with a market capitalization of about $23 ...
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U.K. Retail Giant Tesco to Launch New Digital Entertainment Services
Hollywood Reporter
LONDON – Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, is ramping up its movie and TV streaming business by launching a trio of digital entertainment services under its existing non-subscription VOD operation blinkbox. our editor recommends. U.K.'s ...
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Hollywood Reporter
With Record Approaching, What Does 'Retail Investor' Think? We Asked Them
Wall Street Journal- India (blog)
The mindset of the "mom and pop" investor is often a Wall Street topic of debate–are they investing, or sticking on the sidelines? While fund flows show that they are dipping their toes back into the water, some market-watchers say that many individual ...
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Wall Street Journal- India (blog)
Hong Kong retail sales in January up 10pc
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's total retail sales recorded a 10.5 per cent year-on-year increase to HK$47.7 billion in January, the government said on Monday. This came despite a difference in timing of the Lunar New Year this year and last year. The festive season ...
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Second Annual Retail Jeweller Trendsetter 2013
Business Wire India (press release)
Retail Jeweller India Trendsetters 2013 hosted at Grand Hyatt amongst glitz and glamour emerged as a platform where the industry unveiled collections comprising of quintessential Indian designs that elegantly blend our cultural influences with the ...
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Hess to Exit Retail Business to Focus on Oil, Gas Exploration
CNBC.com
Hess will exit its retail, energy marketing, and energy trading businesses following pressure from an activist investor to break up the company. Hedge fund Elliott Management has asked the company, which is looking to become a predominantly exploration ...
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CNBC.com
Influencer Marketing Is Failing In Retail
PSFK
For the past seven years, bloggers have become key elements in sparking critical conversations that can spread information in a rapid, "viral" fashion within the lifestyle, luxury, travel, and retail industries. However, the way in which we work with ...
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AutoNation Announces Total Retail New Vehicle Unit Sales of 21168 in ...
Businessweek
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. , March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), America's largest automotive retailer, today announced that its total retail new vehicle unit sales in February 2013 , as reported to the applicable automotive ...
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PA Retailers' Association Announces PA Retail Hall of Fame Dinner
WBGH
From The PA Retailers' Association: The PA Retailers' Association (PRA) is very proud and excited to announce that Al Boscov will be the First Inductee of the PA Retailers' Hall of Fame. The PRA couldn't be happier to have the opportunity to honor Mr ...
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NEC APAC Establishes "Regional Retail Business Support Center"
MENAFN.COM
Until recently NEC's retail business was largely focused on providing solutions for leading retailers in Japan. NEC provides comprehensive solutions including in-store POS systems, back office systems for stores and convenient mobile terminal systems ...
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US retail apps achieve low ratings due to frequent crashing
Econsultancy (blog)
Smartphone apps are an important way for brands to engage with consumers, however a new study has found that many brands are falling short on the user experience. The Xtreme Labs Retails Apps Report found that just under a third of top 10 US retailers ...
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Econsultancy (blog)
Ashchurch fields £30m retail and garden centre plans set for public exhibitions
This is Gloucestershire
A SET of three public exhibitions will be held later this week to find out what people think about a planned £30million retail outlet. The blueprints for a shopping and garden centre will receive their first public airing on March 7, 8 and 9 ...
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DNV KEMA to Hold 24th Retail Energy Executive Forum
MarketWatch (press release)
BURLINGTON, MA, Mar 04, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability will again host its Retail Energy Executive Forum, the nation's leading conference that gathers senior competitive energy executives, regulators, energy ...
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MarketWatch (press release)
Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Fall, Hess To Exit Retail Business
Benzinga
Hess (NYSE: HES) announced its plans to exit its retail, energy marketing, and energy trading businesses. The company also announced its plans to buy back up to $4 billion in stock and raise its annual dividend to $1 per share. Equities Trading UP ...
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Peacocks owner sees Cardiff's potential
Financial Times
Against the trend elsewhere in retail, he says he has been opening stores and has taken on an additional 2,600 staff, 760 of them in Wales. He has also relocated to Cardiff the head offices of Jane Norman, the young women's high street fashion brand he ...
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Retail and wealth rises at HSBC
Financial News
HSBC's retail bank and wealth management division, which includes its asset management arm, was responsible for 35% of group profits in 2012, a substantial leap from 21% in 2011 – but this was more a result of one-off effects than a vindication of its ...
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Research conference looks to retail opportunities
Bizcommunity.com
"Despite being a recent addition to South Africa's yearly retail calendar, its popularity has soared because of the quality and value of the information delivered," says Amanda Stops, CEO of the SACSC. "It creates a much-needed opportunity to gain a ...
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What's hot in retail – February '13
National Retail Federation (blog) (press release)
width= The shortest month of the year didn't lack for news in the retail industry. February marked a step toward supply chain stability after a contract agreement was ratified at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, just weeks after groups at the ...
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Debenhams profits warning spooks retail investors
Telegraph.co.uk
The announcement saw Debenhams shares tumble 10pc in morning trading, while other FTSE 100 department stores retailers saw stocks take a hit over fears the adverse weather will have hurt profits across the sector. Marks and Spencer shares dropped ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Centerplate Adds To Marketing, Specialty Retail And Facility Design Staff As ...
International Business Times (press release)
Centerplate also congratulates Ashley Brown who has been promoted to Vice President of Specialty Retail. Brown will be based out San Francisco. In her new role, Brown will direct all aspects of Centerplate's retail merchandise business at over 50 ...
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Hess, under pressure, to exit retail business
Post-Bulletin
Hess will rid itself of its retail operations, as well as its energy trading and marketing businesses, to focus more on exploration and production, sending its shares up 5 percent in premarket trading. Hess Corp. also said Monday that it will nominate ...
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New Retail Spaces, Apartment Building Proposed For Downtown Glenview
Patch.com
A development called Midtown Square has been proposed for downtown Glenview, offering 138 apartments, almost 9,000 square feet of first floor retail space on a 2.7 acre site where the fire department station currently sits, according to the Chicago ...
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Retail giants ask govt to tighten rules on online retailers
China Daily
"Faced with the rapid development of online retail, industry supervision and tax regulations are still lagging behind, which has a negative impact on the retail industry as a whole," according to Zhang Jindong, chairman of Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd, ...
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