Tuesday, April 02, 2013

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Pantaloon Retail can move to Rs 200: SP Tulsian
Moneycontrol.com
Pantaloon Retail can move to Rs 200: SP Tulsian. SP Tulsian, CEO ,sptulsian.com · Expertise : Equity - Fundamental ,IPO · More about the Expert... Bazaar at 08:00 am · Share · Tweet · Share on Tumblr. Like this story, share it with millions of ...
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Retail gold buying eases in March; Cyprus crisis eyed -survey
Reuters
Retail sentiment index down for third month -BullionVault. * Index suggests investors unconvinced about U.S. recovery. * New customers from Spain, Italy increase on Cyprus worries. By Frank Tang. NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) - The pace of physical gold ...
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Online sales stall stokes fresh retail fears
Sydney Morning Herald
Figures released yesterday by National Australia Bank show its Online Retail Sales Index was substantially weaker in February. Sales grew by 19 per cent year on year in the month to $13.1 billion, the weakest growth rate for nearly one year. Previously ...
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Australian Retailers Association warns of job losses with $30 pay rise
NEWS.com.au
A PEAK retail lobby group has warned jobs will be lost in the sector if unions win their campaign for a $30-a-week pay rise. The Australian Retailers Association has urged Fair Work Australia to cap the minimum wage increase for the retail sector at a ...
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Hong Kong Feb retail sales rise 22.7 pct yr/yr
Reuters
HONG KONG, April 2 (Reuters) - February retail sales data (percent change from a year earlier): Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Value: 22.7 10.5 9.1 9.4 3.9 9.4 4.6 Volume: 21.9 10.4 8.5 8.1 3.6 8.5 3.2 CONTEXT: -- In the three months through February, the ...
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Quantum Retail Welcomes Dan Fishback to Board of Directors
Sacramento Bee
MINNEAPOLIS, April 2, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Retail technology innovator Quantum Retail Technology, Inc. today announced the addition of Dan Fishback to the company's board of directors to help guide the organization's growth and to enhance and ...
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Next-Gen Retail? Hointer, Bonobos, And Dollar Shave Club
Forbes
Creativity abounds in today's retail world. Whether online or in bricks-and-mortar, companies and people are creating new, innovative ways. to bring their brands and visions to life. More importantly, they are redefining how customer acquisition can be ...
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Retailers reap rewards of loyalty schemes
BDlive
These incentive schemes do not only reward members for purchases, but also help retailers to better understand their customers' buying behaviour. They are able to mine information so they can tailor their products and services to suit their clients' needs.
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Plano retail and office project sells to Houston investor
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Whitestone REIT paid $25.7 million for the Headquarters Village retail and office complex at Preston Road and Headquarters Drive. The 89,134-square-foot project was completed in 2009 and is almost fully leased. It's located near the popular Legacy ...
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Retail Holdings NV Announces Record Operating Results
Stockhouse
Retail Holdings N.V. ("ReHo" or the "Company") announced today record operating results for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company's Board of Directors anticipates recommending for shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting, ...
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The Coming Retail Sea Change
Kids Today (blog)
Michael Hiatt, writing for Retailing Today ("The Ultimate Age of Retail") sees retailing as on the cusp of one of its 20 year sea changes. Here is how he puts it in the opening to his article: "Retail innovation cycles last approximately 20 years. As ...
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Retail proposed for Arcadia offices
Arizona Republic
The owner of an office building at a prime intersection in the Arcadia area of Phoenix is hoping to bring retail to the property. Stephen Anderson, a land-use attorney who represents 77 Group Investments, LP, said the owner wants to make retail ...
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Canadian Retail body hails removal of baby clothes tariff
Fibre2fashion.com
Retail Council of Canada (RCC) recognizes as a landmark day for retailers with the fulfilment of the government's commitment to eliminating tariffs on baby clothes and sporting and athletic equipment. "We want to thank Minister Flaherty for delivering ...
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Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. Schedules First Quarter Earnings Release ...
NASDAQ
SAN DIEGO, April 2, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (Nasdaq:ROIC) will issue financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 before the market opens on Thursday, May 2, 2013. The Company ...
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The Walking Dead reaches European, Australian retail May 10
Joystiq
Europeans, Australians, and New Zealanders can feast on the retail release of Telltale Games's The Walking Dead when it reaches their regions on May 10. This version of the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC package, which includes the first season's five episodes, ...
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Africa offers greatest growth opportunity for UK retailers – Barclays
Creamer Media's Engineering News
A recent survey by global financial services provider Barclays has shown that, while the US and China remained favoured investment destinations for UK retailers, the majority believed that the African continent would offer the greatest retail growth ...
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Auchan plans to enter multi-brand retail in India
Livemint
The Auchan Group, the world's 10th largest food retailer, runs 13 supermarkets in India through a franchise agreement with Max Hypermarket India Pvt. Ltd, part of Dubai-based retailer Landmark Group. Photo: Wikimedia Commons ...
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Minecraft Xbox 360 TU9 and future retail update releases
Society and Religion
As we've written several times: The announced on-disc retail version of Minecraft Xbox 360 in April is meant to be installed with TU9 update. This is for people with no internet connection. Hence, TU9 has been hugely delayed because its really, in a ...
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Society and Religion
Germans buy more retail goods as labour market robust
Times of Malta
Combined with data released on Thursday showing retail sales rose unexpectedly for a second straight month in February, the unemployment data bodes well for domestic demand, which economic advisers to the German Government expect to drive growth ...
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Transwestern Brokers Sale Of High-Profile Retail Center At Sommersville Towne ...
Sacramento Bee
ANTIOCH, Calif., April 1, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Transwestern today announced that it brokered the sale of a 90,000-square-foot retail property at 2520 Sommersville Road in Antioch, Calif. Formerly the location of a Gottschalks department store, the ...
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Amazon grows its book retail empire with the purchase of Goodreads
Washington Times
DOTHAN, AL, April 1, 2013 —It is no secret that Amazon wants to be the biggest kid on the playground and already owns over a quarter of the book retail market. Just added to the online giant's sizable portfolio is a relatively small website called ...
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TABLE-Breakdown of HK February retail sales
Reuters
April 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's retail sales totalled a provisional HK$41.44 billion ($5.34 billion) in February, up 22.7 percent in value from a year earlier and up 21.9 percent by volume, Census and Statistics Department figures showed on Tuesday.
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V-Mart Retail
Moneycontrol.com
V-Mart Retail Limited has informed the Exchange that the Company has opened a new store located at Manorma Complex, Purab Bazar, College gate, Saharsa, Bihar - 852201. The store is spread in an area of 6980 sq. ft.. This takes the total number of ...
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Children's Place Retail Stores Price Target Lowered to $54.00 at Susquehanna ...
Mideast Time
Shares of Children's Place Retail Stores (NASDAQ: PLCE) traded down 0.20% during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $44.73. Children's Place Retail Stores has a one year low of $42.21 and a one year high of $62.24. The stock's 50-day moving average ...
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D. Scott McLain, CCIM: How Retailers Make Site Decisions
al.com (blog)
In Alabama retail sales tax is the lifeblood of municipalities. With the lowest property taxes in the country our cities depend on sales taxes to repair potholes, provide police protection, and to deliver other municipal services. Also, retail ...
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New Golf Course Golf Shop Makes Golf Retail 'Virtually' Simple, 365 days a year
Examiner.com
"Golf Course Golf Shop is a turnkey software solution designed to drive online retail sales to complement the pro shop sales of golf courses, big or small," says Joe Korman, Founder and Partner of Synergy Golf. "This new and cutting-edge initiative ...
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Fall in retail-trade in February influence by demand for non-food items in Latvia
The Baltic Course
The fall in retail-trade in Latvia in February 2013 was primarily determined by demand for non-food items, Bank of Latvia economic expert Agnese Bicevska writes in ''Makroekonomika.lv'', informs LETA/Nozare.lv.
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Denton County retail center sells for $40 million
Dallas Morning News (blog)
DDR Corp. said Tuesday that it purchased the Marketplace at Highland Village, a 400,000 square foot retail center at Village Parkway and Justin Road in the town of Highland Village northwest of Dallas. The 86-acre regional shopping center is anchored ...
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The growth in retail sales decelerated in Estonia in February
The Baltic Course
In February 2013, the retail sales of goods of retail trade enterprises were 317.9 million euros, which was 247 euros per inhabitant. The retail sales in stores selling manufactured goods increased 8% compared to February 2012. The sales increased in ...
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The Baltic Course
Did Toys R Us Deliver a Big Warning for Retail?
CNBC.com (blog)
So what went wrong for Toys 'R Us—and what do those terrible numbers tell us about brick and mortar retail as a whole? Noted analyst Sean McGowan of Needham & Company points to two key problem: video games and babies. "Video game sales have ...
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CNBC.com (blog)
Wal-Mart Customers Complain Bare Shelves Are Widespread: Retail
San Francisco Chronicle
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer's workforce at its namesake and Sam's Club warehouse chains in the U.S. fell by about 120,000 employees between 2008 and Jan. 31, according to a securities filing on March 26. The company now has about 1.3 ...
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HPU and Lifestyle Retail Properties Agree to Resolve All Matters
Hawaii Reporter
REPORT FROM HPU - HONOLULU - Hawai'i Pacific University, Hawaii Downtown Holdings LLC and Lifestyle Retail Properties LLC (wholly owned by Ed Bushor) have agreed to proceed with a buyout agreement that resolves all matters and finalizes full ...
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A'GACI selects MID Retail to fuel accelerated expansion
Fibre2fashion.com
MID Retail's Merchandise Planning capabilities let us translate each location's aggressive financial plan into merchandise plans that allow us to meet and exceed our financial goals," said Reid Hackney, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for A ...
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US to see potential improvements in retail sales this year
The Borneo Post
KUALA LUMPUR: The US has predicted a 3.4 per cent increase in retail sales this year, according to the National Retail Federation's 2013 economic forecast. Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) said the contributing factors to the ...
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Deepdale Retail Park: Former warehouse looks finally set to be turned into new ...
Blog Preston (blog)
A boost for jobs and shoppers in the city looks set to be approved by councillors next week. Four new retail units could be given the nod for Deepdale Retail Park after council officers decided to propose the plans for approval. The 6,833 square metre ...
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Blog Preston (blog)
McFarlane marks industry return with debut retail fund
FT Adviser
Investment industry veteran and multimillionaire financier Alan McFarlane is staging a retail debut for his recently launched Dundas Global Investors boutique. The Edinburgh-based group has launched the Heriot Global Equity fund to harness the 33-year ...
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FT Adviser
Romania Feb. Retail Sales Fall, Output Price Inflation Eases
RTT News
Romania's retail sales decreased a seasonally adjusted 2 percent month-on-month in February, data released by the National Institute of Statistics showed Tuesday. Sales of food products fell 3.8 percent sequentially, and sales of automotive fuel in ...
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In Bidding Wars, Retail Investors Can Get Caught in the Crossfire
Wall Street Journal
"That stuff is way beyond me and beyond most retail investors," he says. There are a handful of mutual funds that specialize in merger outcomes. In addition to Mr. Kirchner's fund, two of the largest are Westchester Capital Management's $4.5 billion ...
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Number of Scots shoppers rockets by 20% over Easter
Scotsman
"I think there's a bit of a stay-at-home feeling this year because of the bad weather," said Gordon Emslie, a retail specialist at Falkirk-based GNE Consulting. "Things picked up for retail in February, then the cold weather in March made things a bit ...
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Scotsman
Tesco plans to create family retail destinations in Asia
FreshPlaza
"Creating retail destinations is something we have been doing for some time in Asia and we have learned a lot about creating a compelling offer for local customers," Mr Masters said. "In the UK we are working on creating retail destinations and Asia ...
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Costco's arrival at Kilburn to distinguish retail centre
Adelaide Now
After the US retail giant's announcement last week that it would spend $25 million on a new 14,000sq m warehouse at the northern end of the 24ha precinct, Axiom Properties general manager Paul Rouvray said the new store would attract shoppers from ...
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86% learner retention rate for Retail Relate
Bizcommunity.com
Mentors for the RYP learners were selected from the top graduates of Retail Relate's previous NQF5 Retail Management course, the Unemployed Youth Assistance Programme. They were always on hand to assist and advise the learners regarding their ...
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Ballston Spa officials move to change zoning code to shore up retail and ...
The Saratogian
Romano said the overarching vision for the village is "to enhance the Central Business District by providing more retail opportunities." He added the village was somewhat constrained in terms of development and tax base growth because it has no room to ...
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Comment: Retail sector struggling to survive
Offaly Express
Comment: Retail sector struggling to survive. editorial image. Published on 02/04/2013 12:01. Retail and wholesale outlets are going to the wall at a rate of one every two days. That stark statistic was thrown into sharp relief once again last week in ...
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Offaly Express
India: Walmart distances itself from Bharti Retail in annual report
FreshPlaza
Walmart has claimed it has no links with Bharti Retail apart from backend technological support. Walmart, the world's largest retail chain, has referred to the Bharti Retail outlets as "franchised" in its annual report for the financial year ended ...
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE hits AT&T retail on April 5th with a $249 ...
Engadget
Have you eyed the LTE version of Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 8.9, yet remained skittish about buying such a relatively expensive tablet sight-unseen? AT&T is now willing to accommodate you: stop by an AT&T retail store from April 5th onward and you can ...
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Rajesh Exports opens 81st retail jewellery showroom in Karnataka
Myiris.com
Rajesh Exports (REL), a manufacturer and marketer of jewellery, announced the launch of it's 81st retail jewellery showroom in Karnataka under the brand name of Shubh Jewellers at Chennagiri. With this launch REL has completed 81 Shubh Jewellers ...
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