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BC retail sector sees sales drop in February
Vancouver Sun
B.C. underperformed most other provinces and was one of only two to record a monthly decline — a marked contrast to the acceleration in Canadian retail growth of 0.8 per cent. Same-month sales tumbled 4.2 per cent from 2012, but year-over-year ...
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Lower-than-expected retail sales hit economic hopes
Irish Examiner
According to the CSO, the volume of retail sales for March fell by 3.6% compared with the same month last year and there was a decrease of 1.9% compared with February. Excluding the motor trade, retail sales were down 1.8% compared with February and ...
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Basalt's retail sales surge continues
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Basalt's retail sales resurgence continued in February when sales-tax revenues jumped nearly 19 percent from the prior year, according to a report releases this week by the town finance department. The town collected $287,991 in taxes from sales in ...
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A week in gold: Retail buying sparks strong recovery - Proactive Investors
Proactive Investors UK
Institutions may be dumping their holdings of gold-back exchange traded funds, but retail consumers cannot get enough of the yellow metal. A surge in retail purchases helped the price rally strongly this week, with gold putting in one of its best ...
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Proactive Investors UK
Chicago food service and retail workers protest low wages
World Socialist Web Site
Early Wednesday morning, downtown Chicago retail and fast food workers walked off the job, following the example of some fast food workers in New York, who went on a one-day walkout in November and again at the beginning of this month. Around 500 ...
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John Lewis sales flat despite boost from warmer weather
Retail Week
The department store retailer said it was against strong comparatives from last year. Fashion helped drive sales up 4% as it was one of the categories to benefit from the change in weather as womenswear, accessories and beauty and kidswear all ...
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Natchez retail group acquires 150-year-old Ga. lumber yard
Mississippi Business Journal (blog)
A 150-year-old lumber company in west Georgia has a new owner, but the business will keep its name — W.T. Harvey Lumber Co. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly/10FCLPr) that Natchez.-based Central Network Retail Group has ...
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ASUS Launches Retail Store in Uttar Pradesh
Light Reading India
ASUS India has announced the launch of its sixth exclusive store in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The outlet will feature the entire range of Notebooks and Netbooks that have been launched in India till date. The Computer Point, which is the retail store ...
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Cantillon: Time to spend, spend, spend?
Irish Times
Retail Ireland, the Ibec group, also wondered about the weather in March, which was unseasonably cold and not conducive to unnecessary retail forays. There were also more days off than usual - St Patrick's Day and Easter both fell in the month and are ...
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