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Comment: Retailers have tough questions to ask themselves after Bangladesh ...
Retail Week
A statement from Primark said the company was 'shocked and deeply saddened' by the tragedy, adding: 'Primark has been engaged for several years with non-governmental organisations and other retailers to review the Bangladeshi industry's approach to ...
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Pakistan's retail therapy
Hindustan Times
It isn't rebellion against the conservatives, as many foreign journalists like to play up the 'Tattoos versus Taliban' stereotype but it is most certainly and most simply, much-needed retail therapy. It's no wonder that fashion-related stories feature ...
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Hennes & Mauritz seeks government nod to invest euro 100 million on single ...
Economic Times
"It is correct that H&M has filed for single brand retail entry into India, but there are no concrete plans today when we would be opening our first stores, or how many stores that we would be opening in the future," the spokesperson said in an e ...
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Hero forays into retail financing to boost two-wheeler sales
Business Standard
In a bid to boost sales of two-wheelers, demand for which have remained largely stagnant for most part of the last financial year, the country's largest motorcycle manufacturer Hero MotoCorp has decided to offer retail financing solutions to its customers.
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Irish video rentals retailer Xtra-vision falls into receivership
Retail Week
The 152-store retailer said the withdrawal of credit insurance meant it was "unable to meet its debts". Xtra-vision said it had suffered from a rapidly declining movie rental business "most noticeably in areas with high speed broadband which is linked ...
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Sugar seen gaining on retail demand
Hindu Business Line
Retail offtake of sugar is expected to rise the next two days as Maharashtra traders are likely to intensify their strike against the local body tax. Sources said that the traders, including those in sugar, dry fruits, spices, gur, colour and chemicals ...
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Hindu Business Line
Big retailers meet with lobby group to discuss sweatshops
CBC.ca
A number of Canadian retailers will meet today with the Retail Council of Canada to talk about working conditions in third-world sweatshops. The issue jumped into the spotlight last Wednesday, when an eight-storey building housing garment factories ...
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An independent report has supported the expansion of retail giant Costco into ...
The Australian
"I think we are talking about a competition with other major retailers in that major retailer space and the more competition we can introduce into that layer of the retail market the better it is for Queenslanders," Mr Seeney said. It is the second ...
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Multibillion Dollar Transactions Drive U.S. Retail & Consumer Deals During ...
Sacramento Bee
NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. retail and consumer merger & acquisition (M&A) activity during the first quarter of 2013 was defined by six multibillion dollar transactions, including one of the largest consumer products deals in ...
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Investors Can Still Make Money in Retail Stocks
Investorplace.com
I absolutely love turnaround stocks, and I've had a lot of success investing in them through the years. These are the companies that have been beaten back, but are successfully reinventing themselves and gearing up for another great round. For retail ...
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Average retail gasoline prices in Texas have fallen
Liberty Vindicator
Texas, April 29- Average retail gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 2.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.31/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 13,114 gas outlets in Texas. This compares with the national average that ...
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Lloyds to sell Spanish retail division to Sabadell
BBC News
Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to sell its Spanish retail banking business to Banco Sabadell in exchange for a 1.8% stake in the Spanish bank. Lloyds said that the stake - which it will hold for at least two years - was worth about 84m euros ($110m ...
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BBC News
OppenheimerFunds Unveils Modernized Retail and New Institutional Brand
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
The new look reveals a modernized retail brand, which will continue to be known as OppenheimerFunds, and a new institutional brand, OFI Global Asset Management. The brands will be unveiled on May 1, 2013, across many of the firm's communications ...
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Ohio police fight drugs in big retail area
Huntington Herald Dispatch
Ohio police fight drugs in big retail area. April 28, 2013 @ 09:24 PM. The Herald-Dispatch / 2013. Herald-Dispatch.com. DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police in southwest Ohio say some of the shopping going on at a major retail center isn't for clothes or ...
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More from Retail Group of America is headed to Destiny USA in Syracuse
Syracuse.com (blog)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Destiny USA confirmed today that Retail Group of America will bring a new adventure park for children to the mall's entertainment-focused third floor. The park, Billy Beez, features giant play structures, murals and a maze of high ...
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Here's How Social Media Is Changing Retail
Huffington Post
Retail is changing. Some companies are getting it right (H&M, Tory Burch). Some are colossal failures (JCPenney). One thing is clear: today's digital consumer is expecting their favorite retailers and brands to know how to operate in the social and ...
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UAE retail major turns to Ramco aisle for HCM
CIOL
The REDTAG Group, as explained in the announcement, is part of BMA International, which is also the holding company for Retail Arabia which operates hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores and malls. With over 5500 employees across UAE, ...
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GST controversy looms large
The Australian
The National Online Retailers Association (NORA), formed only months ago, said it was pushing for a place on the Retail Council of Australia to tackle concerns that the incumbent retail associations were not representing online traders adequately.
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Retailers' Q1 Earnings Don't Imply the Consumer Is Dead
Investorplace.com
Between the sequester, higher payroll taxes and waning confidence in the economy, it was supposed to be merely a matter of time before consumers died … which in turn meant it was only a matter of time before the economy began to contract. A funny ...
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Analysis: What does Waitrose's deal with Eurostar mean for the retailer?
Retail Week
Mintel retail director Richard Perks believes it is a smart move. "It is another feather in Waitrose's cap. It has the ability and range to meet the demand of a reasonably upmarket demand and it is an interesting step into foodservice." Waitrose has ...
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Skandia co-founder Hughes in retail distribution launch
FT Adviser
But while Insynergy focused on launching retail fund structures that were then managed by respected fund managers, such as Crispin Odey, the new firm will solely act as a fund promoter on behalf of asset management firms without retail distribution staff.
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