Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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Walmart continues to lobby in US over India retail FDI rules
Hindu Business Line
Amid a continuing political debate on FDI in multibrand retail sector, the disclosures about Walmart's lobbying activities in the US for facilitating its entry into India created a major controversy in December 2012, leading to the government ordering ...
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Hindu Business Line
Inflation indexed bonds for retail investors face delay due to pricing issues
Business Standard
The finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are concerned that the price discovery of inflation indexed instruments for retail investors could be difficult. Hence, it will be tested with primary dealers first to arrive at the market ...
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Polish Retail Sales Grew Less Than Estimated in March
Bloomberg
Polish retail sales grew less than economists estimated in March as unemployment at a six-year high damped consumer spending, adding to arguments for more interest- rate cuts. Sales rose 0.1 percent from a year earlier, compared with a 0.8 percent drop ...
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Tesco, Sainsbury's set the ball rolling on multi-brand retail plans
Hindu Business Line
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Tuesday said several leading retailers had expressed interest in multi-brand retail. "Yes, there have been expressions of interest very clearly which have been received. But the first step has been taken ...
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Hindu Business Line
City Farmers and Revionics to Speak at Retail World 2013 about Price ...
Wall Street Journal
Revionics, Inc., the leading provider of End-to-End Merchandise Optimisation solutions, announced today that its customer, City Farmers, an Australian retailer which combines the provision of pet supplies with garden and pool products in a large format ...
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Retail sales hit by bad weather and local property tax concerns
RTE.ie
Retail sales were hit by the unusually cold weather in March, the introduction of the local property tax and industrial relations uncertainty. New figures from Retail Excellence Ireland for the first quarter of the year show that the year started well ...
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Thai billionaire launches $6.6bn retail bid
Financial Times
CP All, Thailand's largest convenience store chain and the world's third-largest operator of 7-Eleven stores, has made a 787 baht ($27.34) per share offer for control of cash-and-carry retailer Siam Makro, valuing the Thai-based company at $6.6bn, well ...
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Canon India eyes 300 retail stores by 2015
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Electronics major Canon India plans to expand its retail stores to 300 by 2015 as it looks to double the revenues from the vertical to over Rs 340 crore in the next three years. The company, which currently has 100 'Canon Image Square ...
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Economic Times
Is Apple souring retail investors on stocks?
MarketWatch
The market's recent rally has done nothing to improve most retail investors' confidence in the market, a new study shows. And experts say the downward spiral of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) , perhaps the most widely owned stock among small investors, seems to ...
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70. Hilton Meats (Retail)
Belfast Telegraph
Hilton Meats (Retail) is a specialist meat packing business, supplying major international food retailers from its base in Northern Ireland. The company sources meat cuts from a global base of suppliers, which is then processed and packed in large ...
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Retail institute launches job-matching mobile app - The Straits Times
Straits Times
Users can search for jobs in the retail industry based on the job type, sector, location and whether it is a full-time or part-time opening. They will then be matched and screened by the SIRS career services centre, which may recommend appropriate ...
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Disinvestment policy: Government should encourage retail investors, says ...
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In a strong indictment of divestment policy, Parliament's standing committee on finance said the government was "selling family's silver to pay grocery bills" even as it called for greater participation for retail investors. "The government ...
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Wal-Mart Will Tie Pay to Compliance Overhaul
Wall Street Journal
Under its policy changes, the retail giant's audit committee can choose to reduce or eliminate 2014 cash incentives for top executives if the company doesn't meet certain compliance objectives, including "implementing enhancements to how we report and ...
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Stage Stores to Present at the Barclays Retail and Consumer Discretionary ...
Wall Street Journal
Stage Stores, Inc. (NYSE: SSI) announced today that Michael Glazer, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Oded Shein, Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation at the Barclays Retail and Consumer Discretionary Conference on Tuesday, April ...
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Polish retail sales up only slightly in March
Warsaw Business Journal
Retail sales in Poland rose at a slower-than-expected pace in March. Statistics office GUS said that the year-on-year increase was 0.1 percent and that in month-on-month terms retail sales grew by 16.8 percent. In constant prices, the figure remained ...
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Rich List: The top 10 discounters in focus
Retail Week
Value retailers made their mark on the Sunday Times Rich List this year, led by the Galen and George Weston family behind Primark. Retail Week takes a look at how the discounters fared. 1. Galen and George Weston, £6.6bn - George Weston, 49, runs ...
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Google Glass to hit retail in 2014, let you take photos with a wink
GSMArena.com (blog)
Speaking to Radio 4 Eric Schmidt has finally confirmed that Google Glass will hit the retail shelves next year (that narrows it down) but hasn't said anything about pricing. A number of developers have been given the option to pre-order Glass at the ...
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GSMArena.com (blog)
Councillor and retail gurus clash of empty shop stats in Dudley
Dudley News
DUDLEY Council chiefs are going toe to toe with retail gurus in a war of words over empty shops. Regeneration supremo Cllr Shaukat Ali launched a broadside against the Local Data Company (LDC), saying their claim that nearly a third of Dudley's shops ...
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