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Lloyds to sell Spanish retail operations
MarketWatch
LONDON--British financial institution Lloyds Banking Group PLC Monday announced that it has agreed to sell its Spanish retail banking operations, including Lloyds Bank International SAU and Lloyds Investment España SGIIC SAU, to Banco Sabadell SA in ...
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ENOC unveils new retail promotion at ZOOM stores with over 700000 prizes
Al-Bawaba
The ZOOM 'scratch and win' campaign, designed to make every customer smile, is one of the key promotion initiatives across the 148 ZOOM stores in the UAE and effectively bridges the leading retail network's focus on providing unique value propositions ...
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Despite disasters, Bangladesh is still working for retail
China Post
But there have been few signs that safety issues and other questionable labor conditions are sending shockwaves through the major Western retailers, their shareholders or the people who buy the clothes in the United States, Europe and elsewhere ...
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Manasota Goodwill's retail formula brings success
Bradenton Herald
The scene is repeated hourly each day as new merchandise arrives constantly by truck from the retail stores and clearance centers across Manatee, Sarasota, DeSoto and Hardee counties. It's part of the Goodwill River -- the process Goodwill Manasota ...
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Bradenton Herald
Retail goes e-tail
B&T Marketing & Media
"Two years ago we were still educating retailers about online selling, trying to justify why they should be doing it," says Peter Noble, CEO of digital agency Citrus, which has developed the online retail presences for Witchery, Wittner Shoes, Scanlan ...
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Mobility in Retail: How Technology Lets Consumers Track Products
The FINANCIAL
"Consumers are becoming more concerned about product origins, from where they were produced to how they were produced, and by whom," says Paula Rosenblum, managing partner at retail research firm RSR Research. "I believe retailers are going to be ...
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Spanish Retail Sales Slump Worsens In March - RTTNews
RTT News
Spain's retail sales continued to fall in March, and at a faster rate than in the previous month, data released by statistical office INE showed Monday. Retail sales volume, on an unadjusted basis, plunged 10.9 percent year-on-year in March, faster ...
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New Retail Coming to Downtown Albertville
WAAY
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (WAAY)-There are new signs of new retail life in Albertville despite the closing of a downtown staple. Hammers clothing store closed in January, after more than 50 years in Marshall County. But the city is now moving forward. Three ...
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High demand for retail space in outlying towns of Eastern Cape
eProp.co.za
"Currently we are receiving a high number of enquiries for retail space in Sterkspruit and Mthatha, mainly as a result of a pent-up demand as well as growing passing trade. It also appears that national retailers, who may perhaps have saturated the ...
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Chicago and NYC Retail Industry Employee Wage Walkouts Likely to Continue ...
About - News & Issues
Where a growing number of retail workers stand on the federal minimum wage hike is not complacently behind a cash register wearing their company-issued polyester garb. Instead, where retail and restaurant workers are standing on the issue of increased ...
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Kirkcaldie turns to first-half loss on falling retail sales, building costs
National Business Review
"However, the retail operations continue to face revenue challenges with sales 5.6 percent down on last year despite a number of initiatives undertaken to drive sales and improve customer experience," it says. Its property arm posted a pretax loss of ...
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Philips Global Travel Retail set to bring bestsellers to TFWA Asia Pacific
MoodieReport
Philips Global Travel Retail will be presenting the electronics brand's complete range of over 20 travel retail bestsellers at the TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore next month (stand number: N10). Updated versions of key products such as the SensoTouch 3D ...
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MoodieReport
US retail giant Costco to open new store in Australia's Queensland
Global Times
Seeney, who authorized the go-ahead, said his decision to allow the US retail giant to open a store in Queensland was made with great care under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. "I formed the view that this development contributes to the future ...
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Retail Lab Oozing Tech Showcases Digital Banking Solutions
The Financial Brand
The Lab is situated in Dundrum Town Centre, the busiest retail location in Ireland, with over 19 million visitors annually. And this high-visibility area is central to AIB's strategy. They aren't necessarily building a branch so much as a showroom. The ...
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Sainsbury's boss Justin King denies he is to quit the retailer
Retail Week
King has quashed rumours he may quit the retailer to replace Bernie Ecclestone as the chief executive of Formula One or lead Marks & Spencer. He told Sky News: "I am not planning on going anywhere. I see myself staying at Sainsbury's." His comments ...
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The Circuit: American Banker's Best Practices in Retail Financial Services ...
US Banker
In March, executives from banks large and small gathered on the West Coast at American Banker's Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium to ask those questions of one another—and admitted that they had few firm answers to share.
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America's retail shopping exploits Third World people
STLtoday.com
The American process of retail shopping has become such an exploitation of Third World people that it can no longer be justified. Our corporations demand more for less, the corporate fat cats get rich, the investors make money and American shoppers get ...
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Wallis troubles continue as Miss Selfridge makes modest profit
Irish Times
According to accounts just filed by the Tina Green-owned companies, Wallis Retail (Ireland) Ltd recorded a £1.79 million (€2.12 million) pre-tax loss last year. The chain made a pre-tax loss of £3.5 million in the previous 12-month period. Ms Green is ...
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Irish Times
Auto sectors add value, but growth rate slows - Automotive News
Automotive News
Publicly traded carmakers, suppliers and retailers added shareholder value in the first quarter, but at a slower pace than the past several years. For all three sectors, the Automotive News/PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Shareholder Value Index was ...
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Shops To Share – Retailers' Shop-sharing Website - StartupSmart
StartupSmart
For instance, women's clothing stores that also offer beautiful bath products, jewellery and a café in the back courtyard where you can pick up a bunch of fresh flowers on your way out (five retailers operating out of one store); a nursery that also ...
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Store of the week: White Stuff, Spitalfields, London
Retail Week
At a time when many retailers are scrambling to prove their multichannel credentials, White Stuff offers something of a single-digit salute to the world of the interweb via its windows. They are certainly filled with digital products, but it is a ...
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Brisbane Airport issues call Request for Proposals for world's best watch ...
MoodieReport
As one of only 11 specialty retail tenancies in the Departures Area, the location will also provide the successful proponent with the greatest opportunity to maximise sales from the growing passenger base including the increasing Chinese market, which ...
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Mahindra First Choice Wheels stores to open in 50 more Indian cities
CarTrade.com
Mahindra First Choice Wheels, a multi brand used cars retail chain and part of Mahindra group, is looking at 30 per cent rise in sales of pre-owned vehicles in the domestic market this year. The company has decided to ramp up its sales and service ...
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Vukile closes in on R10bn asset base target
BDlive
Should the deal be successful, Vukile would be involved in two of the three significant retail transfers of the past few months. Blue-chip retail acquisitions have become a rarity in the sector, with property players looking to hold on to their assets ...
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