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Retailers feel consumer fallout over Bangladesh factory collapse
CBC.ca
As rescuers continued to pull corpses and survivors from the rubble of a collapsed garment factory in Bangladesh, some consumers in Canada were shocked to learn that items from their favourite brands were made there. The building collapsed Wednesday, ...
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Retail credit may continue to be the focus area for banks in FY14
Business Standard
Banks are once again banking on retail credit in the current fiscal to drive the credit growth of the banking system. This is because credit demand from the corporate sector may continue to remain weak. The previous fiscal was a year when banks had ...
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Retail M&A makes strongest start since 2007
Economic Times
This week's $6.6 billion offer by Thai convenience store chain CP All for retailer Siam Makro is the largest retail M&A transaction so far this year, helping deal-making in the sector to its strongest to a year since 2007. Worldwide M&A activity is ...
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Scott Driscoll's retail lobby team 'asleep at wheel' over contract to wife's ...
Herald Sun
THOSE in charge of Scott Driscoll's retail lobby group have been accused of being "asleep at the wheel" by awarding a contract to his wife's company for more money than the organisation earned in a year. Deputy president Adrian Bloomfield made the ...
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Irish retail sales post worst annual fall in nine months
Reuters
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish retail sales posted their sharpest annualized fall in nine months in March as consumers cut back on hardware, newspapers and cosmetics ahead of the introduction of a new property charge in June. Robust exports have seen Ireland ...
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Retailer plans ambitious move to imposing Peterborough home
Peterborough Telegraph
Furniture and furnishings retailer Harveys is seeking approval to create a glass-fronted two-storey store on a corner plot on the Boulevard Retail Park, off Maskew Avenue. The store is currently based on the nearby Brotherhood Shopping Park, in Lincoln ...
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Peterborough Telegraph
JCPenney Shines, Amazon Slumps in Retail Stocks
TheStreet.com
Soros seems to be either placing a long-term bet on JCP's turnaround after the company reinstated Myron "Mike" Ullman as CEO replacing Ron Johnson or he could be looking to make a profit -- at the expense of retail investors, according to TheStreet's ...
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Retail sector investment posts record growth in 2012
Focus Taiwan News Channel
A total of NT$37.48 billion was invested in the wholesale and retail trades and food services last year, with NT$30.37 billion, or 4.5 times more than the year before, going to retail businesses, according to the Department of Commerce under the ...
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Comment: Retailers need to learn the nuances of trading in the USA
Retail Week
A common mistake that many British retailers have made over the years is to treat the US as a single entity – even though its massive population and physical size make it more akin to Europe. California, for example, would in fact have the eighth ...
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Retail Week
H&M prepares $130 mn drive to crack Indian market
Economic Times
A flurry of international retailers, including Swedish budget furniture chain IKEA, are looking to expand into India after its government moved last year to allow foreign firms to set up wholly-owned subsidiaries in the country. Inditex is already in ...
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Economic Times
Retail Environment Remains Challenging: McDonald's CEO - CNBC.com
CNBC.com
Macro factors in the U.S. and Europe are creating a challenging environment for retailers, although these strains may ease later this year, said McDonald's president and CEO Don Thompson on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street." Thompson spoke with CNBC ...
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CNBC.com
Savers bite lender's hand off for 6% retail bond
Citywire.co.uk
IPF was spun off from Bradford-based Provident Financial, which has launched two retail bonds. Buy to let lender Paragon and institutional lender Intermediate Capital Group have also raised money this way, as has the London Stock Exchange and Tesco ...
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Customers come first in blueprint for RBS revamp
Financial Times
But for the group's new head of retail banking, who aims to visit at least five outlets a week, temporary bewilderment is only further evidence that its estate needs a revamp. To that end Mr McEwan, a straight-talking Kiwi who joined RBS last August ...
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Top online retailers in SA - Business Technology News
BusinessTech
Top online retailers in SA. The Acentric Marketing Online Retail Brands report has revealed which South African retailers are leading the way online. Staff Writer, April 26, 2013, 0 Comments. Top online retailers in SA. Free NewsletterClick to ...
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