Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Finally, a United Front for Retail in Washington's Battles
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The world's biggest retail trade association just got a whole lot bigger, and a whole lot more influential in Washington, as a (very large) missing piece of the National Retail Federation has finally been clicked into place. Via The Hill: Wal-Mart is ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Fitch Rates National Retail Properties' $350MM 3.3% Sr. Unsecured Notes ...
Reuters
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) NEW YORK, April 10 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has assigned a credit rating of 'BBB+' to the $350 million 3.3% senior unsecured notes due 2023 issued by National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN).
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Britain's retail sales soar in March
GlobalPost
Britain's retail sales rose 1.9 percent in March as compared with the same period last year, boosted by food and drink during the Easter holiday, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said on Tuesday. According to the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor report ...
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Retailers rally as bargain hunters snap up stocks
BDlive
SHARES in retailers Mr Price, Woolworths and Truworths rallied on Wednesday as bargain hunters rushed back into the market after last week's retail sell-off that followed dismal consumer data. The surge in the companies' share prices helped the JSE's ...
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Macy's Shows J.C. Penney How to Rebuild After Johnson: Retail
San Francisco Chronicle
Johnson's emphasis on hip brands was an attempt to capture younger shoppers and "it was the right path for J.C. Penney to take," said Robin Lewis, a retail consultant in New York. "They thought they would shed older and lower-income shoppers and have a ...
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Proposal would put a retail incubator in downtown Ellensburg
Daily Record-News
A plan to create an incubator for start-up retail businesses in downtown Ellensburg does not include using the Hubbell Building for space, according to Ron Cridlebaugh, director of economic development for the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce.
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India seeks more information from WalMart over lobbying
Economic Times
Separately, Indian regulators are probing allegations WalMart may have violated foreign investment rules by investing in a domestic retail chain three years ago. Wal-Mart announced in March it expected to suffer financial losses amid its own internal ...
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Economic Times
Retail prospects to remain high
Hong Kong Standard
The value of retail sales is expected to see respectable growth despite the uncertain global economy and more cautious spending by mainland tourists. With moderate economic growth in the SAR, retail sales are expected to register single-digit growth ...
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Hong Kong Standard
Microsoft previews its first Utah retail store
Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's first Microsoft Retail Store will open at the same downtown Salt Lake City complex where there is a rival Apple Store. The electronics boutiques will be just a half a block away from each other, vying for the same gadget-loving consumer. Photos ...
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As Boston government dawdles, founders of Sneakerbox retail truck plan to go ...
Boston.com
I tweeted Angela Schipano, the co-founder of the Sneakerbox retail truck, recently to see when I could find it somewhere around Boston. There aren't very many entrepreneurs using trucks to incubate new retail concepts, but I like to keep tabs on those ...
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Brooks Brothers to bring newer retail concept to Ann Arbor this year
AnnArbor.com
Brooks Brothers, a 195-year-old clothing company headquartered in New York, plans to bring its newer retail concept to Ann Arbor this year. The company announced plans this week to open a Flatiron Shop in the under-construction Arbor Hills shopping ...
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Meat thefts same as other retail thefts; a crime of opportunity, sheriff's ...
MLive.com
SUMMIT TWP., MI – As long as there are retail stores, there will be retail fraud, sheriff's office officials say. In the past month, three thefts involving groceries — primarily meats — were reported at two Polly's Country Markets. "Retail fraud is ...
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'Retail Therapy' Is American's Mood Booster [Survey]
The Inquisitr
"Retail therapy" is what more than 50% of Americans use to get out of a bad mood, according to a new survey. The online survey of 1,000 adults commissioned by ebates.com indicates that both men and women go shopping when they are bummed out and ...
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Valassis Unveils Geo-Commerce Retail Zones
MediaPost Communications
Valassis is unveiling new targeting capabilities through Brand.net, with a service called Geo-Commerce Retail Zone, which uses over 100,000 local targeting zones created by Valassis to reach prospective consumers on their way to retail.
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Retail List for Recalled E coli Farm Rich Products Grows Again
Food Poisoning Bulletin
The USDA has released a new retail list for the Farm Rich products recalled for E. coli 0121 and linked to a multistate outbreak. The products include frozen chicken quesadillas, pizza slices, mozzarella bites, Philly steaks, meatball sandwiches, and ...
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