Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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Big Lots Names Retail Veteran David Campisi as CEO
Wall Street Journal
The closeout retailer described Mr. Campisi as bringing more than 30 years of retail industry experience to Big Lots. He was most recently chairman and CEO of Respect Your Universe Inc. (RYUN), prior to which he worked at retailer Sports Authority for ...
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Developers, retailers look to tap out-of-town retail in Ahmedabad
Business Standard
From factory outlets to hypermarket, developers and retailers are exploring out-of-town retail in Ahmedabad to counter growing operation costs within the city. According to players and industry experts alike, out-of-town retail is only set to grow even ...
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Sabadell buys Lloyds' Spanish retail unit - The Star Online
The Star Online
LONDON: State-backed British bank Lloyds is to sell its Spanish retail banking business to Banco Sabadell in exchange for an approximate 1.8% stake in the Spanish lender and will take a £250mil loss on the disposal. Lloyds will receive the stake, worth ...
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PayPal takes another step into retail, but Walmart holds out
Times of India
During a mobile payments conference panel in San Francisco in November that included PayPal president David Marcus, an executive from Wal-Mart's e-commerce business, Gibu Thomas, said the retailer had to be careful not to inadvertently introduce ...
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Times of India
Retail Optical Chain Stanton Optical to Open a New Eyeglass Store in Stockton ...
Sacramento Bee
About Stanton Optical Stanton Optical, with headquarters in Palm Springs, Florida is a leader in the retail optical industry. The eyeglass chain has over 30 locations in major markets throughout 12 states including Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia ...
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Guest post: beyond bricks and mortar – how UK retailers can capitalise on EMs
Financial Times (blog)
Ecommerce is changing the speed with which retail businesses can access new audiences. It has transformed what was once a game anchored in local markets, with retailers typically choosing to expand internationally only when they reached saturation ...
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Online fashion giant Asos unveils 'strong' half-year performance
Retail Week
In the period, retail sales soared 34% to £352m driven by international sales, which were up 39% to £214m. UK sales also increased 26% to £137m. However, retail gross margin was down by 60 bps and gross margin declined by 90 bps. Asos chief executive ...
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Scott Driscoll's associates at a retail lobby group have until Friday to ...
The Australian
Executive interim committee members, including Mr Driscoll's wife Emma, must provide affidavits detailing their knowledge of the Queensland Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association. This includes a key meeting in April 2011 at which Mr Driscoll ...
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Truebridge Hires Senior Retail Exec to Help Banks Increase Sales
Sacramento Bee
Most recently Wells was EVP & CMO of PremierWest Bank in Medford, OR, helping to transition the bank from a product centric to a customer centric model to drive cross-sell opportunities across retail, commercial, mortgage, securities brokerage, and ...
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Home Retail Group Plc's "Buy" Rating Reaffirmed at Bank of America Merrill ...
The Utah People's Post
Home Retail Group Plc logo Bank of America Merrill Lynch reiterated their buy rating on shares of Home Retail Group Plc (LON: HOME) in a research report sent to investors on Friday morning, ARN reports. The firm currently has a GBX 175 ($2.71) price ...
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UniCredit buys RBS retail operations in Romania
Reuters
BUCHAREST, April 30 (Reuters) - UniCredit's local unit has agreed to buy the retail operations of RBS in Romania, which has about 315 million euros ($413 million) in assets, for an undisclosed amount, it said on Tuesday. It follows a similar deal last ...
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SOLOMO Technology Named "Cool Vendor in Retail 2013" by Gartner
Sacramento Bee
The company's SOLOMO Exchange™ services platform connects to retailers' smart phone apps and other digital offerings to collect customer identity and location data in exchange for personalized offers in a manner that puts the customer in control.
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'Sequential' pricing can increase retail profits, study finds - PhysOrg.com
Phys.Org
"We show that retailers can actually increase profits by altering prices on certain products based on customers' intentions to purchase or not purchase other products," said Cary Deck, professor of economics in the Sam M. Walton College of Business.
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Retail Bond Boom to Continue Despite Crowded Market
CFO Insight
The debt capital markets team at UK investment bank Investec has had a good running for the past 18 months, putting a string of retail bonds on the road. However, head of debt capital markets Eden Riche will have to find growth elsewhere as the market ...
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Downtown student housing, retail project announced
Indiana State University
An agreement with Thompson Thrift Development provides for construction of a multi-story building at 500 Wabash Ave. that will provide three floors of student housing with retail space on the ground floor, university President Dan Bradley announced ...
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Retail trade faces slowing growth
Transport and Logistics News
The rate of growth in retail trade decreased marginally in the first three months of 2013 and is expected to ease further as the year continues. The AFGC CHEP Retail Index shows 3.0 per cent growth in the March quarter year-on-year, but forecasts ...
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