Wednesday, May 01, 2013

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UK's Home Retail profits fall again
Irish Times
Home Retail has been particularly hard hit because its mainly low-income customers have suffered most and because it faces intense competition from specialist stores, supermarket chains such as Tesco and online retailers like Amazon . Though operating ...
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Irish Times
Swedish retail giant H&M seeks India entry
New York Daily News
NEW DELHI - Swedish fashion retail giant H&M aims to open 50 stores in India to tap the South Asian nation's growing middle-class market, an Indian government statement said Monday. It is the second Swedish chain to seek entry into India after the ...
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New York Daily News
Five reasons ASOS is dominating Australia
StartupSmart
"Essentially, what's going to happen locally is the suppliers are going to have to understand the success of the industry within Australia will require a stronger relationship between them and online retailers. Alliances will form and those alliances ...
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Retail, hospitality boost Emaar Q1 profits
gulfnews.com
"Retail and hospitality businesses contributed Dh1.167 billion, equivalent to 55 per cent of the total revenue," the company said in a statement. Of this, shopping malls and retail business recorded revenues of Dh750 million, 36 per cent of total ...
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Shopping to fill Lower Merion's retail needs - Philly.com
Philly.com
In Philadelphia, Lower Merion's retail recruiter Heidi Tirjan makes the rounds on 4/18/13. Here, at Art Star in Northern Liberties, she looks at dresses and talks with Megan Brewster, center. ( APRIL SAUL / Staff ) ...
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Philly.com
Price Matching Criticized From Wal-Mart to Toys 'R' Us: Retail
Businessweek
Robin Sherk, a New York-based analyst at consulting and research firm Kantar Retail, said Wal-Mart is especially vulnerable because its lower-income customers are more likely to price-match than Target (TGT) shoppers. "Shoppers can get confused," she ...
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H&M plans to invest $131 mn in India
Business Today
"After the liberalisation of FDI policy in single-brand retail, there has been a considerable interest shown by all global retail majors," Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said. According to the ministry's statement, H&M has applied for 100 ...
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Business Today
Bonmarché is latest retailer to pledge support for Bangladesh victims
Retail Week
Bonmarché has become the latest retailer to pledge support for the victims of the collapsed factory in Bangladesh, which killed at least 380 people. In a statement Bonmarché said: "We are deeply concerned about the events which took place in Dhaka and ...
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LS Travel Retail opens second So Chocolate concept at Changi
DFNIonline.com
LS Travel Retail (LSTR) ASPAC has opened a new So Chocolate confectionery concept store at Singapore Changi airport terminal three following the success of the original outlet in T1, which has also been refurbished. The new 150sq m So Chocolate store ...
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DFNIonline.com
CCEA likely to consider IKEA proposal tomorrow
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The much-awaited Swedish retail IKEA's Rs 10,500-crore proposal to set up single brand retail stores in the country is expected to be taken up by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) tomorrow. "The IKEA's proposal is listed for ...
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Economic Times
Food growth leading the way in retail sales - FreshPlaza
FreshPlaza
The Index reports that 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. It also showed three percent growth in the March quarter year-on-year, but ...
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Henderson buoyed by returning retail investors
ShareCast
Henderson buoyed by returning retail investors LONDON (SHARECAST) - Asset management group Henderson increased assets under management (AUM) by 4.8 per cent in the first quarter despite suffering a net outflow of funds from institutional investors.
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Luxury New Zealand adventure brand Icebreaker opens in Australia, founder ...
SmartCompany.com.au
While it's the first Australian store for the brand, it entered the Australian market in 1999 through a distributor and in 2003 established its own brand here and has since been stocked in 210 retail stockists. The opening of an New Zealand brand comes ...
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Silver Jeans Co.™ Taps Texas For Its First Retail Location
Sacramento Bee
the Canadian-based company that earned a reputation for high quality and well-fitting jeans in the mid luxury denim market, is pleased to announce the locations for its first five stores kicking off the brand's global retail strategy. Silver Jeans Co ...
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IFC: Retail lending growth in Azerbaijan to increase demand for credit bureau ...
Trend.az
The expected growth of micro and retail lending market in Azerbaijan will increase the demand for the services of credit bureaus, representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Azerbaijan Aliya Asimova said at the Credit Bureau ...
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Big Lots names veteran retail executive as new CEO
Businessweek
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Discount retailer Big Lots Inc. said Tuesday that it named David Campisi as its president and CEO, effective May 6. Campisi, 57, replaces Steve Fishman, who said in December that he would retire when a successor was appointed.
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