Monday, July 22, 2013

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UK retail searches on tablets zoom 132% - BRC
Fibre2fashion.com
Total retail search volumes grew 15% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Search volumes on tablet devices outpaced those on any other device, increasing 132% compared with growth on smartphone devices of ...
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CFS Retail aims to sell lagging assets
Sydney Morning Herald
In coming months, several retail real estate investment trusts will be offered as new floats, at a time when the underlying consumer sector remains under pressure. But analysts have said that while shoppers remain cautious, owning bricks-and-mortar ...
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Retail space in Poland continues to grow
Warsaw Business Journal
The second quarter of 2013 saw 74,500 sqm of retail space in shopping centers delivered to the market within seven projects: four new schemes and three extensions of existing facilities. According to a recent report by Jones Lang LaSalle, the total ...
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Retail Lease Modifications Can Improve Efficiency
Environmental Leader
Retail landlords and tenants may not know where to start when it comes to discussing investing in technology and processes that improve the efficiency and sustainability of their facilities. To help with this, the Institute of Market Transformation and ...
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UK online retail sales slow for fourth consecutive year
Financial Times
Online retail sales growth in the UK slowed for the fourth year running, leaving retailers with a tougher fight to gain market share. While the sector expanded by almost 50 per cent in 2008, in 2012 growth had fallen to 15 per cent, according to Mintel ...
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F&B and retail companies see improvements in service standards
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: More than 100 companies in the food and beverage, and retail sectors have seen their business performance and customer satisfaction levels improve after tapping into a government fund aimed at boosting service standards. Revenue growth ...
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HSBC names Sanjiv Sud as India retail banking head
Business Standard
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) today said it has appointed Sanjiv Sud as head of its retail banking and wealth management business in India. Prior to this appointment, Sud was based in Hong Kong from where he ran the bank's ...
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Games retail is "taking the industry for a ride", Ready at Dawn claims
MCV
Develop Ready at Dawn has accused games retail and the pre-owned sector of cheating not only developers but also consumers. "I think the problem is right now there are retail outlets that are really taking everybody for a ride. You can't make a living ...
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Labor to blame for retail 'crisis': McInnes
The Australian Financial Review
Prominent retail executive Mark McInnes launched a blistering attack on the federal Labor government's economic management and said it had overseen the loss of some 80,000 jobs in discretionary retail and cuts to thousands of employees' hours.
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Retail searches on tablet devices up 132% in Q2
Talking Retail
New data from the BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor shows that search volumes on tablet devices outpaced those on any other device, increasing 132% in the second quarter of 2013. Searches on smartphone devices were up 66%, and total retail search ...
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Shopaholics Disappointed International Retail Brands to Hike Prices Due To ...
Siliconindia.com
Bangalore: The 12 percent rupee decline against the U.S. dollar has surged the prices of international retail brands across the country, reports Anshul Dhamija of TOI. Autumn-Winter, a season most of the shoppers love will witness a price hike in most ...
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Health of UK retail steadies in quarter two
Fresh Business Thinking
The health of UK retail has shown signs of steadiness rather than notable improvement over the past quarter, and quarter three is likely to be a continuance of this trend. This was the overriding view of the KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) at its ...
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Weak June retail sales point to slowing economic growth
BankCreditNews
"Consumers remain wary," National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay said. "Even though healthy home prices and stock values are helping to improve confidence and spending, stagnantly-high unemployment, higher taxes and lingering ...
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Omni-channel retail: joining up the consumer experience
The Guardian
In a recent survey, 60% of respondents said that they expected converged retail channels to be the norm by 2014. But more than half of shoppers said that most retailers lack consistency in the way they present themselves across channels. Your customers ...
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Royal baby's birth could infuse 240 million pounds into UK economy, say analysts
India Today
It said the birth of the baby, who will be third in line to the throne after Prince Charles and Prince William, will boost linked-in retail sales by around 243 million pounds during the nine weeks between July 1 and August 31. While people will spend ...
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TABLE-Mexican retail sales edge higher in May
Reuters
MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Mexican retail sales rose 0.7 percent in May compared to April, ticking up after a dip in the previous month, the national statistics agency said on Monday. Sales increased 0.1 percent in May compared to the same month ...
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GNC Announces Opening of First Retail Store in China; 25 Planned Over Next ...
Sacramento Bee
PITTSBURGH, July 22, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- GNC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GNC), a leading global retailer of health, wellness and sports nutrition products, today announced that it is expanding its retail presence in China by opening the first stand-alone ...
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Reliance Retail posts strong Q1 sales growth
just-style.com
Reliance Retail, the retail arm of industrial conglomerate Reliance Industries, has reported strong first-quarter sales growth despite the challenging macroeconomic environment. Turnover jumped 53% to INR34.74bn (US$581.6m) during the first quarter ...
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Hut Group retail returns to Yodel
Logistics Manager
Online retailer The Hut Group has returned to Yodel, and signed a 12 month rolling contract for its 24-hour, 48-hour and packet delivery services. Under the deal Yodel will supply its six day a week service, with pre-delivery alerts, as standard. John ...
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Netherlands: Retailers ban goods from settlements
Ynetnews
Netherlands: Retailers ban goods from settlements. Dutch media reports 2 of country's largest retail chains announce they will not sell more products originating beyond Green Line. Foreign Ministry: 'Boycott is tainted with hypocrisy, prejudice ...
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Blotter: DUI, Retail Theft, Domestic Battery, Warrants
Patch.com
Kailee T. Irvin, 22, 228 S. Comstock, Joliet, arrested by the Joliet Police Department and booked into the Will County jail on July 20 on a charge of retail theft. Candis C. Lee, 32, 107 Edison, Joliet, arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office and ...
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Will retail follow rooftops in Village of WestClay?
Indianapolis Business Journal (blog)
Home-building activity in the upscale neighborhood is up 46 percent this year compared to the first six months of 2012, and at least two retail projects are in the works for its largely undeveloped business districts. (Subscribers: Read my full story ...
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