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Single-brand retail may not see large inflows
Hindu Business Line
Single-brand retailers, keen to enter India, need not seek any regulatory approvals if their investment is up to 49 per cent. Although the latest move is aimed at sending positive signals to investors, experts note it may not translate into significant ...
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Multibrand retail FDI policy riders may be eased soon
Business Standard
The government will seek to change three main conditions that have invited most criticism by retail conglomerates such as Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour. This pertains to the riders concerning back-end infrastructure, mandatory sourcing and establishment ...
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Spencer's Retail bets big on non-food segment
Hindu Business Line
Spencer's Retail Ltd plans to focus on apparels, electronics and general merchandise to shore up its margins. The company will increase the display area for apparels and other products to nearly half of the store size. At present, non-food segment ...
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Retail awards axed after lack of entries and costs worries
The Northern Echo
A MUCH-HYPED retail awards competition has been cancelled amid a lack of interest from traders and fears over costs. The 2013 Darlington Town Centre Retail Awards were due to be presented in December, but the event's steering committee has decided ...
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Five Retail Trends Accelerate Adoption of TimeTrade's Customer Engagement ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
BOSTON — A new study just released from Cisco shows consumers clamoring for more personalized shopping experiences. That's the number one reason why many of the world's largest retailers are turning to TimeTrade, the company changing the way ...
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National Retail Federation Calls on Congress to Delay the Affordable Care Act ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation today sent a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. calling on Congress to pass a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate.
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May retail sales growth better than expected, says Stats SA
BDlive
"Nevertheless, the general weakness of domestic demand and subdued consumer confidence combined with unemployment of about 25% since 2009 suggests we won't be looking for leaps and bounds in retail growth, at least into the short-term horizon.".
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Retail sales predicted to grow
China Daily
Retail sales in the second half of this year will show a slight improvement on first-half figures, Shen Danyang, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, told a news briefing on Wednesday. Sales started to pick up in March and increased 13.3 percent ...
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Reliance unit hopes to turn a new page in India's retail story
Livemint
Customers like Balotiaa ensured Reliance Retail broke even in cash terms (which means it made more money than it spent, excluding earlier investments, and the cost of these investments) in 2012-13, but there are other, larger issues at stake.
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South Africa Retail Sales Growth Rebounds to Nine-Month High (1)
Businessweek
South African retail-sales growth accelerated to a nine-month high of 6.2 percent in May, as consumers bought more clothing, shoes and textiles, the statistics office said. The figure compared with a revised 2 percent in April, Pretoria-based ...
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Perth, Adelaide push national retail centre vacancy rates up
The Australian
Jones Lang LaSalle's survey of retail centre managers released last month found the main concern of centre managers was the economic outlook, with 50 per cent of those surveyed expressing negativity about the financial year ahead; up 4 points on ...
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Retail stores are tracking you via your cellphone
KTAR.com
According to Fox Business, some retail stores like Cabelas, Nordstrom and Family Dollar are using technology to their advantage to track your every move inside the store by following you around using your phone's Wi-Fi signal. But Fox Business points ...
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Top Five Global Retail Drug Companies: Performance, Strategies and ...
Sacramento Bee
The global retail drug industry has grown steadily over the last five years and is expected to reach approximately US $1,420 billion in 2017 with a CAGR of 3.6% over the next five years. Direct mail advertising, television and print media advertising, ...
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