Destination Maternity Corp has signed an exclusive supply deal with US retailer Macy's for its e-commerce business. The US maternity retailer has expanded its apparel leased department relationship with Macy's, becoming the exclusive ...
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It’s the race that stops the nation of Australia. Yet no longer a horse race which only attracts local viewers, the Melbourne Cup is watched by millions of people across the world. On the lawns of the Australian High Commission ...
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Google has announced that it will be releasing its new mid-range smartphone, the Moto X, in the US, Canada and Latin America around the end of August or early September. Manufactured in newly-built facilities in Texas, the Moto X will be ...
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US retail giant Target is rolling out a system that can offer customers discount vouchers over social networking sites in a bid to lure them back into bricks-and-mortar stores. The systems enables people to select the deals marketed to ...
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In the US and UK the market for clothing for pets is growing. But is it a sensible bit of indulgence or an inappropriate fad, asks Helen Soteriou. Anyone going into a park during the recent cold weather might very well have seen dogs ...
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UAE based Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) has inked a deal to launch US’s leading fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch’s brand by 2014. Following the deal, MAF would open the US brand’s first outlet in Dubai next year. ...
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US retailer Albertsons LLC has unveiled the leadership team that plans to take the helm, following completion of a deal to acquire a number of stores from Supervalu stores. Albertsons plans to expand its store network through the ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc ended its financial year with an acceleration in underlying sales growth in the final quarter and earnings per share that beat analyst forecasts. Safeway reported an 0.8% rise in identical-store sales, excluding ...
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Regional US supermarket group and food distributor Spartan Stores has booked an increase in third-quarter earnings. Net profit in the three months to the end of December amounted to US$5.2m, a 2% increase on the prior-year period. ...
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US retailer Meijer is to invest US$160m in new and existing stores this year, creating 1,500 jobs. The Michigan-based company will construct six new Meijer supercentres in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois and remodel an additional five ...
US retailer Safeway Inc has appointed Peter Bocian to the vacant post of EVP and chief financial officer. Bocian will oversee the group's finance functions, reporting in to former finance chief Robert Edwards, who was promoted to the post ...
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Regional US retailer Harris Teeter has reported higher underlying sales for its fiscal first quarter in a set of mixed financial results. The company saw comparable-store sales increase 2.5% in the quarter ending 1 January. The higher ...
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Victoria’s Secret is synonymous with seduction so it was imperative that the lighting of its UK flagship store be equally alluring. Office of Light’s Russell Lipscombe bares all to Jill Entwistle and explains why achieving an ...
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US retailer and distributor Spartan Stores has struck a deal making it the primary wholesale grocery supplier to Chief Super Market. Chief operates 12 stores in north western and central western Ohio under the Chief and Rays banners. As ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed at a 19-month high as firming expectations of a February interest rate cut helped banking stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 18.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4756.6 ...