JDS Solutions Corporation is pleased to announce that its flagship retail management system WinRetail was selected by AKIRA. AKIRA, with 20 plus locations throughout Chicagoland, replaced its former retail management system with JDS ...
Since launching a new e-commerce platform, American Apparel has continued to deliver an increase in e-commerce sales, with a more than 38 percent increase over the same period last year. December 2012 sales increased more than 59 percent ...
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Mitsui & Co. Ltd. acquired Paul Stuart Inc., luxury apparel and accessory retailer, selling their products under the brand name, Paul Stuart. Mitsui reached an agreement with the founding families to purchase all shares, and became 100% ...
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The NRF Foundation and American Express announced the winners of their annual Aspire2Retail Intercollegiate Challenge, which is designed to increase understanding of diverse career paths in retail by engaging university students in a ...
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Welspun India Ltd., a part of the $ 3.5 billion Welspun Group announced that the merger scheme has come into effect. The consolidated results post merger, for FY 2012 has also been announced. The High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad by its ...
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Near field communications (NFC) technology has brought a new wave of techniques to the retail industry, enabling bricks and mortar stores to attract and interact with customers in innovative ways. Analysts see these tools as a money maker ...
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Retail consortium Nisa Retail has evolved its IT to support independent retailers that operate under its brand. At its heart is an order capture system (OCS) for orders placed by its retailers. Nisa has been running for 35 years. It began ...
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Carter's, Inc announced that Brian Lynch, currently Executive Vice President and Brand Leader for the Carter's brand, has been promoted to President of Carter's, Inc., reporting directly to Michael Casey, Chairman and Chief Executive ...
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The National Retail Federation is pleased to announce that Amazon,Crocs,Kohl's and lululemon are the recipients of its prestigious annual awards.The award winners are selected each year by select members of the NRF Board who comprise its ...
The HUGO BOSS Group posted profitable growth in the first nine months of 2012. The Group's own retail operations made a particular contribution to this performance with a double-digit increase in sales. Growth was posted in all regions. ...
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IBM has expanded its PureSystems line of pre-integrated systems to include new models to handle business analysis and online transaction processing. The PureData systems have been assembled to excel at three common tasks within enterprise ...
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Specialty athletic retailer City Sports announced that it has named Edward Albertian as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. "I'm delighted to join the strong management team and dedicated employees of City Sports as we ...
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Li Ning Company Limited, one of the leading sports brand companies in China, announced that as part of its broader transformation plan disclosed in July this year, its Board of Directors has approved the management's proposal to launch a ...
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New York subsidiary of insurance broker Brown & Brown has inked an agreement to buy certain assets of Rowlands & Barranca Agency (RBA), for an undisclosed sum. The acquired entity delivers various employee benefits brokerage and ...
US retailer Target Corp. lifted its full-year profit guidance today (15 August) on the back of strong second-quarter results. Target raised its earnings per share forecast by five cents a share to a guidance range of $4.65 to $4.85. GAAP ...
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