UK retail sales values were up 1.8% on a like-for-like basis from August 2012, when they had decreased 0.4% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.6%, against a 1.6% increase in August 2012. While the growth was ...
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Independent retailers see rising online sales as a major threat to their business and believe a tax on e-commerce merchants is necessary to level the playing field, according to the Autumn Fair Retail Sentiment Survey 2013. The proportion ...
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Lingerie was a closed door subject in India for long time because there was a social discomfort associated with it but the market is now catching up with the advent of e-retailers in the sector. Although intimate wear is a fit ...
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The Buckle, Inc announced that net income for the fiscal quarter ended August 3, 2013 was $25.1 million, or $0.53 per share ($0.52 per share on a diluted basis). Net sales for the 13-week fiscal quarter ended August 3, 2013 increased 7.9 ...
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Research sponsored by NetSuite Inc. and the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), has revealed key findings pertaining to the adoption of the internet as a channel for the future success of Australian retailers in 2013, based on a joint ...
PC and video game GAME will use IBM's cloud-based marketing automation tools to support the company's transition to focusing on online sales. Having previously had a strong high street presence, retailer GAME Group?went into ...
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“The Ultimate Driving Machine” was Bayerische Motoren Werke’s (BMW.FRA) iconic advertising slogan for years. The German automaker’s exclusive China partner Brilliance Auto (1114.HKG) should swap “driving” ...
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New Look Retail Group Limited announces results for the first quarter for the 13 weeks ending 29 June 2013. Highlights: - Group Sales +4.9% - Group Like-for-Likes +0.3% - New Look Brand Like-for-Likes +1.0% - Online Sales +78.7% ...
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Macy’s, Inc. reported earnings of 72 cents per diluted share for the second quarter of 2013, ended Aug. 3, 2013. This represents an increase of 7.5 percent in earnings per diluted share from 67 cents in the second quarter of 2012. ...
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Yellow Jersey Bike Shop is moving out of the city and into Arlington, a small town just north of Madison. The doors will open in its new space on October 1. Owner Andrew Muzi said that the primary impetus for the move was the opportunity ...
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RecoFit Compression Gear is donating $3 from the online sales of its Armcoolers sleeves to help with the completion of the Boulder Valley Velodrome in Erie, Colorado. The outdoor wooden velodrome was due to open later this month. However ...
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Online furniture sales continue to tick up, increasing 11.1% in 2012 compared with the year prior according to comScore. Total retail online sales were $186.2 billion last year, up 15.3%. In 2011, online furniture sales comprised 8% of ...
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ChannelAdvisor , a leading provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions that enable retailers and manufactures to increase global sales, announced that women’s apparel brand Karen Kane employs ChannelAdvisor’s Paid Search ...
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Clothing and fashion are very vulnerable to high street decline because online clothing sales only amount to 15% of total apparel sales, compared to perhaps half of all sales for books and consumer electronics. When the High Street ...
Computerworld - Even as the market for Surface RT and other Windows RT tablets grows more dire by the day, chip supplier Nvidia said it remains bullish to the platform and is committed for the long term. Nvidia's commitment to Surface RT ...
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