A large group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would require online retailers to collect sales tax for state and local governments, essentially raising the cost of many online purchases by 10 percent or more. ...
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Le-Beau the leading online lingerie website has revealed that their bestsellers in the lead up to Valentine’s Day were stockings and hosiery. Le-Beau offer a range of sensual clothing from nightwear to adult costumes, Basques and ...
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Challenging business conditions for small-to medium-sized businesses dampened sales at Officeworks in the half-year to 31 December. The Wesfarmers subsidiary said it achieved “solid” earnings growth of 11.8 per cent to $38 ...
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BlackBerry's Z10 went on sale today at the unsubsidized price of $999 for the first U.S. customers through wireless service provider Solavei and its retail partner GSM Nation. The online offer comes about five weeks before the expected ...
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ATLANTA — Furniture/Today has set the date, location and theme of its upcoming third annual Logistics Conference. Themed, "In Search of a Seamless Supply Chain," the event will be held June 12 at AmericasMart, here. "Last year's ...
Officeworks has reported a 0.3 increase in sales for the second quarter with online and B2B transactions continuing to trend upwards. Total sales for the second quarter4 were $350 million while store sales were 0.1 per cent above the ...
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Online growth is disrupting the traditional retail model. A study by Martec International and sponsored by JDA Software, found that retail technology priorities are gradually changing. The report questioned IT directors and senior IT ...
Image courtesy of infotruck.blogspot.com.au.1 Wesfarmers Limited has released its second quarter retail sales results for the period ending 31 December 2012. Managing director Richard Goyder said he was generally pleased with the sales ...
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The BRAIN Dealer Tour went multi-model on its first day Tuesday, visiting shops in Berkeley and Oakland by bike, with transfers across San Francisco Bay via ferry and the BART rail. The day wrapped up with a reception at the Chrome ...
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The National Retail Federation released its 2013 economic forecast today, projecting retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 3.4 percent, slightly less than the preliminary 4.2 percent ...
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GUESS, a leading global lifestyle brand famous for its European styling, iconic imagery and trend-setting denim, has selected VendorNet to provide ship-from store fulfillment solutions. “We chose VendorNet to launch our omnichannel ...
Privalia, the online leader in fashion "flash sales," with operations in Spain, Germany, Italy, Brazil and Mexico, is working with IBM to boost its expanding online sales business through mobile and social channels to meet the dynamic needs ...
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STATIONERY NEWS: What is the current status of the kikki.K group, in terms of number stores, employees and locations (including overseas)? PAUL LACY: We currently have 83 kikki.K stores including those operating across Australia, New ...
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Thorntons missed out on the Christmas online shopping boom due to the late deployment of its new website and operational issues that “had a significant impact on sales in the period”, new figures reveal. Thorntons missed out ...
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N Brown Group plc, the online, catalogue and stores retailer, announces a trading update for the 19 weeks ended 12 January 2013.Total group revenue has increased by 8.5%. Like-for-like revenue, which excludes sales from stores opened in ...
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