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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Supermarket chain Sainsbury has dodged the worst impact of the horsemeat scandal and posted better than expected financial results for its fourth quarter and year to March 16, driven mainly by non food items. Strong Sainsbury results ...
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HP officially announced the ElitePad 900 tablet in the Middle East today, following months of waiting since the company announced Emirates Airlines as the global launch partner back in December. The ElitePad 900 was presented to ...
When you walk into the new Las Vegas Cyclery store, the pleasing aesthetics of the building are striking.The 34-foot-tall ceiling with the wooden décor gives the bike shop an open, airy feel, reminiscent of a ski lodge. The nearly ...
Speedo has purchased the vrMockshop visual merchandising software from Centric Software, Inc. Centric provides product lifecycle management (PLM) software for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies. vrMockshop, ...
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Kishore Biyani, the founder of India-based Future Group, and Hong Kong-based trading firm Li & Fung are planning to enter into a 50:50 joint venture for launching an import and wholesale chain. Li & Fung currently holds a 26 percent ...
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The golf world is about to finally experience authentic Italian fashion as luxury brand Treccani Milano is added to the lineup at the 2013 Toronto Golf Show -- the most important golf expo in Canada, and one of the most prestigious in North ...
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Google may be taking a page from Apple as it considers opening brick-and-mortar retail stores, according to reports. Google is working on plans to open retail stores in the U.S. where the company would sell Google-branded hardware, ...
Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd announced that it has signed a long term licensing agreement with Iconix Lifestyle India Pvt Ltd, a JV between Iconix Brand Group, USA and Reliance Brands Ltd for Ed Hardy. Ed Hardy is the alternative lifestyle ...
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Arvind Lifestyle Brands, a subsidiary of Arvind Ltd, one of the largest players in the apparel brands and retail space, today announced an agreement to market and sell basic and intimate apparel in India under the Hanes and Wonderbra ...
Under Armour, the leading athletic performance apparel, footwear and accessories brand, revealed opening-weekend plans for the company’s new specialty retail store, the Under Armour Brand House in Baltimore’s Harbor East ...
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The BRAIN Dealer Tour of San Francisco wrapped up Thursday with a 20-mile jaunt around the city, ably led by folks from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, who for the most part managed to route us around the steepest hills as we visited ...
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Triathlon specialty retailer Austin Tri-Cyclist is expanding to a second location in the Texas capital, home to several major tri events. The new store in Davenport Village, located on Highway 360, a busy cycling route, will have 6,500 ...
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Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has revealed expansion plans for its Canada division that will see it invest US$450m in supercentre and distribution facility projects. Outlining the plans today (22 January), Wal-Mart said it is planning 37 ...
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While some areas continued to struggle this year, there are signs of improvement. Samantha Loveday asks some key licensing execs for their views on the year gone by, the challenges and what 2013 might hold. "For spring/summer 2012 the ...
Tags: toy licensing, toy sales, toy