Walmart announced that it has worked with SolarCity to install solar panels on 12 Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs throughout Ohio. The solar panel installations will add approximately 6,000,000 kWh of generation production – ...
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Government announced the decision to permit FDI, up to 51%, in multi-brand retail trading, vide Press Note dated 20.9.2012, subject to the following conditions: (I) FDI in multi brand retail trading up to 51% shall be allowed through the ...
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After 12 successive quarters of double-digit growth at SAP, co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe has pinned his future hopes on the company’s recently acquired Ariba e-commerce network. Recent growth has been fueled by SAP’s HANA ...
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New legislation in the U.S. Senate that would allow Internet users to tell companies to stop tracking them is unnecessary and could slow e-commerce growth, some tech groups said. Sens. John "Jay" Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, and ...
Tesco is to step up its assault in the e-commerce space with the launch of two specialist websites for e-books and music later this year. The firm has hired Facebook's head of retail for EMEA, Gavin Sathianathan, to lead Blinkboxbooks, ...
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Alliance Data Systems Corporation a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, announced its Retail Services business has signed a long-term agreement to continue providing the co-brand credit ...
Solving the ‘online fit’ problem became easier for clothing retailers with the launch of Fits.me’s all-new virtual fitting room and its brand new Fit Advisor size recommendation engine. The new version of the Fits.me ...
Indian textile and apparel manufacturers are expecting boost for the sector as Union Budget 2013-14 has opened new opportunities for investments in the domestic as well as international market with reduced excise duty on branded garments, ...
Groupon’s revenues have increased but so has the company’s net loss. Groupon's revenue for Q4 2012 was $638.3m an increase of 30% year-over-year, compared to $492.2m for the same period in 2011. The company's gross billings ...
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FashionAndYou, a leader in the Indian Online Fashion, Luxury and Lifestyle space celebrates the feeling of being 'Incredibly Indian' with the biggest ethnic fest for women. India boasts of over 50 different variations of sarees created ...
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With an increase in online enquiries for fashion and life style products in India, the e-retailers in the country are foreseeing a boost in apparel sales by the end of 2013. According to leading online retailers in the country, the major ...
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SAP has acquired SmartOps in a move the company says will allow it to develop real-time supply chain applications that take advantage of SAP’s HANA in-memory database. Terms of the deal, which was announced late Friday, were not ...
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According to a new report from Gartner, hackers are adapting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and combining these with social engineering tactics to try and infiltrate banks. The report, called Arming Financial and E-Commerce ...
Bibby Scientific has launched a new e-commerce site, the Bibby Scientific Web Shop providing another route through which researchers can purchase the latest instruments from the company’s Stuart, Techne, Jenway and Electrothermal ...
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US general retailer Walmart has increased its share of the toy market. According to The NPD Group data for the three-month period ending December 31st, 2012, Walmart "improved market share in toys and the Walmart entertainment ...
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