Food retail in Australia is among the better-performing retail sectors contributing to only a modest rise is sales figures in February 2015. The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said the seasonally adjusted rise (0.7 percent ...
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Recommendations by Harper Competition Review receive government fanfare but government promises ‘further consultation’ The Australian Government has released the Final Report of the Harper Competition Policy Review, which has ...
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A spokesperson for Sainsbury’s confirmed to Packaging News the scheme would go ahead and reports have suggested more stores were slated to provide the facility this year – may be up to 400 outlets could offer the service. Last ...
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“We’re seeing that people are trying to collect the whole range of pups, so the collectables are selling extremely well.” Despite the toys only having landed on shelves a few months ago, Paw Patrol is already Spin ...
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The Brighton-based toy shop aims to have a network of stores across the region, offering children a traditional alternative to the offering of big name retailers. Indie retailer Whirligig is expanding across the South East, with the ...
Dedicate One Corner to (Controlling) Clutter Garages are clutter magnets. There's no way around this; it's an inevitable fact of life … or is it? What if you could tame your garage's lurking clutter monster by confining to just ...
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Global diamond jewelry demand rose 2.9 percent year on year to $81.4 billion in 2014, according to industry insight data published by De Beers on Friday. The research sets a new high for global demand, but also represents the slowest growth ...
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Webber triumphed over 11 other children at the live Grand Final of the word game tournament, held at the Magic Circle. Ten-year-old Louis Webber of Woodside Junior School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, has beaten 15,000 other primary ...
China watchers in Washington welcomed the news that the number of small-business registrations in China has risen by almost 50 percent. "Generally, it's a very positive sign," Nicholas Lardy, the Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow at the ...
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John Lewis continued to outperform the market in year ended 31st January 2015 with gross sales up 9.2% to £4.43b (7.5% on a 52 week basis), beating the BRC by 4.9%, combined with growth in operating profit, up 10.8% to £250.5m ...
The Australian Government has granted Australia Post its desired radical service delivery reforms, most importantly a two-speed letter delivery service and possible price increases. Australia Post is facing significant structural decline ...
The World Gold Council reported that gold jewelry demand by weight rose 1 percent year on year to 566.9 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2014, while the value of gold jewelry demand slipped 5 percent to $22.2 billion. Gold jewelry demand for ...
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 4 percent year on year to $6.11 billion in December, closing the year on a downer. December's sales total was the weakest since 2011 and followed a 6.2 percent decline for stores in November; still, ...
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Consumer confidence in Australia is fuelling the rise of ‘savvy shopping’, according to findings from market research organisation Nielsen. Nielsen said Australian consumers were optimistic about their buying habits over the ...
After a stronger-than-expected Christmas trading period, retail spending growth will slow heading into 2015, according to the sixteenth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index released late last week. The AFGC CHEP Retail Index is a ...
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