The latest smartphone will be available exclusively across India through Spice HotSpot retail network and www.saholic.com.
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GameStop's retail network and family of brands include 6, 614 company-operated stores in 15 countries worldwide and online at www.
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Would Body Shop be a household brand if it had elected to sell through traditional retail outlets instead of creating its own retail network?
The new company, known as Axminster Carpets (2013) Limited, is focussing on its retail network and the domestic consumer side of the business, managers said.
In contrast, says Gordon, WaMu has a retail network of more than 2, 000 branches, which generates billions in profits and has a loyal customer base.
He says Beijing may soon allow local governments to license convenience stores, which may make it easier for foreign firms to establish a retail network.
This is reassuringly similar to the current film-based way of doing things, and appeals particularly to companies, such as Kodak, that already have a vast retail network in place and are trying to shore up sales of film and paper.
Prudential primarily relies on retail banking network for distribution activity with sales made via insurance agents.
It is only belatedly spending money to rejuvenate a retail branch network that for years suffered from underinvestment.
One name that cropped up immediately is America's Citigroup, one of the few foreign banks with a sizeable retail branch network in Germany.
"We are very pleased to launch the BlackBerry Curve 8910 smartphone with Digital China across their nationwide retail distribution network, " said Gregory Shea, Managing Director, China at Research In Motion.
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"With the increasing popularity of smartphones in China, we are delighted to offer the BlackBerry Curve 8910 smartphone through our retail distribution network in China, " said Guo Wei, Chairman and CEO, Digital China.
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The small outfit also could play a key role in a virtual retail strategy for Goldman, whose lack of a network of retail brokers was seen as a liability when the firm went public last year.
On the back of lending to budding entrepreneurs like Mr Chrek Heang, ACLEDA had the largest retail-bank network in the country within ten years of its launch.
Picking up the pieces, Banca di Roma gets Bipop-Carire's retail-banking network in the prosperous north of Italy, where its absence has hampered its performance compared with other banks.
In May, the Federal Reserve Board approved plans by three state-backed Chinese banks to expand in the U.S., including the first acquisition of a U.S.retail-banking network by a state-owned Chinese lender.
Blackhawk, a worldwide gift-card marketing network that provides prepaid products and payment services to consumers, operates a network of retail stores in the U.S., Europe, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.
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D-Link's Gaming Router (DGL-5500) will be displayed at the 2013 International CES, Jan. 8-11, 2013 in Las Vegas and will be available in late-Spring throughout D-Link's vast network of retail and e-tail outlets in the United States.
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Mr Jobs hopes to spread the Apple message further still through a network of Apple retail stores.
Facebook commerce takes off, and shoppers use the social network as another retail portal to buy everything from socks to silverware?
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As Head of Retail, EMEA at Facebook, Sathianathan has been responsible for leading the social network's adoption by the retail industry.
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The once-dominant retail chain, owned by Dish Network, has been closing stores since Dish bought it out of bankruptcy and is down to fewer than 1000 locations.
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It uses a Cisco network that constantly tracks retail sales patterns and an Internet customer center that routes calls to agents based on the languages they speak and their areas of expertise.
Cable companies such as Cox appear to be abandoning a go-it-alone approach to retail, a strong likelihood of network sharing that could provide both future revenue and the potential for up-front cash, thus reducing some cash needs.
At current exchange rates the increase was 13.3 percent for the company that also produces watch components and electronics, has its own distribution network, its own retail stores and owns and manages museums for some of its better-known watch brands.
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The company taps into the purchasing data of retailers to compile a network of data across various retail merchants.
Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with nearly 96 million retail customers nationwide.
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Through its global network of owned and franchised coffee retail outlets, Starbucks offers a wide range of products from coffees and teas to sandwiches and brewing equipment.
Rising retail sales should push transaction volumes up for payment network providers.
If it had succeeded, it would have been the first major retail chain to have customers shop within the social network, a place where the average American spends about seven hours a month.
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