Glyn Roberts, Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association chief executive, said his members object to the location of the store.

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The pricing of an individual item may no longer be determined by the sticker price but instead depend on how often the consumer has bought that item before, whether they have accepted promotional offers to try out a related product, and the location of the town and store where they are shopping.

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Also, depending on the use of location-enabled services or apps that store data on the phone, the police might also be able to infer the arrestee's past whereabouts.

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She sold the second location of her video store, stopped using her credit cards and decided it was time to get help.

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Content on the homepage will be automatically updated depending on the users' location and the UK's leading premium department store, House of Fraser, will be the first exclusive advertiser across the outdoor O2 Wifi network.

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Consumers are on edge following a high profile data leak at Sony and revelations that both Apple and Google smartphones record and store the geographical location of their users.

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Snyder's modeling shows that multiple stores need to stock more combined inventory to satisfy consumer demand than one location would, given the vagaries of more or fewer customers to patronize any one store.

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This in fact is already happening, with a select number of companies already deploying enhanced mobile and location-based technology to improve the in-store and impulse buying experience.

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The Large Scale Retail Location Law requires two-thirds support of local residents for a chain store to open a new location.

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In retailing, location proximity makes a big difference and 70% of the American population lives within 10 miles of a Best Buy store.

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Rather, the rapid rise of mobile shopping and location-based services have set the stage for a new kind of shopping experience, one that blends online, in-store and mobile into a single, fluid system that finally allows consumers to get what they want, for the price they want, when they want it.

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