Since then an intragovernmental group has been set up on retail, but industry executives say it is at a nascent stage.
He said the summer's bad weather had delayed the completion of the athletics track but contractors were hoping to make up time on the road and retail park.
David Dorf, senior director of technology strategy, Oracle Retail, picked up on the theme.
The flash sales site for home goods offers up to 70% off retail on home decor, furnishings, accessories and gifts.
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Older women in their 20s on up are finding better employment in retail and manufacturing.
The Consumer Price Index is out Friday along with Industrial Production, and the August data on Retail Sales which were up in July for the first time in four months.
The retail industry on Wednesday offered up a backhanded note of congratulations to President Obama on his reelection.
The codes now appear on almost all retail items, speeding up checkouts and paving the way for other uses, from inventory tracking to luggage sorting.
The Big Three found growth in different niches, though, with GM seeing heightened demand for crossovers such as the Chevrolet Equinox, while Chrysler grew truck sales with the Ram pick-up truck, and finally Ford, capitalizing on retail car sales as gas-price sensitive consumers go for higher mileage with the Ford Focus and Fiesta.
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said like-for-like retail sales were up 2.7% on the previous year.
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Maine officials in the 1990s tried to force Girl Scouts to pay up on the grounds that the cookie program is a major retail enterprise.
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Markets were up on Monday in early trading as improved U.S. retail data and mergers helped stocks rally.
So Dhanin is shaking up his empire, focusing on core operations: agri-business, retail and TelecomAsia, which operates fixed-line and mobile phone networks.
Despite its massive restructuring and huge losses, Banca di Roma , Italy's second-biggest banking group, said the retail part of its share offer was fully taken up on the first day of a five-day placement.
Chinese consumers actively search products and services on line before buying, even if they end up buying in a retail store.
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In New York's famous Macy's store, if you want a shoe in a particular size the retail assistant will look it up in a virtual stock room on a mobile device within seconds.
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Segmenting return on investment for various retail companies as high (11% and up), medium (between 4% and 10%) and low (less than 4%), there was little to no difference in the number of loyalty programs across each segment, the study found.
Sears had put the division up for sale back in March, saying that it wanted to concentrate on its core retail business.
More specifically, its Villages give consumers discounts of up to 70% on roughly 100 brand name fashion boutiques on year-old, retail items from raincoats to purses.
"That means 'showrooming' is not starting in our retail store, it is starting online and we are not showing up on the first page a fair share of the time, " Joly said.
With the help of retailers, it now wants to lift spending on diamond marketing from today's 1% of retail sales, up closer to the 10% of sales typical for other luxury-goods businesses.
On Wednesday, the British Retail Consortium said food prices in April were up 4.7% compared with a year ago, although falling prices of non-food items meant that shop prices overall were up by 1.2%.
Based on government retail sales data, sales for health and personal care stores were up 5% year-over-year in October.
Runs technology services giant Wipro, which has been on buying spree, picking up such firms as Finnish telecom software outfit Saraware and Portuguese retail software group Enabler.
Runs technology services giant Wipro (nyse: WIT - news - people ), which has been on buying spree, picking up such firms as Finnish telecom software outfit Saraware and Portuguese retail software group Enabler.
When they're not on their feet setting up and breaking down the 10-by-5-foot retail space, or checking the generator, they're looking for new places to show or ensuring their permits, licenses and knowledge of local codes are current.
Retail sales surprised on the upside, manufacturing has shown signs of picking up, unemployment claims have declined, leading economic indicators were up 0.3% in September for the third straight month, and 3rd quarter earnings reports are including a number of improved outlooks from major corporations.
Many question whether a mainstream fund-rating firm is up to the task, and point out that, if retail investors are led to rely on faulty measures, they may find themselves in trouble.
If they had to rely on their retail stores for growth, it might be worth the risk of ramping up expansion and pushing customers harder to buy stuff, even though much of what they make pretty much seems to sell itself.
Retail sales slipped a little in China last month, but are still up 14% on the year.
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