by Matthieu Dejardins, eCommerce Activist
Would you ask an unsuccessful person how to become more successful? Or ask a friend with a run-down car what the best vehicle is on the market? I would think not.
So, it is suffice to say that you shouldn’t ask a fellow retailer who is struggling with their business [...]
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Creative Loafing Atlanta
Criminal Records owner plans November closeAtlanta Journal ConstitutionThere are more than 700 independent record stores nationwide. Many have closed their doors saying they can't compete with Amazon, iTunes and big box retailers such as Best Buy or Target that sell new releases at deep discounts. …Co-Founder of Record Store Day's Atlanta Store Expected [...]
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by carolvinzant
Article by Osvaldo Rosado
One of the reasons people have a hard time financially is because they spent years in Academic Education and Professional Education but learned nothing about Financial Education (money). The result is, people learn to work for money, but never learn to have money work for them. As you know [...]
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Retail groups disagree on how best to safeguard high streetsBelfast TelegraphBut the proposal was rejected by the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association (NIIRTA). Its chief executive Glyn Roberts said: “We have always supported BIDs. That is not an alternative to the Large Retailer Levy. …
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by bobangus
Retail Bags in a range of Designs and Materials
Wholesale retail bags are available in numerous sizes just because a shop’s items are so diverse. From apparel to homemade cards and gift wrapping paper to toilet paper, retailers must bundle the shopper’s products in some way. Retail bags may be between 8 inches [...]
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by Barry Zee
Article by Patick McMurray
A key to success as an independent (Indies) fashion retailer is interdependency. Equally important, maintaining a strategic focuses and develops a set of business principles that are foundational. This will help you, particularly during economic downturn, which always seems to hit the fashion industry first and foremost. “The [...]
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In bad times, discount retail stocks hold upBoston GlobeAkre's three discount retail stocks make up nearly one-quarter of the fund's portfolio. Their strong results have helped Akre Focus outperform its midcap growth fund peers this year, with a 1.4 percent return, compared with an average loss of 3.6 …and more »
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USA Today
Retail sales weather Hurricane Irene, stock market stormLos Angeles TimesRetail sales at major chain stores post solid gains, rising 4.4% year over year in August, according to Thomson Reuters' tally of 23 retailers. Customers exit a Target store in Colma, Calif., in August. Discounters including Target and Costco did well …Irene rains on August [...]
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Regional Retailers Seek Improved Trade PartnershipsSupermarket NewsCOLORADO SPRINGS — Regional independent retailers are seeking enhanced relationships with trading partners — and they have definite ideas on how to make that happen. Collaboration with partners was the focus of comments by top executives of Schnuck …and more »
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by doyoubleedlikeme
Near-Term Outlook for Retail Real Estate Remains Positive despite First-Half Pause in Net Absorption
Rising demand for well -located retail space is expected to bring about meaningful rent growth in most U.S. markets by the end of 2011, according to CoStar Group economists.
Growth in employment and moderately rising demand fueled by greater [...]
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