Online Search Big Opportunity for Local BusinessesIndependent RetailerAs an independent retailer, you need to know how your customers are finding you and actively manage those resources. Consumers are looking for local businesses in hundreds of places, often online and through mobile apps, and it can be challenging to …
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Independent hardware stores hang in there despite big-box campaign, UBS …SmartCompany.com.auIndependent hardware stores can remain viable despite the ongoing rollout of Woolworths' new Masters chain and an aggressive expansion plan from Bunnings, a new report from broker UBS claims. However, the sector faces key challenges as it battles a …
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China retail sales growth slows, but consumers still confidentReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) – China's retail sales growth slowed during the Golden Week break, but demand was better than expected, and authorities provided a snapshot of increasingly important sources of demand in the world's second-largest economy.China's Crucial Golden Week Retail Sales Confirm Things Are SlowingBusiness InsiderRetail [...]
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The Bookseller
Simply Books wins Stockport retail awardThe BooksellerSimply Books of Bramhall in Cheshire has been judged Independent Retailer of the Year at the Stockport Business Awards. The awards, set up this year to celebrate business excellence in the town, were open to all retail sectors in the borough and …
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Australian Retail Sales Rose Less Than Forecast in AugustBusinessweekAustralian retail sales advanced at half the pace economists forecast in August as weaker demand at household-goods outlets and restaurants offset a rebound in spending at department stores. Sales climbed 0.2 percent to A$ 21.5 billion ($ 22 billion …Retail records weak growth, housing [...]
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US retail trade group sees holiday sales growth slowingReuters(Reuters) – U.S. retail sales should rise 4.1 percent this holiday season, slower growth than in the past two years as mixed economic data and political uncertainty weigh on consumers, the world's largest retail trade association said. The forecast …National Retail Federation says holiday sales to [...]
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This is Money
Queen of Shops Mary Portas turns on Cameron for stalled High Street rescue planThis is Money'While most people pay lip service to the notion of quaint town centres, with a diverse range of independent shops, fewer and fewer people have supported them. They voted with their feet.' Grimsey predicts that the number of [...]
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Toronto Star
NHL-linked shops see hope in footballToronto StarMuch has been written of the hurt put on independent sport-retailers by the NHL and its seemingly habitual work stoppages. Seven years ago, independents in the Greater Toronto Area learned a hard lesson, one from which some ultimately did not recover.and more »
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Hiring plans show retailers are confident about the holidaysNBCNews.com (blog)The toy retailer — which hired about 40,000 seasonal workers last year and retained about 15 percent of that number after the holidays ended — said Tuesday it will take on 45,000 seasonal employees in the U.S. this year to deal with the [...]
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Independent retailers have room for growth in heartlandThe PackerThe retail climate in the central U.S. is unique, according to produce consultant Anthony Totta. “We are dominated by independent grocers who build relationships with their customers by giving people what they want,” said Totta, founder and chief …
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