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Free Shipping Most Effective Holiday Promotion

August 21, 2011 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

Free Shipping is being discovered by more and more e-commerce retailers as good for their margins, so long as they have an efficient and affordable way to proce

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Gap’s China Stores Debut Along With An Online Retail Store

November 14, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

Gap announced that its first four wholly owned Gap stores have debuted in China, along with the launch of its online retailer store gap.cn. Each store will house all Gap collections: Gap, GapKids, Baby Gap and Gap Body

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Wal-Mart: Organized Retail To Create 3 Million Jobs In India

November 7, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

As part of Wal-Mart Stores’ push to expand foreign investment in retail in India, CEO Mike Duke spoke to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi. He told conference attendees that organized retail in India will create

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Wal-Mart Reported Looking To Buy Indonesian Retailer Matahari’s Division

November 5, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

Wal-Mart Stores has joined the race to buy Indonesian retailer Matahari’s hypermarket business in a deal worth up to $1 billion, Reuters reported. Wal-Mart is expected to

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Report: Neiman Marcus Opening Moderately Priced Store Concept

October 28, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus plans to open a line of new, more moderately priced stores called Last Call Studio this fall, according to

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Shoprite Chairman: Company Is Not For Sale

October 27, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

Shoprite Holdings Ltd. chairman Christo Wiese is adamant that South Africa’s largest retailer by market value is not for sale. According to a Bloomberg report, Shoprite

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Payless To Open Stores In Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia And Singapore

October 23, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

Collective Brands announced that its Payless ShoeSource unit has signed two new franchise deals to bring the Payless retail chain to new international markets beginning next year, including opening Payless stores in

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Target And Wal-Mart Among SAP Retail Innovation And Impact Awards Winners

October 23, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

SAP announced the recipients of the annual SAP Retail Innovation and Impact Awards, which recognize the achievements of SAP customers that have generated significant business results through the

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Global Retail Theft Barometer Finds U.S. Shrink Down 6.8%

October 22, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

Global retail theft totaled $107.3 billion in 2010, representing a 5.6% decrease from the prior year (6.8% in the United States), according to the fourth annual edition of the Global Retail Theft Barometer

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Supply Chain Management Key To Surviving Recession

October 22, 2010 By Retail News from Chainstoreage Leave a Comment

Supply chain management (SCM) is one of the key drivers responsible for retailers surviving one of the worst recessions in history, industry experts stated today

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