Poundland, the discount retailer, will open at least 35 new stores in 2009, creating 1,200 jobs, as it looks to profit from the economic downturn.
Poundland, the discount retailer, will open at least 35 new stores in 2009, creating 1,200 jobs, as it looks to profit from the economic downturn.
Despite unfavorable economic conditions all over the world, the prospects for the retail software market look particularly promising in the emerging Asia Pacific and Central and Eastern European markets.
With retailers fighting for customers in the sluggish economic recovery, the generic white, hairless, skinny mannequin is being pushed aside by provocative alternatives that entice shoppers with muscles, unusual poses, famous faces and lifelike bodies.
As Australian online shopping – expected to be worth $21.3 billion this financial year and $30.8 billion by 2015-16 – continues to threaten bricks-and-mortar businesses, retailers are using the latest technology, combined with social media, including more shopping apps, to lure customers back into their stores.
Clothing retailers scored only 2.69 per cent, supermarkets polled 6.10 per cent, local convenience stores received 6.48 per cent backing from consumers, while department stores got the highest score of any retail business type with 9.72 per cent left satisfied.
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