French retailer Carrefour SA said Wednesday it is launching a new low-cost range of products to attract cost-conscious consumers hurt by the recession and to win market share on its home turf.
UK’s leading greetings card retailer Card Factory has added six stores to its portfolio, bringing its count to 486, reports The Retail Week.
McDonald’s (MCD) did so well with its dollar menu that Wal-Mart (WMT) decided it will create one, too. The difference is that the Wal-Mart version will be merchandise and not food….
U.K. retailer Argos plans to deploy yard management software at its distribution centers across the country to optimize resources and improve efficiencies in day-to-day operations.
IN A bid to maximise sales per square feet, Indias frontline retailers are increasingly looking at ways to restructure their stores.
LEADING brands and retailers may have slammed the brakes on their expansion drive, but new entrants are identifying the opportunities created by the slowdown to steer ahead in a lower-cost environment.
‘eKOCool’, a chest cooler, developed internally by the Indian arm of the Atlanta based multinational, operates exclusively through solar energy, with no other electricity source required to operate it. It has a capacity to store two crates, which contains 48 glass bottles of 300ml each. That’s not all. It can even charge your mobile phone and light up your home.
One of Thailand’s leading retailers and department store operators, Central Retail Corporation Limited, has purchased a leading Italian department store, la Rinascente, for €260 million.
By SHELLY BANJO No SUV-driving American shopper would be surprised to find 20 lb. sacks of dog chow at a Wal-Mart supercenter. But at an urban minimart that is trying to attract bag-toting pedestrians? Not so much. Wal-Mart is struggling to expand with small stores as it seeks to penetrate big cities and jumpstart its U.S. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before the days of bar code scanners, wedding and gift registries could be onerous to create, much less buy from. However, with smartphones and camera bar code scanners, gone are the days of big registry guns and lengthy printouts of potentially unfulfilled items. Here are some of the latest, and best, registry mobile apps: Target Target was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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