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Why shops did not save our town centres

Lucy Alexander The Times 03/11/2010
Target faces much-watched union vote in New York

Workers at a Target store in New York voted against joining the country's largest retail union Friday night, but the union said it would press on and broaden its push to represent the company's workers nationwide.

Why shops did not save our town centres

How regeneration of our inner cities failed to materialise and why developments have gone from boom to bust

UK retail investors pile into property

Wealth Bulletin 03/09/2010
UK retail investors pile into property

UK retail investors put £1.8bn (€2bn) into investment funds in January, the highest amount ever for the first month of a year, with continued enthusiasm for property funds fuelling the record inflows.

U.K. Retail Sales, Homebuyer Enquiries Suffer in Winter Freeze

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. retail sales climbed in January at the slowest annual pace in at least 15 years, and enquiries to buy homes dropped as winter weather hurt consumer spending, surveys showed.

Modern retail set to continue big boom in Vietnam

Ngan Anh Thanhnien News 01/31/2010
Modern retail set to continue big boom in Vietnam

The rapid growth of supermarkets, trade centers and e-commerce is expected to strengthen throughout Vietnam in 2010, said Dinh Thi My Loan, general secretary of Vietnam Retailers Association.

“Thai Watsadu” is ready to run the first store in Bang Bua Thong

“Thai Watsadu” is ready to run the first store in Bang Bua Thong, to please contractors and receive many special offers on the grand opening.

New retail strategy taking hold in China

Charoen Kittikanya Bangkok Post 01/17/2010
Retail Investors Access Profitable Buy to Let Farmland In The UK For The First Time

(PRWEB) January 21, 2010 -- DGC Investment Consultants are providing retail and mid-range investors with capital of £25,000 to £5 million with tailored portfolios of tenanted UK farmland at RICS valuation, with farming tenants on a seven year lease, creating a NET annual income yield for investors of 6.3%, paid quarterly in advance. Farming tenants even have the option to revalue and repurchase the land from investors at seven years, ensuring DGC´s clients enjoy a secure exit strategy, alongside strong income and considerable growth in the value of their asset.

New retail strategy taking hold in China

HONG KONG : When Dhanin Chearavanont expanded into the retail business in China 13 years ago, he blindly followed the methods of Wal-Mart: large discount department stores, spacious parking lots and hundreds of employees.

Fahrenheit 88 retail mall unveils new logo

Priya de Langen Property Report 01/12/2010
Fahrenheit 88 retail mall unveils new logo

Fahrenheit 88, unveiled its brand new name and logo yesterday. It was announced that the former KL Plaza is undergoing a RM100 million renovation and will open its door to the public on the 8th of August 2010.

Holiday Shopping Lists Expected To Remain Lean Deloitte Forecasts Flat Holiday Sales

With consumers still reeling from the toughest economic pressures in decades, retailers should expect sales to remain flat compared with the 2008 holiday shopping season, Deloitte forecast today.


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