Resources

237 Resources for

retail company

Subscribe to this listing via:
RSS
Email

Did you mean online retail company (14 results)

BNET Resources

Retailers Beware, Big Shop Days Are Over: Retailers beware - Australian families are giving the big weekly supermarket shop the chop, an independent retail expert says.And unless retailers adapt to new trends they'll be left behind, independent retail expert Phil Bonanno says.Routine pantry stocking trips to the supermarket had plummeted, from 55 per cent of people...; Tags: Retail Company, Retail, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
AGL Reaffirms Full Year Profit Guidance: AGL Energy Ltd, Australia's largest power retailer, has reaffirmed the company is on track to deliver underlying net profit of up to $360 million for fiscal 2008.The power retailer, which delivered a 6.5 per cent drop in half year profit, said at a conference the company was on track...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Retail Company, AGL, Retail, AAP; News items 2008-05-07
Young Turks Choose Shopping Mall Over Bazaar: By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters UK) - For centuries, Istanbul lured intrepid shoppers with colorful jewellery and carpets which tumbled from shops in the ancient alleyways of the Grand Bazaar. Today, the city's affluent young middle-class is embracing a different kind of shopping experience in giant...; Tags: Istanbul, Retail Company, Turkey, Retail, Malls, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-06
AGL Reiterates Earnings Guidance: Australia's largest power retailer, AGL Energy Ltd, has reconfirmed its full year guidance as the company continues to reassure the market of its outlook after a surprise earnings downgrade in October.The power retailer on Monday reiterated that its underlying net profit would be between $330 million to $360 million...; Tags: Retail Company, Earnings, AGL, Retail, Financial Accounting, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-12
eLayaway Offers New Solution to Sluggish Retail Sales: Remember layaway? If your mom couldn't afford something, she put 10 percent down and paid a few bucks a week through the layaway window until the item was paid off and she could bring it home. Now it's coming back as retailers and shoppers alike question the...; Tags: Payment, Credit Card, Retail Company, Sales, Retail, Operational Accounting, Finance, Lisa Everitt; Blog posts 2008-05-06

Teen Shopping Buoys Same-store Sales: By Alexandria Sage LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen retailers in the United States proved a bright spot in April, as young men and women bucked the recent consumer saving trend affecting the apparel industry to shop and spend as the weather warmed up....; Tags: Retail, same-store sales, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., retail company, bright spot, women, Los Angeles, housing market, JIT, analyst, cold calling, sales, Thomson Reuters Corp., U.S., financial; News items 2008-05-08
Thorntons Sales Growth Slows in Third Quarter: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Chocolate retailer Thorntons THT said costs had climbed more than expected and sales growth had slowed in the third quarter, knocking its shares, but it expects a satisfactory outcome for the year. Thorntons's own store sales grew 5.1 percent to 33.8 ...; Tags: Oukbs, Retail, Retail Company, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Thorntons; News items 2008-04-23
Shares Jump as Next Eyes Better Quarter: By Rachel Sanderson LONDON (Reuters UK) - Shares in clothing retailer Next NXT jumped by more than 5 percent on Thursday as investors looked past a gloomy first quarter trading update to its hopes for a slightly better second quarter. Next, a bellwether of shopper consumption...; Tags: Retail Company, Quarter, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Retail, Sales, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-08
Marks & Spencer's Rose Faces Tougher Challenge: By Rachel Sanderson and Laurence Fletcher LONDON (Reuters UK) - Stuart Rose, chief executive of retailer Marks and Spencer MKS, will face tough questions when he takes to the stage at the company's annual results event on May 20. In past years he's experienced a level...; Tags: Retail Company, Marks & Spencer, CEO, M&S, Retail, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Business Operations; News items 2008-05-11
DJs to Open New Sunshine Coast Store: Retailer David Jones is to open a new 14,000 square metre store on Queensland's Sunshine Coast that it says will "significantly exceed" the company's minimum benchmarks for new stores.The retailer said the new store in Maroochydore's Sunshine Plaza was expected to generate sales of $50 million - $60 million...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Retail Company, Store, Retail, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AAP; News items 2008-05-07
Not Enough Linens, Too Many Things: Linens N Things' Chapter 11 filing should serve as an object lesson for recession-wary chain retailers. Like many big-box operators, LNT has stuffed its shelves with Chinese products. At the same time that traffic drops and spending slows, putting pressure on the top line, the price of Chinese goods is...; Tags: Card, Retail Company, Retail, Lisa Everitt; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Shoppers Went For Bargains in April Rebound: By Justin Grant NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail sales rebounded in April after the worst March in 13 years, as warmer weather boosted demand for spring and summer apparel, while most discounters shined as cash-strapped consumers hunted for bargains. April sales at U.S....; Tags: Retail, Sales strategy, same-store sales, gasoline, retail company, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., bargain, sales, Thomson Reuters Corp., analyst, inflation, New York, U.S., food; News items 2008-05-08
Linens 'n Things Files For Bankruptcy: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home goods retailer Linens 'n Things has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to close 120 underperforming stores, the company said on Friday. The struggling seller of textiles, housewares and other home goods also said it had...; Tags: Retail, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, General Electric Co., creditor, retail company, houseware, capital structure, Porter five forces, New York, bankruptcy, financing, Thomson Reuters Corp., negotiation, payment, finance, asset, marketing, stock, strategy; News items 2008-05-02
Sports Direct Says Set to Meet Expectations: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Sporting goods retailer, Sports Direct International SPD, expects to meet earnings expectations despite "challenging" market conditions, the company said on Thursday. Sports Direct, 70 percent controlled by billionaire and Newcastle United soccer club chairman Mike Ashley, said it was confident...; Tags: China, Retail Company, Retail, Oukbs, Sports Direct; News items 2008-04-24
Mall Reports May Shed Light on Consumer Health: By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK (Reuters) - The two largest U.S. shopping mall operators are set to report quarterly results this week, and investors are looking for them to shed some light on the struggling U.S. consumer's ability to keep retailers going. Simon...; Tags: Retail, Simon Property Group Inc., mall, tenant, retail company, investor, consumer confidence, Thomson Reuters Corp., New York, stock, real estate, U.S., TCO, food, health care, environment, job, financial, sales; News items 2008-04-28
Wal-Mart to Cash Tax Rebate Checks For Free: By Nicole Maestri NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT on Tuesday unveiled its plans to entice U.S. shoppers to spend their tax rebates in its discount stores, offering to cash the checks for free and saying it has cut prices on...; Tags: Retail, Taxes, Free trade, Food & Beverage, stimulus, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., cereal, Sears Roebuck & Co., meat, tax, card, retail company, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., U.S., food, payment, customer service, bank, financial; News items 2008-04-29
Nielsen Ratings for Retail Stores: Retailers and manufacturers will soon be able to chart the effectiveness of in-store promotions the same way Nielsen rates TV shows, box-office results, and online ads. Using in-store cameras, infrared sensors, and human "counters," a project called P.R.I.S.M. (Pioneering Research for In-Store Metrics) will create the first global metric for...; Tags: Retail Company, Manufacturer, Retail, Manufacturing, Karen; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Got Brass in Pocket? Brits Turning Away from Plastic: Though the United States seems headed toward a cashless society, in the United Kingdom more people use cash at retail than they did six months ago, a survey finds. Surveying 17,000 retailers, the British Retail Consortium found 60 percent of transactions were completed in cash, up from...; Tags: Bank, Retail Company, Debit Card, U.K., Retail, Financial Services, Lisa Everitt; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Tobacco Firms Probed Over Price Fixing: By Dan Lalor LONDON (Reuters UK) - Tobacco companies and retailers, including all big four supermarket chains, were accused by the consumer affairs watchdog on Friday of fixing prices on cigarettes between 2000 and 2003. The Office of Fair Trading OFT said it had named two...; Tags: Tesco, Retail Company, Tobacco, Manufacturer, OFT, Retail Price, Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Tractor Supply Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; News items 2008-04-25
10 Reasons To Automate Your Retail Store: Here's something to look for the next time you visit one of your local merchants such as a clothing store or sporting goods retailer: Check out the cash register. It may not be the old stereotypical, paper-based cash register we see in the movies. It may instead be a personal...; Tags: Retail, Microsoft Corp., cash register, retail company, point-of-sale, PC, computer, software; White papers