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| Reliances Retail Unit Plans to Open 500 Hypermarkets by 2010 |
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Reliance Retail Ltd., a unit of India's most valuable company, plans to open 500 hypermarket stores by the end of 2010 as it seeks to gain a start over local and overseas rivals.
Reliance expects to start 30 hypermarkets, branded RelianceMart, this year, the Mumbai-based company said in an e- m... |
| Retailer voted nations favourite |
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SAINSBURY'S has topped the poll as the nation's favourite retailer over the past 175 years in a survey carried out by Retail Trust, the national charity for the retail industry.
The charity commissioned research to identify British retailers that have shaped the high street and the industry a... |
| German retailer opens flagship UK store |
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Bauer & Hieber opens store on site of Schott’s London showroom
Bauer & Hieber has opened its second store in the UK in as many years, following the launch of its first British store in Birmingham last year. The new store utilises the premises that have been the central music showroom for the Sc... |
| Retailer giant Rona to build 50 new stores |
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Canadian home improvement retailer Rona Inc. isn't cowering from the threat of growing competition as it plans to add up to 50 new stores over the next few years primarily in Western Canada and Ontario.
"We feel extremely confident about our development plan," Rona chief financial officer Cla... |
| Ikea home furnishings store to open in Sunrise in fall |
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The Ikea store in Sunrise doesn't open until this fall, but that hasn't stopped South Floridians from shopping at the Swedish home furnishings store.
About 325,000 residents statewide have shopped Ikea by catalog, online or have visited a store in another state. More than a third of those custo... |
| UK food giant is ready for Las Vegas invasion |
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British supermarket king Tesco's bold move into the Las Vegas market will soon bear fruit, according to representatives of Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, the company banner that local stores will carry.
With 16 stores expected to open throughout the valley in the coming months, Fresh & Eas... |
| Crafts retailer plans to open in former Sobeys store |
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Shoppers will have more choices in Cape Breton as the Mayflower Mall makeover continues.
The mall’s owner, Toronto-based Burnac Corp., has announced that Michaels Store, a large U.S. arts and crafts retailer, will be one of the new tenants for the former Sobeys grocery store that anchored one ... |
| Value retailer Netto grants reprieve to Scottie dog logo |
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Scottie was facing the chop in the UK after the company launched a new-look weekly leaflet minus its mascot earlier this year. He is now being gradually phased out from shop fascias and vehicle sides.
But Netto managing director Richard Lancaster said today: “He will be retained in the UK in ot... |
| Slovenian, Serbian Retailer Cancel Tie-Up |
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Mercator will not establish a strategic partnership with Serbian holding Swisslion-Takovo, Slovenia's largest retailer wrote in a press release on Monday, 30 July. The companies decided not to tie-up after a detailed analysis of the activities of the Serbian company showed that expected synergistic... |
| Hong Kong luxury fashion retailer to tap affluent market in Beijing |
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Hong Kong fashion retailer Lane Crawford said Thursday it will open a three-story shop in Beijing that sells more than 600 designer brands like Prada and Stella McCartney, tapping the growing demand for luxury goods in China.
The HK$300 million (US$38.3 million; €27.87 million) store, encompass... |
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