Retail

Lead Editor: Megan Conniff

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SmartBrief covers a range of topics within the retail industry. Newsletter topics include digital commerce, brick-and-mortar retail, commercial real estate, global retail, as well as specialty retail, such as consumer electronics, pets and housewares. 

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High-end jeweller boosts efforts to court China's VIPs

5/23/2013

  • Wall Street Journal, The

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group held a special event for its 200 best customers last weekend, an exclusive dinner in Hong Kong that culminated in an auction that raised $4 million. As China's wealthy co… Read More

Belgium's Delhaize shops 2 U.S. grocery chains

Sears Canada may be turning a corner, analyst says

Italian menswear retailer Canali to open 5 China shops

Benetton vows financial aid for Bangladesh victims

Specialty Retail »

Nespresso eyes expansion to fight off competition

5/23/2013

  • Wall Street Journal, The

Nespresso is turning its attention to North America, Japan and China for sales growth in a bid to fight off competition from other single-serve coffee machines. "Competition has existed for many years… Read More

Amazon expands Kindle Fire's global reach

How Lenovo's strategies are paying off in PCs

Blu-ray patent group claims Imation broke patent law

Analysis: Xbox One concedes the living room to cable industry

Wholesale »

Has your business planned for natural disasters?

5/23/2013

  • YouTube

Many businesses are unable to recover from natural disasters, making contingency planning a priority for distributors and other companies. "When you build a plan, the plan basically puts a structure i… Read More

Distribution-center demand driven by e-commerce

What to do before implementing a TMS

DXP buys Tucker Tool

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Find out how mobile can enhance workers’ financial security, productivity and workplace safety in Vodafone’s Connected Worker report
The report identifies six mobile solutions that enable secure wage payments, learning programmes and workplace safety reporting to workers in emerging markets.
1 hour 27 min ago
Retail marketers need to look beyond responding to transaction data
In the old days, capturing and analyzing POS data was all that retailers could do if they wanted to understand buying preferences. Now, the ability to identify a customer’s interest in a product before the sale has enhanced these efforts. What kind of ‘pre-sale’ data is already available out there for retail...
1 hour 28 min ago
The Retail game has changed.
During this economy the retail market has to change to survive. No longer are we only looking to increase profits we need to stay in business till the economy improves. I volunteer my time to help small business. I used to get 1 or 2 e mails a week. Now I receive 10 to 20 requests. Except for customer service the...
2 hours 9 min ago

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