Carrefour picks retail veteran Plassat as new boss
Carrefour , Europe’s largest retailer, picked retail veteran Georges Plassat as its next boss, signaling key shareholders may back another attempt to fix its ailing hypermarkets rather than pushing for …
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Consumers hit retail stores to give economy boost
Consumers are giving a modest lift to the economy.They spent more on trucks, electronics and building supplies in October to boost retail sales for the fifth straight month.The gains provide an encouraging …
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Zippo’s burning ambition lies in retail expansion
[AP] – Zippo lighters have retained their retro cool even as the tiny northwestern Pennsylvania company that makes them gets ready to celebrate its 80th anniversary and 500 millionth lighter next year.
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Retail sales rise 0.3 percent in January
[AP] – Shoppers pushed retail sales up for a seventh straight month although the increase was the weakest since June. Retail sales increased 0.3 percent last month to $318.6 billion, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
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Emissions CFDs open up CO2 quota trading to retail investors
Trading CO2 quotas has been possible since 2005, but the large size of future has limited interest to corporates and larger traders. The introduction of emissions cfds has the potential to make quota trading interesting to smaller traders.
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