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Metro Group Germany has opened a regional delivery depot in Weiterstadt. The depot has a surface area of 2,500 square meters and will primarily cater to Metro stores in the Rhine-Main region.
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Microsoft has become the latest high-profile name to sign up to the Retail Business Technology Expo, the brand new event focusing on business solutions and technology for the retail and hospitality industries. The event will take place from 16–17 March ...
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U.S. discount retailer Loehmann’s has filed for bankruptcy as its Dubai owner was not able to reach a debt-extension deal with creditors.
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The American fashion chain Forever 21 will open its first London branch in Oxford Street next year after acquiring the lease on a huge shop from the entertainment retailer HMV for nearly £14m.
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Carrefour SA Chief Executive Lars Olofsson canceled the sale of the company's Malaysian stores and said the retailer will invest in them instead, maintaining its foothold in a growing market.
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Nine executives of one of Russia’s biggest retailers have been freed by a Moscow jury after two years in detention.
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Edeka Group owned E-Centre has introduced a cash handling technology called "CashComplete®" at its Duisburg store in Germany.
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A new Google mobile phone which has a chip embedded that makes it a virtual wallet so people can 'tap and pay' is poised to make its debut.
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Minneapolis -- Target on Tuesday became the first mass-discount retailer to make the shopkick mobile application available to its shoppers. Users of the app will receive points and other rewards, like instant mobile coupons, just for entering Target.
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The most advanced mobile consumer protection system in the world, mobiLUX© is a new verification technology that assures buyers that they are receiving real, name brand luxury products. mobiLUX also provides local, federal and international law enforceme...
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Metro Group’s consumer electronics division Media-Saturn announces the startup of “Media Markt toGo” automatic vending machines testing in airports, train stations and shopping centers starting December 2010.
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Coop Consumatori Nordest, a division of Coop Italia, the Italian supermarket chain, has selected ZBD's electronic shelf labelling solution for its brand new store concept, 'Tutto Coop solo Food'. The new store, located in Parma, Italy, is the first outlet...
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SciVisum, a provider of dynamic website monitoring solutions, has launched the iPhone Application Monitor, a monitoring solution for iPhone apps, with Tesco as its first customer. Tesco is using SciVisum's new tool to ensure the best performance for its c...
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Retail company REWE Nüsken responds to its customers increased demand for advice and information and creates product transparency on the shelf using attractive App solutions
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The E-Centre in Duisburg, Germany, part of the German grocery retailer Edeka, has introduced cash handling technology CashComplete from cash handling experts SCAN COIN, to offer customers a better in-store experience and reduce the time spent by staff cou...
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Specialist EPOS solution provider, Maxa Solutions, announces that St Ann's Hospice's Charity shops have gone live with its CHARiot Point of Sale (PoS) solution which incorporates a special Gift Aid Module. Like most retail organisations, St Ann's has ha...
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Chase Paymentech Europe Ltd., a merchant acquirer and payment processor, was recently voted as the 'Card and Payments Solution of the Year' at the 2010 Retail System Awards. The awards, which recognise excellence and innovation in the field of information...
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The Tommy Hilfiger Group is establishing a new division that will take control of the Arrow brand in Europe effective immediately and will manage the future introduction of additional Phillips-Van Heusen brands to the European market. The new division, PV...
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Consumer spending in the United Arab Emirates has picked up in recent months and retail sales will rise at least 5 percent this year, driven mostly by furniture and car sales, according to a major UAE retailer.
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Shares in Thailand's Big C Supercenter PCL BIGC.BK, controlled by the French Casino Group (CASP.PA), rose more than 10 percent on Tuesday after the purchase of Carrefour SA's (CARR.PA) Thai assets for 868 million euros ($1.2 billion).
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