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• Tesco sees off share options revolt

  Financial Times - 1 hour 52 minutes ago

  Britain's biggest retailer suffered an unusual rebuff from shareholders when 41 per cent of investors voted against changes to its share option scheme...

  • Tesco Survives Investor Protest | Reuters UK

• M&S appoints property boss to head international expansion

  Drapers - 7 hours 28 minutes ago

  Marks & Spencer’s director of property and store design Clem Constantine has been given the extra responsibility of heading the retailer’s international division...

  • Clem Constantine takes over as Marks & Spencer international boss | Retail Week

• Despite Ugly Numbers, Unemployment May Be Poised to Improve

  BNET Retail - 7 hours 50 minutes ago

  June unemployment numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics paint an ugly picture as to recovery hopes, but employment in both the general economy and in retail may be poised to improve. An unemployment review conducted by outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which tracks job cut plans rather following the...

• George Davies eyes sites for first GIVe stand alone stores

  Drapers - 13 hours 37 minutes ago

  George Davies, the man behind Next, Per Una and George at Asda, is set to secure sites for the first stores for his new GIVe brand, to open in October...

  • George Davies picks sites for new fashion venture | Retail Week

• Wal-Mart Health Reform Move Has History, Reason

  BNET Retail - 1 day ago

  Although it seems to have come as a shock to some, Wal-Martâ??s decision to embrace employer health care mandates as part of health care reform shouldnâ??t surprise anyone who has followed the company for any period of time. On July 24, 2007, then CEO Lee Scott outlined Wal-Martâ??s position on...

• Sears Creates a New Opening into Social Network Marketing

  BNET Retail - 1 day ago

  Sears Holding announcements about the advance of its web-based marketing strategy have followed fast and furious of late and now the company has announced that it will become the first major retailer to launch the Open ID platform â?? one that permits users to establish a single screen name for...

• Sears Introduces Buyer Protection

  Brandweek - 1 day ago

  CMO Kevin Brown says it's the first program among nation’s appliance retailers offering consumers coverage in the event of job loss.

  • Sears wants to help if you lose your job | MSNBC

• Woolworths sold brands for £12 million

  Drapers - 1 day ago

  Woolworths sold its brands, including the Ladybird kidswear brand, for £12 million, it has emerged...

  • Winding up of Woolworths made advisors £14m | Retail Week
  • Winding up of Woolworths made advisers £14m | Retail Week

• Game Group sales slump

  Financial Times - 1 day ago

  Shares in Game Group fell more than 8 per cent after the group reported falling sales in the first half, as it lacked a blockbuster game release like 2008's Wii Fit and Grand Theft Auto IV, which boosted sales for the same period last year...

  • Game Group like for likes fall | The Retail Bulletin

• Kmart cuts prices for the unemployed

  Retail Week - 1 day ago

  US retailer Kmart has launched a money-off programme for the jobless in its original home state of Michigan...

  • Kmart offers discounts to jobless | Financial Times

• Despite Ugly Numbers, Unemployment May Be Poised to Improve
• Wal-Mart Health Reform Move Has History, Reason
• Sears Creates a New Opening into Social Network Marketing
• Retailers Take Note, Shopping Becomes a Guy Thing
• Study: Aeropostale, Buckle, Ross Will Enjoy Comparable Store Gains, Hot Topic Not
• Big Box Splits Manhattan Delivery Costs, But Does It Beat FreshDirect?
• Meijer Expands Food and Drug Initiatives in Smaller Format
• Hicks' Jump from J.C. Penney Boosts Foot Locker Prospects
• Data Privacy Rules Coming as Massachusetts Trumps the Feds
• Dress Barn-Tween Brands Marriage Not As Weird As You Think
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