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Retail dilemma in India — nice malls are few and far between
Business, Reuters, Published on 25/02/2015
» NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: A severe shortage of attractive malls has made setting up shop in India easier said than done, crimping expansion plans for both foreign retailers such as Lacoste and domestic giants like department store chain Shoppers Stop.
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New Seven boss extends olive branch
Business, Reuters, Published on 10/05/2016
» TOKYO: The incoming head of Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd says that he is keen for his predecessor Toshifumi Suzuki, who resigned last month after a power struggle, to become an adviser to the $90 billion retail conglomerate -- an olive branch that could help mend a divided board.
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Death of owner plunges chain into uncertainty
Business, Reuters, Published on 04/10/2016
» MILAN: The owner of Italy's fourth-largest supermarket chain Esselunga, 90-year old Bernardo Caprotti, died on Friday, plunging the future ownership of the group into uncertainty.
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Japan Inc feels demographic pinch
Business, Reuters, Published on 03/03/2017
» TOKYO: Ask the president of Japan's largest daycare chain what his biggest headache is, and Kazuhiro Ogita doesn't hesitate: workers and wage costs. Not enough of one, too much of the other.
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H&M factory in Myanmar damaged in labour dispute
Reuters, Published on 08/03/2017
» YANGON - Workers demanding better conditions and benefits have destroyed the production line of a Chinese-owned factory making clothes for Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz, in one of the most violent labour disputes in Myanmar in years.
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Australian retailers brace for arrival of Amazon
Business, Reuters, Published on 21/04/2017
» SYDNEY/San Francisco: Global e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com Inc said yesterday that it would open its online shopfront service in Australia, ending rumours about its plans and increasing the pressure on the domestic retail sector to catch up with the digital economy.
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24/7 stores in Japan hit by labour shortage
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/04/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's growing labour shortage threatens the nation's ubiquitous convenience stores, whose business model relies on an army of part-timers packing bento lunch boxes, manning cash registers and delivering goods 24/7.
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ShopRite guns for Woolworths' upmarket customers
Business, Reuters, Published on 21/06/2017
» As South Africa slides into recession, and households have less and less to spend, the number one supermarket group ShopRite is adopting an unlikely strategy: it's pushing upmarket.
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US factory activity hits 13-year high
Business, Reuters, Published on 04/10/2017
» WASHINGTON: A measure of US manufacturing activity surged to a near 13½-year high in September as disruptions to the supply chains caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma resulted in factories taking longer to deliver goods and boosted raw material prices.
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ChemChina says gas leak at Hebei plant caused blast that killed 23
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2018
» BEIJING: A gas leak at a plant owned by a ChemChina subsidiary caused a blast that killed 23 people and injured 22 this week in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChemChina said in a statement on Friday.
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