Archive for May, 2009
Nelvana Opens Online Retail Store in Canada
(MEDIA CASTER) - Corus Entertainment, Nelvana Enterprises and Ty’s Toy Box have teamed up to open a branded online retail marketplace in Canada.
Set to launch this fall, the retail website will focus on merchandise featuring characters from shows that air on Corus Kids’ Treehouse and YTV channels, including The Backyardigans and Max & Ruby.
Under the [...]
Senate Committee Probing Deceptive Online Retail Ads
(FOXNEWS) - The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee has launched a probe into deceptive online marketing practices that billed thousands of dollars in “mystery charges” to unsuspecting credit-card users, committee chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said Thursday.
“Thousands of American consumers have been complaining about these deceptive practices and asking for answers — and rightly [...]
UK retail sales fall again in May after April rise, says CBI
(THE HERALD) - The year-on-year fall in UK retail sales resumed this month, after a pause in April enabled by the Easter weekend, a survey from the Confederation of British Industry showed yesterday.
However, the year-on-year decline in sales indicated by the survey for the first half of May is less severe than that in any [...]
Price Wars Force Manufacturers To Snub Retailers In Favour Of Direct Sales
Manufacturers are being forced to consider more carefully who they distribute to and in some cases are opting to deal with customers directly as smaller retailers force their prices even lower, according to E-Business strategists at leading consultancy Echo E-Business.
(PRWeb UK) May 29, 2009 — Manufacturers are being forced to consider more carefully who they [...]
Retail park stores set to open
(INVERTURIE HERALD) - HERE will be additional retail choice on offer in Inverurie from next week, with the opening of two of the stores at the new Inverurie Retail Park on Oldmeldrum Road. Next Thursday, June 4, Lidl will open their new supermarket, which will be joined a day later on Friday, June 5, [...]
Apple raises retail stakes against Microsoft
(THE REGISTER) - Apple plans to refurbish 100 of its retail stores this year, just as Microsoft prepares its first tentative moves into the bricks-and-mortar sector.
Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of retail, is reported to have said the Cupertino computer consumer-electronics trend-setter will buff up its retail spaces by adding room for more products, [...]
Retail sales fell in May after April’s bounce, CBI says
(TELEGRAPH) - The CBI’s latest monthly distributive trades survey showed that 48pc of retailers said sales volumes were down year-on-year in the first half of May, while 31pc said they were up. The resulting balance of -17pc was significantly weaker than the +3pc balance in April. [...]
Send Dad a Card as Unique as He is From hallmark.co.uk
There’s no better way to say “Cheers Dad”, than with a personalised card he’ll want to keep forever.
Bradford, UK (PRWEB) May 29, 2009 — Hallmark.co.uk has many exclusive and innovative Father’s Day cards that you won’t find available anywhere else.
The extensive range includes fantastic innovation such as cut-out-and-keep cards, so if Dad’s Car Crazy, the [...]
£70k marketing drive to boost retail prospects
(BATH .CO.UK) - Retailers in Bath are fighting back against the recession with a campaign designed to revitalise its shops and stores.
Business leaders have joined forces with Bath and North East Somerset Council to fund a £70,000 marketing drive to showcase the city as one of the top retail destinations in the South West.
Regional advertising [...]
Say “Cheers Dad” with a Personalised Card from Hallmark.co.uk
Sunday 21st June is Father’s Day but forget about the socks, ties and aftershave that sit gathering dust from one year to the next…this time why not get him a unique and personalised card from hallmark.co.uk instead?
Bradford, UK (PRWEB) May 27, 2009 — We’ve got something for every dad, whether he’s a bit of a [...]
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