HBC will eliminate 1,000 Canadian jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, in an effort to restructure and survive the dour retail market which has affected retailers around the world. Major store closures and...
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Clothing giant H&M has been using organic cotton in their clothes since 2004, but this year the company plans to use 50 percent more organic cotton than they did last year. Last year they used about 3,000 tonnes...
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Shop Direct has purchased the recently collapsed Woolworths, and will relaunch the British retailer as an online brand. Woolworths was forced to close all 800 of their stores in December after going into...
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A press release from Macy's today outlined a consolidation plan which call for 7,000 employee layoffs. About 40% of this figure represents an the elimination of executive positions, with the remainder of the...
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Another US retailer has filed for bankruptcy, indicating that store closings may soon follow for Searle. The womenswear manufacturer and retailer is based out of New York, with 7 operating stores selling...
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Goody's Family Clothing will liquidate next week, despite months of attempts to keep the US retail chain alive. "The retailer filed for bankruptcy protection on June 9, saying it had been hurt by high gasoline and food prices that had forced consumers to cut back on...
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Woolworths are starting their closing down sales across the UK in all its 815 outlets."In what looks like the beginning of the end for the retailer, its administrator Deloitte has said that some shops could close...
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The economy crisis terrorized the Wall Street at first when share prices dropped to the figure below negatives for some even stopped existing all together and the government came up with the slogan " They got...
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"Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, unexpectedly announced the retirement of Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott after almost nine years at the helm, replacing him with overseas chief Mike...
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that the predictions of a worst case scenario are now ever more likely. Following an unprecedented financial crisis we are now seeing an unprecedented crisis in retail.""Since mid-September, rapid, seismic changes in consumer behavior...
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Youtube video : Circuit city closes 150 stores Electronics, always important in the US finds no buyers " Circuit City Stores Inc., the No. 2 electronics seller after Best Buy, filed for bankruptcy protection...
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"A Muslim youth who worked with Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has sued the store for religious discrimination after he came to know that he carried crates of alcohol bottles as part of his job, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Mohammed Ahmed, 32, who was raised in Saudi...
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European regulators have filed fresh charges against the world's biggest computer chip maker Intel over alleged abuse of its dominant market position." The European Commission (EC) accused the firm of paying a...
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Previous article written about eBay paying $61 million to Fashion Companies over sales of fake Good can be read here.With the recent courtroom defeat of eBay, there is finally a reason for them to celebrate as...
You might wonder why a new logo is news, but I think it speaks to a larger issue about marketing and perception. The logo is part of a campaign to clean up their mom and pop-killing image. Think it's for real? Or...
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