* Competition for retail deals pushes valuations higher * Foreign investors eye more pharma, healthcare deals * For retail deals, i...
* M&A ambitions grow * Will enter Russian market next year * Shares down 4 pct, underperforms 2.8 pct Nikkei decline (Adds details and background) TOKYO, Sept 2 - Japan's Fast Retailing, operator of Uniqlo...
Hong Kong's retail sales value declined 5.5% year on year to HK$22.8 billion in July, according to statistics released by the Census and Statistics Department yesterday.The decline rate is 0.8 percentage points more than that in June, but smaller than the 6% drop forecast by the economists surveyed by Dow Jones...
* What: Many U.S. retailers report August sales * When: Wednesday Sept. 2-Thursday, Sept. 3 * Same-store sales seen down 3.8 pct, on average * "Tax holiday" shift helps; late Labor Day holiday hurts (Updates...
Sept 1 - Hong Kong's retail sales totalled a provisional HK$22.82 billion in July, fell 5.5 percent in value from a year earlier and down 5.4 percent in volume, Census and Statistics Department figures showed...
* To expand China retail banking staff over 10-fold by 2012 * Hopes regulators to OK China-incorporated unit early 2010 * Hopes t...
Last Minute, one of the largest retailers in the Dubai Metro, has pulled out of the project despite losing a Dh500,000 deposit, citing uncertainty over when the metro鈥檚 stations would open, according to a report.
TOKYO, Aug 31 - Japanese retail sales fell 2.5 percent in July from a year earlier, less than a median market forecast for a 3.6 percent decline, government data showed on Monday. Details were as...
* Online coupon sites gain traction with frugal shoppers * Retailers work with sites to develop exclusive deals * Retailers working on online coupon plans for Christmas SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 27 - Shoes.com prefers to...
* Retail sales up 0.4 pct in Q2, first rise since Sept. 2007 * Housing market stabilising after sharp decline * Central bank still seen keeping rates low into 2010 WELLINGTON, Aug 14 - New...