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...With Filth Mart selling ’70s-era David Bowie tees for upwards of $750 each, you’d better be a genuine fan of the Thin White Duke before forking out....
...FG elcolmadobristol.co.uk Farmshop, Santa Monica The historic Brentwood Country Mart is home to Farmshop, a California-inspired market, bakery and restaurant that highlights the best of artisanal, edible...
...And against Wal-Mart’s 4,700 stores, Whole Foods has 460....
...Retailers Wal-Mart, Ross Stores and Gap report quarterly earnings....
...The market will be interested in whether CEO Chris Grigg believes the property market is set to turn as Robert Noel of Land Securities appears to....
...Chris Donat, an analyst at Sandler O’Neill in New York, says that investor demand this year has been sustained by a combination of high employment and low gas prices — both strong supports for subprime....
...Wal-Mart’s annual meeting is at noon UK time....
...In contrast, Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, is slowing its square-footage growth rate to less than 2 per cent, compared with more than 7 per cent in 2006....
...Chris Strollo, a sound technician in Pittsburgh, is among those consumers paying off credit card debts....
...As Forrester’s Chris McClean points out, there is a wider issue of how businesses, and their employees, behave....
...Chris Sultemeier, head of Wal-Mart’s transport, said on Monday the retailer would operate trucks in different US cities over the coming year, to “determine if these technologies will help reduce our environmental...
...Amazon, which introduced an iPhone app today, was the most visited with a 10.8 per cent share, with Wal-Mart second with 8.5 per cent of visits....
...Chris Donnelly, a retail consultant at Accenture, said: “The name of the game is to focus on cash, keep inventories low, and try to ride this thing out.”...
...Talking to 47 Apple stores, 35 Best Buy ones and two Wal-Mart ones, they concluded “Apple continues to gain market share in PCs, smartphones and MP3 players, despite the challenge of higher price points...
...Chris Nuttall, technology correspondent 6....
...Apple may sell a cheaper iPhone at Wal-Mart stores in the New Year. There have been reports of staff being trained to sell a 4Gb version for as low as $99....
...Wal-Mart senior executives have said consumers are still spending on “hot” consumer electronics such as the Wii....
...Chris Donnelly, a partner in Accenture’s US retail practice, notes that the historical level of US savings is about 7 per cent, suggesting it is returning to more sustainable levels....
...The retailer has also been steadily expanding its digital media capabilities, mirroring moves by Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, and Amazon....
...Microsoft could perhaps have avoided any legal action if it had taken Wal-Mart’s advice, contained in this internal memo from a Microsoft employee: “[Wal-Mart is] extremely disappointed in the fact that...
...The retail figures were released as Wal-Mart gave a downbeat outlook for the current quarter, citing the impact of rising fuel and food prices on the cost of living....
...As a result of the changes, Ken Lombard, the former head of the entertainment division, is leaving the company, and responsibility for future projects will go to Chris Bruzzo, chief technology officer –...
...Gartner says a company such as Wal-Mart, with its supply chain expertise, could lease its core competencies as a cloud-computing service in similar fashion....
...Microsoft’s decision may have helped Intel, but it angered partners such as HP, caused concern among retailers such as Wal-Mart and confusion among consumers, who were not sure to what kind of Vista experience...
...Wal-Mart said customers were more cautious in January and its current quarter guidance lagged some analysts’ estimates....
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