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...For the Pepco chain of more than 2,000 discount clothing shops, sales were up 6.6 per cent at stores trading throughout but down 6 per cent overall....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 28, 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...(FT) Diageo’s India deal delivers a booming hangover When the world’s largest liquor company met Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya — the “King of Good Times” — they busted out the champagne....
...Some foreign beauty brands have also struggled to compete against discounts offered by online retailers on higher-end cosmetic brands such as Dior and Estée Lauder....
...However, it is part of a broader strategy to woo customers in lower income urban neighbourhoods with lower priced products and discounts as it seeks to lose its pricey reputation....
...not say what the deal meant for Safeway’s strategy in the US, where its like-for-like sales are growing, but some shoppers are trading up to chains such as Whole Foods while others are trading down to discount...
...The maker of local liquor raki was bought by Diageo for £1.3bn last year. Nonetheless, there are cavils....
...The pricing pressure has become so strong in certain segments of US equities and emerging markets that firms such as FocusShares, the ETF arm of discount brokerage Scottrade, offer products with expense...
...Adding the extra staff needed to handle liquor sales would put more pressure on profit margins, which were already very weak because of high fixed costs and a reliance on discount vouchers, Mr Dennis said...
...But the real test – under way right now – is whether the customers attracted by discounts retain their storefronts when fees rise after the first year....
...I would pick an S&P index fund and a discount broker (Schwab, E-trade, TD Ameritrade) and set up an automatic withdrawal. You want to keep costs LOW and contributions REGULAR....
...The largest US retailer has applied for a liquor licence for a small Marketside store that is planned as part of a retail development in Oceanside, a coastal city north of San Diego....
...The retailer has applied for liquor licences at three locations for stores that are expected to have around 15,000 sq ft of selling space, according to planning documents - less than half the size of the...
...The company is a key supplier of liquor to Wal-Mart, which is aiming to aggressively boost its liquor sales, and it’s buying back stock hand over fist....
...Roger Fulton of Gartner puts the percentage in the “low teens”. The hard fact is that the benefits of open source software have been oversold....
...The meeting, now detailed in an affidavit, happened just days before the board voted – and approved – a contested liquor licence for a Sam’s Club discount warehouse in the state....
...Besides, the liquor license hasn’t come through in time....
...“The economic situation in Europe has been difficult for a while,” says Roger Fulton, analyst at Gartner. “And IT spending is closely bolted to economic growth.”...
...You click on “list of prices at nearby stores” and see that the liquor store up the street is selling the same bottle for $39....
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