Taubman Asia unveils luxury flagship stores at The Mall at Studio City, Macao

Taubman Asia, a subsidiary of U.S. mall REIT Taubman Centers, Inc. today revealed a glimpse of what is destined to become Asia's most luxurious shopping center

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Community of design

In a debate on store design trends, Fitch chief creative director Tim Greenhalgh said shoppers are looking for places where “you can go and feel comfortable, rather than just somewhere you go to shop.”

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Private label must act like brand challenger

Retailers launching private-label brands should treat them like category challengers, said Belinda Youngs, chief marketing officer of Canadian grocery chain Sobeys, at World Retail Congress today.

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Retail clinics diagnose success

The idea of going to a grocery store or pharmacy to visit a clinic for that sore throat is rapidly developing, but not without growing pains.

With an estimated $2 trillion spent on health care annually, retailers are salivating over the prospect of getting a piece of that pie.

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U.S. advertising watchdog tells Wal-Mart to drop implied savings claim

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. needs to change its advertising to avoid suggesting its shoppers save an annual US$2,500 per family, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said in a report on Monday.

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Hoop Holdings to Sell Inventory And Turn Over Stores to Disney

Hoop Holdings LLC, a unit of Children's Place Retail Stores Inc., agreed to sell the inventory at most of its stores in the U.S. and Canada to Walt Disney Co. for $55 million to $65 million.

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Co-ops to import commodities in UAE

The list includes staples such as powdered and condensed milk, frozen and canned vegetables, chicken, oil, rice, flour, fish and meat products, tea, coffee, cheese, pasta, sugar, baby food and formula and nappies (diapers).

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Wal-Mart, Target among retailers sued over 'Guitar Hero'

Six major US retailers are being sued by Gibson Guitar to force the stores to stop selling versions of the video game "Guitar Hero," that Gibson believes infringes on a patent filed by the guitar maker in 1999.

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