Why Wal-Mart’s First India Store Isn’t A Wal-Mart.

After years of controversy and opposition from local retailers, Wal-Mart this month is poised to open its first store in India, launching an expansion that will include 10 more big-box outlets in the potentially vast Indian market over the next two years…

Grabbit Gets Bigger, Brings in M-payments.

Grabbit has tied up with Atom Technologies for a mobile payments platform.

Five Star Appliance Becomes Apple First-tier Distributor In China

Five Star Appliance, which was acquired by the American electronics giant Best Buy, the company has signed an agreement with Apple to become its first-tier distributor.

Giant Eagle’s beer requests worry Western Pennsylvania outlets Buzz up!

Giant Eagle is bringing the battle over supermarket beer sales to the Pittsburgh region, with a plan to sell six-packs from restaurants inside some of its stores.

Major supermarkets commit to unit pricing roll-out

Australia: The draft unit pricing code was finally launched this week, with major retailers committing to completion of the roll-out by the end of this year.
“Our members including Coles, Woolworths and Franklins have taken the initiative and all plan to have completed a full roll-out of unit pricing  before the year’s end,” said Margy Osmond [...]

Morrison’s won “Retailer of the Year” at the Oracle Retail Week Awards

Morrison’s won “Retailer of the Year” last week at the prestigious Oracle Retail Week Awards for 2009. Panel judges felt that Morrison’s had made a real turnaround in their commercial performance, combining a traditional agenda as grocer with marketing and operational practice.
The event was hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr, and guests numbered at around 1300 [...]

Comcast, Sony to open joint retail store

PHILADELPHIA: Despite the poor economy, Comcast Corp. and Sony Corp. plan to open a retail store Tuesday. The cable TV operator and the electronics company will use the store to showcase new technologies and products, taking a page from Apple Inc., as Microsoft Corp. might also soon try to do.
The store will be called Sony [...]

Sears Brings Personalized and Convenient Shopping to Life With ShopYourWay

Sears Holdings Corporation today announced the unification of its industry-leading, multi-channel services under, ShopYourWay, which transforms the shopping experience and gives customers just that – the ability to “shop their way.”
Both Sears and Kmart customers can now conveniently experience these innovative and best-in-class, multi-channel purchase opportunities in stores and online. As more and more new [...]

Adidas launches Me, Myself campaign

Adidas this month is launching a major new campaign to promote its range of women’s sportswear.
Adidas  has already debuted its ‘Me, Myself’ brand and retail drive in Singapore
The ‘Me, Myself’ campaign will feature Biggest Loser trainer Michelle Bridges and various female sports star ‘ambassadors’ in action.
Highlights of the campaign include the launch of the new [...]

Target to open 27 new stores

(CNN) — Target Corp. this month will open 27 new stores employing a total of more than 4,300 people, the company said.
The stores’ openings will come just weeks after the retailer cut 600 people from its headquarters staff amid what it called weaker-than-expected sales.
The retailer will hold grand openings for the 21 general merchandise stores [...]