UK Remains Most International Retail Market

The UK continues to lead the world as the most international retail market, as Europe maintains its ability to attract the world’s top retailers, according to new research.

Make-up and marketplaces are tops for beauty and apparel shoppers.

In March, eBay came out on top for traffic to beauty and apparel retail sites while Mary Kay was No. 1 for time spent, Nielsen Online reports.

Wireless Carriers: Your New PC Retailer?

With the market for cell-phone service saturated, the PC market represents a way for mobile-phone carriers to get more people to buy monthly wireless Internet-access service plans. Consumers who buy wireless Web access can save money on the up-front purchase price of a computer and the price of monthly access to high-speed Internet.

Jewellery majors add regional touch to brighten sales.

LEADING jewellers are discovering the fact that it pays to play the regional card for sales to shine brighter. Players like Tanishq, Orra and Adora are all reaping dividends by tweaking their assortment and designs to suit regional tastes. Through this, they hope to grab a bigger share of the consumer’ wallets by offering a broader product range and more depth in various categories.

Hardcastle Restaurants to enter apparels business.

Hardcastle Restaurants to enter apparels through tie-up with city mill promoter Preethi Chamikutty MUMBAI HARDCASTLE Restaurants, the JV partner of McDonald’s India, is now venturing into the apparels business.

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 [...]

Virgin Megastores to pull out of US

Los Angeles: Virgin Megastores, the music and lifestyle retailer, is pulling out of the US, closing its six stores across the country over the next few months.
The decision by Virgin, which has been in the country since 1995, represents the latest blow to music stores. Tower Records shut down in 1996, leaving Wal-Mart as the [...]

Singapore unveils £42m plan on tourism

Singapore Tourism Board is embarking on a £42 million initiative to encourage tourism.
The BOOST (Building on Opportunities to Strengthen Tourism) campaign aims to increase travel to Singapore and will include tactical marketing campaigns developed in collaboration with tourism industry partners.
A “2009 Reasons toEnjoy Singapore” year-long global marketing campaign is part of the promotional push and [...]

Starbucks plans to start instant coffee

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp is moving into the instant coffee market as it works to shake off its reputation as a seller of pricey coffee drinks.
The Seattle company plans to unveil Via instant coffee on Tuesday and to make it available next month.
Starbucks says the new drink item was 20 years in development [...]

Piquadro rolls out in India; 15 more stores by 2013

New Delhi: Italian travel items and lifestyle brand Piquadro, which had recently opened a store in the capital, mulls setting up 15 such showrooms by 2012-13, eyeing the Rs 800 crore Indian branded luggage market.
The 40 million dollar company is seeking at tapping the corporate and fashion gifts market and has set up a 51:49 [...]