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Razor-sharp ad ideas
This story starts at a point in time that most observers predicted it would end. The year was 2002. The Internet party was long over. Pets.com and other high-flying digital darlings were defunct. It was the dark days for the few survivors of the dot-com...
Tags: Sales, Online Advertising, Consumer Goods Industries, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Economy, Business and Finance, Plant Openings
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L.L. Bean skips Bangladesh pact
Portland Press Herald, MaineL.L. Bean will not join the growing list of retailers that have signed a contract to make factory conditions safer in Bangladesh, a company representative said Wednesday. Despite customers' concerns about safety at its garment factory in Bangladesh...Tags: Labor Legislation, Walmart, Consumer Goods Industries, Companies and Corporations, Health and Safety at Work
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Prayer service remembers victims of Bangladesh building collapse
NEW DELHI, India -- Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 victims who died in the ruins of the world’s worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at...
Tags: New Delhi (India), Politics, Walmart, Sweden, National Government
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Bangladesh crowd gathers as collapse cleanup ends
NEW DELHI — Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died in the world's worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at the Islamic prayer...
Tags: Politics, Italy, Walmart, Sweden, National Government
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Tesco Lotus property fund seeks more assets
The Bangkok PostThe Tesco Lotus Retail Growth Freehold and Leasehold Property Fund (TLGF) will add more assets to its portfolio in the second half of this year. The assets will be a Tesco Lotus branch in the Nava Nakorn area of Pathum Thani and other potential stores....Tags: Bangkok (Thailand), Thailand
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Food courts toe government price line
The Bangkok PostMall food-court operators have agreed to continue capping the prices of 10 a la carte items for another year despite the cooking gas price being set to rise by 50 satang a month from June. Santichai Santawanpas, deputy director-general of the Internal...Tags: Bangkok (Thailand), Thailand, Prisons, Petroleum Industry
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Trader Joe's targeted for meat with antibiotics, candy with lead
Quirky grocery chain Trader Joe’s is dealing this week with some concern over its products, including a public statement from a major advocacy group criticizing the presence of antibiotics in meat and a lawsuit from the state of California...
Tags: Kamala D. Harris, Target, Ginger, Genetic Engineering, Whole Foods Market
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Safeway stock slides as revenue stalls, though profit rises
Safeway Inc. stock slid nearly 20% in morning trading Thursday as the Northern California supermarket giant – facing competition from dollar stores and Wal-Mart – reported flat revenue in the first quarter. The Pleasanton company said...
Tags: Target, Walmart, Safeway Inc., JC Penney Company Inc.
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CP All set to acquire Siam Makro
The Bangkok PostCP All Plc, the local operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, is to acquire a major stake in Siam Makro Plc, the operator of Makro cash-and-carry stores in Thailand, said a source close to the deal. Acquisition details between representatives of...Tags: Bangkok (Thailand), Cerebral Palsy, Walmart, Thailand
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Tesco to pull out of U.S. and sell Fresh & Easy markets
The British are leaving. Five years after launching the Fresh & Easy grocery chain in the U.S., Tesco of England is abandoning its nearly $2-billion gamble. Once called "foolhardy" by investment guru Warren Buffett, the ambitious experiment joins a...
Tags: New Products, Dollar General Corporation, Panera Bread Company, Supervalu Inc., Consumer Goods Industries
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Fresh & Easy fail: Tesco exits U.S. after profit tanks 96%
Tesco PLC’s ambitious U.S. experiment -- 5-year-old grocery chain Fresh & Easy -- has failed after costing its British parent billions of dollars, the company said Wednesday. After a strategic review of the brand in the last year, during which...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, United Kingdom
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