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Investigative News

December Retail Stores See 3.5% Rise

Member | BMM | Jan 5 | retail
December Comparable Store Sales Growth Compared for the Last Six Years
Not seasonally adjusted year/year % change. Source: ICSC; Chart: BMM

NEW YORK CITY — U.S. chain-store sales rose by 3.5% on a year-over-year basis according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

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December Sees Solid Growth in Retail

Member | BMM | Dec 28 | retail, trends
December Weekly same store sales 2011 by ICSC
Chart: BMM; Source: ICSC and Goldman Sachs

NEW YORK — Last minute shoppers were out in force this past week as they finished up their holiday shopping, giving retailers a strong two-week sales finish to the 2011 holiday season.

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CyberWeek Breaks Retail Records

Member | BMM | Dec 6 | retail
comScore e-commerce without travel (retail only)
Online big sales days. Source: comScore

RESTON, Va. — With a 22 percent increase in e-commerce sales from last year, Monday, November 28 saw the heaviest online retail buying on record.

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Black Friday Sales Sizzle

Member | Don Sniegowski | Nov 29 | retail
Walmart Black Friday Sale
Black Friday crowds, photo/brian horowitz

LEXINGTON — During Black Friday weekend more shoppers lined up earlier, spending more for Christmas deals than ever before. The promotional period was longer with this year's Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.

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Chain Store Sales Grow 3.7% in October

Member | BMM | Nov 4 | retail, trends

NEW YORK CITY — Chain-store sales rose by 3.7% on a year-over-year basis in the U.S., according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).  The association of shopping c

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Retail to See Growth for 2011 Holidays

Member | BMM | Sep 23 | retail, trends
U.S. Holiday Season Shopping Center Sales ($B)
Source: US Dep't of Commerce, ICSC Research

NEW YORK — U.S. holiday sales for retail shops in 2011 will post a moderate gain, though subdued compared ot the prior year's pace, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.

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Heinz Dip & Squeeze a Hit

Member | BMM | Sep 22 | food, retail

Heinz new dip & squeeze packet, 9 grams of ketchup

PITTSBURGH — A new type of ketchup packaging, Heinz Dip & Squeeze, is now moving to your neighborhood grocery shopping cart.

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Franchising’s New Frontier, Marijuana Megastores

Member | BMM | Jun 3 | retail
weGrow Marijuana Superstore, Arizona Grand Opening
weGrow opens first Arizona marijuana hydroponics franchise, photo/weGrow

PHOENIX — Franchising has now officially gone to pot. A marijuana hydroponics franchisor, weGrow, opened its first franchise Wednesday. 

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Retail Sales Slip for Week

Member | BMM | May 24 | retail

NEW YORK — Adverse national weather and higher gasoline prices are holding down weekly retail sales as consumers pull back on seasonal and discretionary spending once again.

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Flip Flop Shops Promote Cobian Brand

Member | BMM | May 9 | retail
Flip Flop Shops
A California storefront, photo/Flip Flop Shop website

ATLANTA – Flip Flop Shops announced on Thursday that it is launching a promotional campaign throughout its forty specialty shops.

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Headlines from the 'Net

Honda Profits Down 65%, Help Enroute For US Dealers

Expert | Paul Steinberg | Jan 31 | retail
Tarrytown Honda dealership, New York

A Honda dealership in Tarrytown, New York

Coming off a bad sales year in America and worldwide supply disruptions, Honda is expected to report sharply lower profits for 2011.

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Bedshed’s Hilarious Online Franchise Calculator Tool

Member | Ray Borradale | Jan 13 | retail

Australian franchisor Bedshed has just released an online franchise calculator to assist prospective franchisees. Its not a joke, But it should be.

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Franchise Breathes Life Into Casket Business

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Jan 5 | retail
Till We Meet's customized caskets. This one is for University of Kentucky alumni
Photo: TillWeMeet website

A Kansas man is taking on the risk of a new retail store in the stiff funeral industry. He also is taking on the risk of pioneering the business of franchising in a whole new franchise sector.

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Debit-Card Law Has Nasty Side Effect on Low-Priced Merchants

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Jan 5 | legal, manage, retail

Remember those debit card swipe fees that merchants, franchisees and franchisors successfully pressured Capital Hill to change?

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Harvey Norman Softens Franchisee Online Hit

Member | Ray Borradale | Dec 22 | retail

Harvey Norman, Hardly NormalAustralia’s most successful electronics and home wares franchisor says he succumbed to market pressure to go online but will soften the blow for franchisees.

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Senator Says Amazon Price Checking Promotion Is Unfair

Member | Dave Tanaka | Dec 12 | retail

Senator Olympia Snow says Amazon.com's new price checking app is unfair to brick-and-mortar small businesses.

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Retailers BI Expectations Outstrip Reality

Expert | Paula Rosenblum | Nov 21 | pr, retail
Most beneficial channel for real-time business intelligence, RSR Research

data source: RSR Research

Retailers' focus on new business intelligence and analytic capabilities highlights the importance of getting information faster with a greater focus on evaluating the entire value chain from source to consumption

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Analyst Compares Dunkin' Brands to Boston Chicken

Member | Edward Ryan | Sep 13 | food, retail

International Business Times recently published a follow-up piece to its July 28th article on Dunkin's IPO. IBT's article references last week's analyst coverage initiation of Dunkin' stock and the sell downgrade issued by lead underwriter Goldman Sachs. 

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Big Brands Coming to Australia

Member | Ray Borradale | Jul 17 | retail

FCA - IFA Fear MongeringAustralian television program, A Current Affair, has listed some big international franchise brands obviously not being put off by franchisees and state and federal politicians calling for effective franchise legislation.

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Red Rooster And A New Privet Equity Franchisor

Member | Ray Borradale | Jun 17 | retail

Red RoosterAustralian franchise chain Red Rooster along with a number of other franchise acquisitions has seen Archer Capital investment in franchising climb dramatically in readiness for its stated and speedy exit. Franchisees will already be thrilled.

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Expert Advice

Is Conscious Capitalism Good Business?

Expert | Paula Rosenblum | Jan 24 | retail
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Every MBA student from time immemorial has been asked to memorize the following as soon as he starts school: “The purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder wealth.” On some levels it seems to be an indisputable axiom.

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Privacy in the Public Domain

Expert | Nikki Baird | Dec 6 | retail
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 Last week there was a big flap in the US about Footpath by Path Intelligence, a tracking software that detects the signal coming out of your mobile phone.

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When Is Mobile Not So Mobile?

Expert | Paula Rosenblum | Nov 15 | retail
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Tablet devices are such hybrids that it’s hard for me to call them “Mobile devices.” I mean, it’s obvious that you can move around with them…people take them every

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