Category Archives: Global Retailing

Read about how domestic and foreign retailers are performing around the world.

BE Retailing

Follow us on Twitter. As of today, we have more than 665 tweets on key current retailing issues. 🙂 https://twitter.com/BEretail

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Ten Consumer Trends for 2013

Trendwatching.com regularly examines trends going on around the world. It has just uploaded its report “10 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2013.” Click on the image to access the top ten consumer trends for 2013.  

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Toys “R: Us: Expanding in China

U.S.-based Toys “R” Us has been active globally for decades. It currently has stores in about 35 countries and jurisdictions. Now, it has decided to make a bigger push in China, the world’s largest country. As Laurie Burkitt and Ann Zimmerman … Continue reading

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