That's one heck of a welcome! New Apple boss to be handed extraordinary £36million 'golden hello' after being poached from Dixons - Daily Mail
27 May 2012, 9:42 am
And whilst sales and profits have been under pressure in recent months, Dixons saw off the challenge of US firm Best Buy, which earlier this year shut its 10 'big box' megastores in a joint venture with Carphone Warehouse. Apple's store are amongst the ...

The Origami Vinyl Effect: How Record Stores Are Changing The Music Industry - Neon Tommy
23 May 2012, 11:38 pm
Big box retailers like Tower Records and Virgin megastores, which have gone out of business, have paved the way for independently run mom-and-pop vinyl shops, specializing in hard-to-find, vintage records to the latest releases. In 2008 ...

SpaceX Launch: Top 5 Multimillionaires on the Final Frontier - ABC News
22 May 2012, 3:58 am
Richard Branson started setting records in the record business. He began what became Virgin megastores in 1972, selling music in England at discounts not seen before. As his fortunes grew, he expanded into Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Mobile ...

Technology to the aid of malls - The Age
21 May 2012, 8:59 am
In the coming few years, it will be the rollout in Australia of new Sony megastores, Microsoft's stand-alone stores and the expansion of the Apple store concept.'' According to Goldman Sachs senior analyst Simon Wheatley, of 24,789 listed specialty shops ...

megastores keep malls afloat in downturn - Sydney Morning Herald
21 May 2012, 8:52 am
A NEW set of tenants are being courted for shopping centres that will focus on services and technology, such as Sony and Microsoft megastores, allowing landlords to defy the weak retail conditions. The success of the format is evidenced by the popularity ...

Major retail developments ‘are finished’ - scotsman.com
19 May 2012, 5:59 pm
Scotland has reached “peak retail floor space” and the slowdown in retail projects will impact on housebuilders, whose own developments are often made viable by big megastores opening nearby. Experts say this lack of growth in retail will force local ...

Is anyone out there high on Lowe's? - Cape Cod Times
18 May 2012, 12:31 pm
Who are these people? Are they the 1 percent who don't need jobs and lower prices promised by the advent of big-box, category-killer megastores that drive Main Street mom-and-pops out of business? Are they troglodytes who oppose all change?

LVMH looks to burnish Vuitton mystique and buoy sales - msnbc.com
18 May 2012, 10:50 am
It is also gradually rolling out well-located megastores exceeding 1,000 square feet. Another sign of the tension between the brand's mass-market appeal and the necessity of preserving its up-market appeal. The stores, located in high traffic ...

Excitement builds for Abu Dhabi F1 race - Gulf News
17 May 2012, 12:17 pm
Tickets are now available from selected Etihad Airways shops, Virgin megastores across the UAE and GCC, the Yas Viceroy Hotel and Yas Marina Circuit.

Aditya Birla planning to open six more. megastores - afaqs.com
10 May 2012, 9:08 pm
Aditya Birla Retail Ltd, the retail arm of the over $28-billion Aditya Birla Group, is in the process of opening six hypermarket format stores - more. megastores - across the country during the current financial year, according to CEO (hypermarkets ...