German retailers eye golden holidays
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View of the atrium of the new Karstadt department store in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Thursday, Nov.Comment
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German retail sales post a surprisingly strong rise in December, driven by a jump in household goods sales.
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Developers are eying a piece of land known as the town's ''Golden Triangle&quot; as the site of a hotel and ''lifestyle shopping center.&quot; It would be anchored by a Kohl's department store, and filled with shoppers strolling along landscaped walkways lined with gas lamps, according to their vision.
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You can learn a lot from a holiday shopping bellwether.
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With poker's popularity growing because of televised tournaments, retailers are betting that playing cards and chips will be among the must-have items during the holiday shopping season.
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ISTANBUL -- Markus Lehto's Turkey is a futuristic shopping complex with aerial bridges linking skinny-jeans shops to designer bag boutiques. In the attached apartment building, a pied-ÃÂ -terre designed for the global jet-setter can cost up to $2 million.
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The nation's retailers are hoping furry ponchos, fur-lined flip-flops, and sweater sets adorned with multiple broaches will excite shoppers this holiday season and lure them into stores and malls earlier than in previous years.
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When it comes to spending the holiday season abroad, many foreigners are excited to participate in the customs of their host country.
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Swiss retail giants Migros and Coop are gearing up for the expected arrival of Germany's two major discount chains, Aldi and Lidl.
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EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson suggested on Monday that so-called &quot;golden shares&quot; could be used to protect strategically important European companies against foreign takeovers.
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Brand (Germany): Bathers lounging on the beach flanked by exotic plants in the middle of a harsh German winter - that is the vision of Malaysian businessman Colin Au.
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As the holidays approach, Christmas spirit is a bargain-hunting essential.
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Retailers aren't the only busy ones this holiday season. Lobster exporters are bustling as well, shipping millions of dollars worth of lobsters overseas to Europe.
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Nearly 50 Pittsburgh-area businesses that have financial ties to Germany and western Europe say they'll purchase $10 million worth of airline tickets if German airline Lufthansa will serve the ...
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Germany's state governments will this week ask parliament for the freedom to further extend shop-opening hours, long seen as one of the most visible symbols of the heavy regulation of the country's economy.
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Want a gift to please your honey this holiday season and save some bucks, too? Consider five golden rings, the fifth gift in the classic holiday song &quot;The Twelve Days of Christmas.
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LONDON/DUESSELDORF, Germany  - German-owned Thomas Cook is to buy British package holiday rival MyTravel, the companies said on Monday, creating a new company worth about 2.8 billion pounds ($5.45 billion).