MARKETING

U.S. retail sales rose in May for the first time since January, according to a government report showing results which represent the ‘complete universe’ of over three million retail and food services firms nationwide.

Procter & Gamble Co's incoming chief executive may need to call on his West Point training as he tries to lead the consumer products maker through a time when shoppers are increasingly thrifty.

More than nine out of 10 U.S. retailers say they have had merchandise stolen by well-organized crime rings, according to a new report from a leading trade group.

As students study for final exams, the retail industry is gearing up for its biggest test so far this year -- the back-to-school shopping season. After cutting costs to cope with slack consumer demand during the recession, retailers hope the economy will start to recover in the second half of the year.

Regulators and politicians who want to curb the huge bonuses paid to financiers in the wake of the global credit crisis may find the banking sector's response even more unpalatable.

Dollar General Corp reported a sharply higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, as cost-conscious consumers flocked to the discount retailer's stores for bargains in the recession.

India's EnergTek Inc on Friday said its natural gas production will increase more than 60 percent in 2010, in line with overall expectations for the Indian market last month from the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).

Tiffany & Co posted a 62 percent drop in quarterly earnings on Friday, worse than Wall Street had expected, as jewelry sales languished in the recession.

Tiffany & Co said quarterly earnings fell a worse-than-expected 62 percent as jewelry sales suffered amid the recession.

GameStop Corp said on Thursday its same-store sales dropped more than expected in the last quarter and it lowered its full-year same-store sales forecast.

MTS, Russia's top mobile phone operator, said on Tuesday it had placed in full a five-year bond worth 15 billion roubles ($464.5 million).

Google Inc is lifting restrictions on the use of trademarked terms in its U.S. online advertising system, a move that could increase friction between the Internet giant and brand owners.

With the recession hitting the retail industry hard, an increasing number of retailers are now offering discount codes to consumers to differentiate themselves from High Street retailers and attract more customers, according to voucher code website.

Kohl's Corp posted a lower quarterly profit on Thursday but just beat Wall Street's expectations as the department store operator managed to show a slight increase in sales despite persisting consumer thrift.

Executives at Citigroup Inc's Primerica Financial Services unit are looking to sell the division's marketing arm, Bloomberg said, citing four people familiar with the matter.

This week many Oprah fans were left hungry as they headed for KFC wanting to redeem the coupons Oprah gave them for a free meal but came back empty handed as the restaurants were no longer honoring coupons.

Mars is offering free chocolate on Fridays till the end of September, but already on its first day, the website that offers the coupons was down following the massive flood of traffic.

Oprah's Chicken Giveaway has left some outlets of the Louisville-based chain literally chicken-less as they met unexpected extreme public demand.

Wal-Mart , the world's top retailer, said on Wednesday it has launched a pilot program to open convenience stores in China, seeking to boost its presence in one of the world's fastest growing retail markets.

U.S. supermarket chain Wal-Mart has entered China's convenience store market by opening three shops in the southern city of Shenzhen, a company official said on Wednesday.

Exploiting worries over the swine flu outbreak, spammers flooded the Internet on Monday with millions of e-mails peddling counterfeit drugs as remedies and seeking to steal credit card data, a security firm said.