Upmarket Harrods department store sells gold bars to wealthy shoppers

September 19th, 2009 Amazon widens private labels with electronics gearSAN FRANCISCO — Consumers visit Amazon.com for deals on products from companies ranging from Apple Inc. to Zenith Electronics Corp.

September 3rd, 2009 Department store sales comparisons for AugustNEW YORK — Summary of comparisons of August sales at established department stores against August 2008. Bon-Ton Stores Inc.

August 26th, 2009 LONDON - Tired of hopping from store to store to make relevant purchases? Well, a new three-dimensional printer would soon allow shoppers to customise their purchases in store. The printer, displayed at Science Museum in London, can create objects including a pen, a light and an orange squeezer from pieces of metal and plastic.

August 23rd, 2009 Wal-Mart worker accused of beating boss with batNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police in New Haven accused a Wal-Mart worker of beating an assistant manager in a store aisle with an aluminum baseball bat after getting reprimanded for the second time in a few days.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - If reports are to be believed, people have once again started to incline towards old-style sweets like pear drops and rhubarb and custard. It is said that sales of flying saucers, and sherbet dip dabs have increased by up to 35 per cent in the past year at Waitrose, an upmarket supermarket in the UK.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - A handmade bicycle, plated with 24-carat gold and adorned with more than 600 Swarovski crystals, has become the world's most expensive bicycle after it was sold for 55,000 pounds. Swedish manufacturer Aurumania has made a limited ten of these golden bicycles, which are embossed with gold leaf and set into a leather badge, are placed prominently on the front of the bike.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Fat-busting knickers from John Lewis disappeared in half an hour after the British store's online shop was plagued by enthusiastic customers. And the in-store stocks of the new anti-cellulite 'wonder pants' were further taken home by shoppers within hours of going on sale.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mahindra Group company Mahindra Retail Wednesday launched its 'Mom and Me' store, which specialises in products related to infant and maternity care, in the national capital. 'With the number of working mothers increasing, the concept of pregnancy and baby care has gone beyond the traditional idea,' Mahindra Retail managing director K.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Shoppers looking for TVs in a Tesco store got an eyeful when the screens started showing a naked couple romping in graphic sex scenes. People at the shopping centre saw porn on more than 20 flat-screen sets, reports The Sun.

March 13th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - In a perfect heist, burglars walked into a Shoppers Stop department store at the glitzy Shipra Mall here and escaped with diamond jewellery worth nearly Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million). The police suspect an insider job as the robbers knew the layout and avoided the security cameras.

March 13th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - In a perfectly scripted heist, burglars walked into a Shoppers Stop department store at the glitzy Shipra Mall here and decamped with diamond jewellery worth nearly Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million). Police suspect an insider job as the robbers knew the layout and had avoided the security cameras.

February 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girls singer Victoria Beckham's denim clothing line dVb has been dropped from an exclusive US store after a row over her new dress collection. American stores Henri Bendel and Kitson had already dropped the dVb range due to poor sales and executives at upmarket chain Saks Fifth Avenue have followed suit, amid accusations that the star offered her new collection of designer gowns to a rival store, reports contactmusic.com.

February 16th, 2009 LONDON - British reality television star Jade Goody, who has terminal cancer, is to get married Sunday, having made up her mind to 'walk down that isle'. The 27-year-old mother of two, who was told last week that she has just months to live, has left London's Royal Marsden Hospital in a wheelchair to exchange engagement rings with her lover Jack Tweed, 21, on the banks of the river Thames.

January 30th, 2009 LONDON - Britain-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain Tesco plans to launch an online fashion store by the year-end. The website will offer thousands of items and sell Tesco's label.

January 27th, 2009 LONDON - UK-based luxury fashion retailer Harvey Nichols plans to expand its business and open new stores in Nottingham and Kuwait. 'There is almost no one with wealth who has not been affected by the economic situation.