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Issue 118 : May 15th 2012
Wi-Fi providers sign location deals in UK
Two of the top providers of free public Wi-Fi have signed deals which will make broadband more widely available for UK shoppers.
The moves come at a time when the retail sector is beginning to accept that free Wi-Fi is inevitability, despite previous resistance because of the access it gives shoppers to comparison websites while out shopping in stores.
Retail giant targets Portugal despite crisis
The biggest retail investor in Europe is reportedly looking to make two major acquisitions in Portugal despite the ongoing problems in the country and the reverberations from uncertainty in Greece.
The potential deals continue to underline the popularity of prime retail space in Iberia despite wider investor uncertainty about the major banks and their ability to pay down debt and cope with bad debts.
New generation social networks could boost retail
Online shopping and social networking sites have remained uneasy bedfellows despite attempts to use them as a platform for retail.
However, a pinboard network is leading a new wave of sites that could be about to change all that.
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