Grand Bahamian Retailer appointed to International Board

Family Island Business Featured in Industry Magazine, Paint and Decorating Retailer...Bahamian Lesley Davies-Baptista, who operates family business Paint Fair ? a Grand Bahama staple for paint, specialty coatings, colour and design since 1980...

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Local retailer exchanging Samsung Galaxy Note 7s after global recall

AT LEAST one local cell phone supplier has started exchanging Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones following a global recall over the device's reported propensity to burst into flames due to a battery defect.

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Local bath products company to be retailer at Baha Mar

Bahamian-owned and operated bath and body products manufacturer My Ocean was recently confirmed as a retailer at Baha Mar.
In a release confirming the company's selection as a retailer, Baha Mar noted that the company's vision is to share the authenticity, creativity and meaning of The Bahamas with the world; the retail experience at the luxury resort will be an important component of telling that...

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Local environmentally sustainable bath and body products producer 'My Ocean' to be retailer at Baha Mar

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Baha Mar signs on with 'Uniquely Bahamian' retailer

Baha Mar has signed on with Uniquely Bahamian Boutique, a retail company, to sell its locally-made accessories at the mega-resort.
Baha Mar said that the signing with the local company is part of the resort's ongoing efforts to deliver on its promise to transform The Bahamas, in part by providing opportunities for Bahamian entrepreneurs to participate in the retail experience at Baha Mar.
Accordin...

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BAHA MAR SIGNS 'UNIQUELY BAHAMIAN' RETAILER WITH A FOCUS ON LOCAL CRAFT

AS part of Baha Mar's ongoing efforts to deliver on its promise to transform the Bahamas, the luxury resort is also providing opportunities for Bahamian entrepreneurs.

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Top retailer: Expect product shortages pre-VAT

A top retail executive predicted yesterday that there will be significant shortages of grocery items on supermarket shelves in the two-week period in the run up to value-added tax (VAT) implementation, and general shortages of goods for sale in the wider economy in months prior, as retailers run down inventories.
The retailer said his understanding is that the shortages would arise given that ther...

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Grocery retailer: Chinese Bahamian businesses 'making us look bad'

A cooperative business model employed by Chinese Bahamians is making other Bahamian food retailers "look bad" according to one major grocery retailer, who claims that Chinese Bahamian businesses are "kicking our butt"...

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Gas retailer falls in Texaco case

A local gas station operator for more than 20 years has lost a court case against Texaco and must vacate the premises this summer.
Raymond Claridge, the owner of Claridge Service Centre on Mackey and Madeira Street, caught the country's attention in October of last year when Texaco abruptly locked up his pumps. The oil and gas company shut the operation down on the day after his license was due f...

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