Today's Retail News From Around The Web: October 16, 2014
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Our Article of the Day:
Innovative Pharmacy Sees Success by Reducing Retail Space to Add Services
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Walmart Canada turns focus to grinding down grocery prices [Global]
-Best Buy Canada e-commerce expands into baby food, furniture [BIV]
-Winter jacket maker Canada Goose expects double-digit growth: CEO [Yahoo]
-Canadian small businesses continue to lag in online retail [Globe & Mail]
-Custom-heel shoes designed by Canadian expat in Paris feted in Europe [CTV]
-Sears Canada gets new interim CEO from U.S. parent [Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Oct. 15, 1926: Woodward's opens first store in Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
-Sears department store celebrates 25 years in Cobourg [Northumberland News]
-Hitler with an Afro T-shirt in Montreal boutique Hadio offends shopper [CBC]
-Elmsdale to get Canadian Tire, Dollarama stores [Chronicle Herald]
-Shop forced to dump $5,000 in delectable desserts after power outage [Calgary Herald]
-The Wooden Sky to Tour Toronto Record Stores on Bicycle [Exclaim!]
Trending Topics:
-Fall Arrived in Retail Stores and iPhone 6 Saves Electronics and Appliance Stores Category [J.C. Williams Group US National Retail Bulletin]
-Wal-Mart Stores Inc cuts sales forecast, warns of slower profit growth for next three years [Financial Post]
-Chains mix and match flagships and outlets [RetailWire]
-Converse sues 31 companies over Chuck Taylor design [Retail Dive]
-Bangladesh factories remain unsafe places to work [Reuters]
Interesting Articles:
-Will store pick-up alter the course of home delivery? [RetailWire]
-5 companies that turned into 'lifestyle brands [Retail Dive]
-Digital shoppers like to shop in stores [Emarketer]
-At Whole Foods, mobile is a work in progress [Fierce Mobile Retail]
-Gap positions itself as a great place to work [Washington Post]
-Target gives Halloween a mobile makeover [Fierce Mobile Retail]