Today's Retail News From Around The Web: October 17, 2014
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Amazon.ca sells four times as much as its biggest online rivals in Canada
-Urban Planet's Ad For 'Student Volunteers' Raises Questions About Unpaid Work [Huffington Post]
-Canadian retailers staying ahead of the ecommerce curve [Financial Post]
-Google Canada and Retail Council of Canada announce new events to help retailers bridge digital gap [Exchange Magazine]
-Parka king Canada Goose targets world from its Toronto factory [Financial Post]
-Lululemon mocks Buffalo sports teams with in-store mosaic [CTV]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Dollarama's 1-student-in-store policy called discriminatory [CBC Toronto]
-Bass Pro Shops gets ready to open its doors in Niagara [Hamilton Spectator]
-Bespoke parkas in the heart of Yorkville: Stealth Shopper [Toronto Star]
-The e-commerce genie [ShoeMe.ca] is out of the bottle [Vancouver Sun]
-Landlords can 'take the life out of you' [Retail, Calgary: Globe & Mail]
-Five suspects arrested in Aberdeen robbery [Winnipeg Sun]
Trending Topics:
-Burberry breaks 1 billion pound sales mark as trench coats, leather boosts brand [Yahoo]
-Apple iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3 unveiled [CBC]
-eBay, Wal-Mart warnings stir holiday sales concerns [Yahoo]
-U.S., with help from Chinese tourists, boosts global luxury spending [Fortune]
-JCPenney “un-reinvention” a success, executives say [ICSC]
-Wal-Mart to slow U.S. growth in favor of online sales [Bizjournals]
Interesting Articles:
-Wall Street’s simple, surefire–and mostly wrong–strategy to fix retail [stevenpdennis.com]
-Average cable, internet & phone bill was $191 a month last year: CRTC [CBC]
-Elon Musk Has A Mind-Blowing Vision For Cars In The Next 5 Years [Business Insider]
-IKEA targets French expansion, eyes central Paris [Reuters]
-Dollar General has the lowest prices: Kantar [CNBC]
-How retail drives the US economy [SmartBrief]
-Retail centers are still top shopping destinations: Report [ICSC]