Today's Retail News From Around The Web: November 24, 2014
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Black Friday sales change retail landscape in Canada [CTV]
-It’s time to ensure Canada’s food pricing formulas are transparent, fair [Globe & Mail]
-The Big Box Downsize: Future Shop opens 'boutique style' store [CTV]
-Canadians wield smartphones in hunt for best Cyber-Monday Deals [ITBusiness.ca]
-Birks Group Reports 24% growth in Q2 same-store sales [Diamond Intelligence]
-Gender gouging: Women often pay more than men [CBC]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Whole Foods in expansion mode, but no Victoria announcement [Times Colonist]
-Crew demolishes World’s Biggest Bookstore in Toronto [Citynews.ca]
-Mondetta opens store at University of Winnipeg [Winnipeg Free Press]
-B.C.’s co-ops pose challenges, reap rewards [Vancouver Sun]
-Fashion designer Lauren Bagliore opens first store in Inglewood [Calgary Herald]
-Lukes General Store puts down Gastown (Vancouver) roots [Georgia Straight]
Trending Topics:
-Retailers’ Third-Quarter Sales Fuel Optimism for Holidays [Bloomberg]
-Zappos opens first brick-and-mortar store [Retail Dive]
-Walmart offers 500 Cyber Monday deals, more than double last year [Fierce Retail]
-Abercrombie & Fitch to enter Mexico in 2015 [Chain Store Age]
-Best Buy sees unexpected sales increase [Retail Dive]
-Discount chain Alcoe shuttering all 198 stores after 113 years [Newswire]
Interesting Articles:
-51% of Williams-Sonoma's revenue generated by e-commerce [Fierce Retail]
-Are British chains better storytellers than American retailers? [RetailWire Discussion]
-Citizen Watch Company opens interactive flagship store in Times Square [Newswire]
-Maurices tests shoppable video, garners 7% click-through rate [Fierce Retail]
-Net-A-Porter eyes 2015 IPO [Reuters]
-SlideShow: First look at the Eaton Centre Microsoft Store [Toronto: Canadian Reviewer]
INNOVATION IN CANADIAN RETAIL: New Edmonton clothing company made use of University of Alberta’s e-HUB [Metro]