Today's Retail News From Around The Web: November 25, 2014
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Photo: Sporting Life.
Our Articles of the Day:
1) Sporting Life Opens New Location [With Photos], More Stores Planned
2) Infographic: Canadian Holiday Shoppers
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Quebec-based La Maison Simons to open five stores [Financial Post]
-Canadian retailers are getting their butts kicked online [Global News]
-Black Friday bargain shopping shifting sales momentum to November [CBC]
-Hudson’s Bay Company takes out $1.25-billion mortgage on Saks Fifth Avenue’s flagship store in New York [Financial Post]
-Hudson’s Bay Co. To Expand iBeacons To All Department Stores [www.retailtouchpoints.com]
-Black Friday: How to get the best bang for your buck in Canada [CTV]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Demand for retail space at an all-time high as Calgarians' income and spending grow [Calgary Herald]
-HMV brings bricks-and-mortar music back to Vancouver's Robson Street [Vancouver Sun]
-B.C. shoppers should think twice about Black Friday sales: Vancity report [Business in Vancouver]
-Ashley Furniture cuts ribbon to unveil Swift Current location [Southwest Booster]
-Will Vancouver be Alibaba’s next home away from home? [Business in Vancouver]
-Elte Market, the trendier, more affordable offshoot of high-end home store Elte [Toronto Life]
Trending Topics:
-UPS teaches 95,000 holiday recruits to fend off dogs, lift heavy loads and dodge NYC taxis in prep for Christmas crunch [Financial Post]
-Walmart workers announce Black Friday protest locations [Yahoo]
-Sears Closing More Stores Next Year, 8,000 Layoffs Since November [Seeking Alpha]
-Amazon launches social commerce platform for retailers [Fierce Retail]
-Gap strikes deal with e-commerce site Zalando [Fierce Retail]
-Best Buy runs Black Friday drills to gird for the frenzied [Post-Gazette]
Interesting Articles:
-Whole Foods to feature a spa in new Boston location [Boston Herald]
-High-end retailers going high-tech [Fierce Retail]
-Will a return to its roots keep RadioShack from short-circuiting? [RetailWire Discussion]
-Macy's expecting higher foot traffic and sales in fourth quarter due in part to lower gas prices [Bloomberg]
-New Adidas app lets customers print photos from their phone on a pair of shoes [SJ]