Today's Retail News From Around The Web: November 6, 2014
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Photo: Cadillac Fairview
Top Stories - Canada:
-Indigo Books scouting locations for new stores [CTV]
-Amazon Canada same day delivery coming to Vancouver, Toronto [CBC]
-Canada Life Investments eyes retail property market [Money Marketing]
-Kinect technology lets shoppers try on virtual clothes [Toronto Star]
-Major Canadian Retailers Can Now Carry Unlocked BlackBerry Smartphones [Techvibes]
-Soaring coffee prices could mean a more expensive cup at Tim Hortons [Yahoo]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Illegal Cigarette, Tobacco Sales In Alberta Need To End, Say Retailers [Huffington Post]
-Sydney Sears store closed — for now [Cape Breton Post]
-How Hudson's Bay assembles its amazing, animated Christmas Windows in Toronto [Toronto Life]
-Feedback sought on future of Saskatchewan’s liquor stores [Leader Post]
Trending Topics:
-Gap plans to expand in Asia [Star]
-Tesla delivers record 7,785 sedans in Q3, but reports net loss of $74.7M [CTV]
-Sears launches Searsrugs.com, an online store for high-end, affordable area rugs [Yahoo]
-British-owned Sports Direct, world's largest sports retailer, looking to buy a stake in Super Retail [Brisbane Times]
-Home Depot tests delivery-from-store expansion [M-SP Business Journal]
-Exuberant Wexner sees global-growth potential for L Brands [The Columbus Dispatch]
Interesting Articles:
-Report: Call them “MALLENNIALS” [Retailing Today]
-90% of users will make holiday purchase through apps [Fierce Retail]
-Whole Foods Shares Are Soaring [Business Insider]
-Eddie Bauer opens holiday pop-up with Twitter-activated vending machine [Fierce Retail]
-Paul Frank opens its first-ever pop-up shop in the Paramount Hotel in New York City [Newswire]
-Merger magic evident at Office Depot [Retailing Today]