Today's Retail News From Around The Web: December 15, 2014
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Gas prices may boost holiday shopping [CBC]
-Organized retail crime taking off in Canada [Toronto Star]
-PetSmart to be sold for $8.7B, Quebec's Caisse among buyers [CBC]
-Minimum wage increase 'bad for business,' says Retail Council of Canada representative [CBC]
-How the Canada Safeway acquisition is impacting Sobeys [IGD Retail Analysis]
-Amazon.ca Expands Delivery Options; Introduces Amazon Pickup Points for Customers Across Canada [Newswire]
-As shares rise, is a deal in store for Canadian Tire? [Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Competition Bureau called in on LCBO, Beer Store deal [CBC]
-Search on for a (grocery?) tenant for closed downtown Sobeys location [Edmonton Journal]
-The Brick trains staff to fight crime [Toronto Star]
-Anthropologie to open in Queen St. church this Friday [BlogTO]
-Fairview Pointe-Claire says it's addressing food court bugs [Montreal: CBC]
-Overhauling Calgary's main streets a bold vision [Calgary Herald]
Trending Topics:
-PetSmart being sold to investor group for $8.7 billion [CTV]
-Wet Seal may file for bankruptcy [Retailing Today]
-EBay considers cutting thousands of jobs as it prepares to split from PayPal early next year [MarketWatch]
-Online player Rent the Runway to open third freestanding location [Chain Store Age]
-Target found negligent in data breach, argues against culpability [Fierce Retail]
-Best Buy, Old Navy Benefit From Rebound in Retail Spending [Bloomberg]
-Microsoft's online stores accepting Bitcoin [RetailWire]
Interesting Articles:
-A contrarian view on the future of malls [Retailing Today]
-Restoration Hardware CEO: We’re A “Lovestyle,” Not Just A Lifestyle [BuzzFeed]
-All Roads Lead to Growth at Starbucks Corporation [MF]
-Sears Hometown, Outlet Stores Boost In-Store Sales Through Showrooming, Local, Mobile Search [MediaPost]
-This company loves to move into locations where Sears fails [CNBC]
-Victoria's Secret's show draws eyeballs [RetailWire Discussion]
AND FINALLY: Darwin the Ikea monkey still in the spotlight two years later [CBC]