Today's Retail News From Around The Web: December 18, 2014
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Is The Shopping Mall Dead? Not So Fast... [Huffington Post Canada]
-Rogers attempts to block Bell's acquisition of Glentel [BIV]
-Federal Court orders Apple Canada to turn over documents to Competition Bureau [CTV]
-Canadian Tire, Dollarama bucking the retail trend [Financial Post]
-Hudson’s Bay taps former Toy R Us boss as new CEO [Financial Post]
-Lululemon hopes Ivivva brand will create young customers [Fierce Retail]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Quebecers' high taxes take toll on buying power [Montreal Gazette]
-Ugg Australia comes to West Edmonton Mall [Edmonton Journal]
-Loblaws serving up an inspired shopping experience in Barrie [Examiner]
-Mondetta returns to roots [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Metro Vancouver sees record number of overnight visitors; China becomes top overseas market (this helps partly explain all the new luxury retailers) [Vancouver Sun]
-10 quirky things you didn't know about Toronto's Yorkville [BlogTO]
Trending Topics:
-IKEA opens world's largest location (over 1.4mill sq ft) outside Seoul, South Korea [Korea Herald]
-IKEA concentrates ownership of shopping centres [Yahoo]
-Unrelenting Competition: The Biggest Retail Story of 2015 [Forbes]
-Sears Bets Big on Technology, but at the Expense of Its Stores [Subscription: WSJ]
-UK retailers expecting to see a 49% rise in click and collect orders this holiday season [SJO]
Interesting Articles:
-Why Isn’t Germany a Bigger Fashion Player? [Business of Fashion]
-Saving America's malls from the brink of death [CNN]
-Why Retailers Shouldn’t Stress About Lower Foot Traffic [pymnts.com]
-47% of shoppers buying more beauty products online [Fierce Retail]
-Holiday pop-up shops - Are chains missing a big opportunity? [RetailWire Discussion]
-Nearly half of in-store shoppers do research on mobile [Fierce Retail]