Today's Retail News From Around The Web: December 19, 2014
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Photo: Aritzia
Top Stories - Canada:
-Saks luxury only part of HBC growth plan: New HBC CEO [CNBC]
-Think online shopping is exploding in Canada? Hardly [Global]
-Joe Louis bakery sold to Canada Bread for $120M [CBC]
-Empire Co. realizes Q2 synergies of $31.5M with Safeway purchase [Grocery Business]
-Canada's Couche-Tard buys U.S. chain in $860M deal [BNN]
-Retail expert Kyle Murray takes pulse of holiday spending [University of Alberta]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Aritzia opens Vancouver's 1st free-standing Wilfred location [Style by Fire]
-Modern-day monopoly? North West Company responds [CBC]
-Rudsak Opens First Western Canadian Store in Vancouver's Pacific Centre [Syle byFire]
-Drake’s OVO store is here to stay on Dundas West [Toronto Life]
-Andrew LeBlanc tries to lure IKEA to Riverview [New Brunswick: CBC]
-Whole Foods security bans woman for mistakenly taking water from Yorkville store [Toronto: CBC]
Trending Topics:
-Amazon Not as Unstoppable as It Might Appear [New York Times]
-Retail giant Woolworths rolls out small convenience stores in Melbourne [The Age]
-Ruble Chaos Forces Retailers to Suspend Sales in Russia [Moscow Times]
-Hudson Yards Takes Shape: New York's Newest Neighborhood Is Moving Full-Speed Ahead [Forbes]
-Wal-Mart bullish over Sam's Club [China Daily]
-50% of holiday shopping still to come [Fierce Retail]
Interesting Articles:
-Will cross-gender stores mean more for Lululemon or Nike? [RetailWire Discussion]
-In Berlin, a Shopping Mall's Flop Leads to Schadenfreude [CityLab]
-Victoria's Secret Is Crazy Popular Right Now [Huffington Post]
-Are Sears And Staples More Valuable As Domain Names Than Brick And Mortar Stores? [Seeking Alpha]
-Virtual Supermarket delivers groceries in Baltimore [Fierce Retail]
-7 retail tech startups to watch in 2015 [Retail Dive]
-China, Dubai Get Into the Christmas (Shopping) Spirit [Bloomberg]
