Today's Retail News From Around The Web: December 2, 2014
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Longchamp store. Photo: Longchamp.
Our Articles of the Day:
1) French Luxury Brand Longchamp to Open in Canada
2) Why Canadian Retailers Shouldn’t Use Secret Shoppers to Solve Problems
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Ground beef sold at Wal-Mart recalled on fears of e-coli contamination [Financial Post]
-Cyber Monday 2014: Why shoppers may be more wary online this year [CBC]
-Girl Guides Canada doesn't buy in to U.S. Girl Scouts' plan to sell cookies online [CBC]
-Cyber Monday blitz begins as government urges shoppers to buy local [BIV]
-Online shopping detracts from Black Friday sales [Toronto Star]
-Canada's Toy Shopping Setting New Trends [IBT]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region
-Cambridge running out of room for retail development: report [Waterloo Record]
-'Shop The Neighbourhood' promotes small Saskatoon businesses [Global]
-Buying clothes for teens can be risky [Calgary Herald]
-Flight Centre opens new "ultra shop" in Vancouver [Straight]
-Winnipeg police release photos of parka theft suspects [Global]
-Dec. 1, 1993: Building demolition a sore point for aldermen [Edmonton Journal]
Trending Topics:
-Cyber Monday Sales Shatter Records [Business Insider]
-US online sales to reach $512B by 2020 [Fierce Retail]
-Black Friday fatigue? Sales slide 11% despite stores offering deals earlier than ever [Financial Post]
-Wal-Mart Might Be The Reason Black Friday Sales Plummeted this Year [Business Insider]
-National Retail Federation: 5.1 million fewer shoppers out on Black Friday 2014 [Fox]
-U.S. Retailers Seek to Sustain Holiday Shopping Momentum [Bloomberg]
-A looming farewell--though not good riddance--to RadioShack [LA Times]
Interesting Articles:
-Does it matter that Black Friday sales were down? [RetailWire Discussion]
-Amazon introduces warehouse robots [Fierce Retail]
-Please don't call them stores: modern retailers aim to be hangouts [Crain's Chicago]
-How Big Is Christmas For Retail? [Forbes]
-The retail worker's guide to surviving the holidays [RetailWire]
-New leadership team brings new vision and values to DirectBuy [Fierce Retail]