Today's retail news from around the web: June 2, 2014
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Top Retail Stories: Canada
Jeans get hung out to dry as yoga pants blur fashion lines [Financial Post]
- How Canada carved out a place in the global shoe market [Toronto Star] Ron White & John Fluevog, two innovative and successful Canadian footwear brands/retailers...
- AUDIO: Canada's Retail Shift: Why HBC, Sears, and Target are reinventing themselves [CBC]
- Canada’s quirks make expansion there tricky, expert says [Bizjournals]
Canadian Retail: City-By-City
Agent Provocateur To Open Free-Standing Canadian Flagship (in Toronto) [Retail Insider]
- Les Promenades St-Bruno unveils $49M renovation plans[Newswire]
- WATCH: Collapse of Sears Home Services leaves local contractor out $364,000 [Global News, Vancouver]
Trending Retail Topics
- China’s luxury goods growth plummets [Inside Retail, Asia]
- In crisis, a brand’s reputation can be destroyed in less than day: report [Yahoo]
- Welcome to Wal-Mart High! [CNBC] retail studies are introduced to a Texas high school
- Michael Kors Plans Major Retail Expansion [Fashion Times] Phenomenal growth from NYC-based brand.
- Abercrombie & Fitch seeks to regain its cool with young shoppers[Market Watch]
Retail/Technology/Design
New Portland Apple Store Gives Employees Some Breathing Room [Forbes] - new store is 23,000 sq ft, 10x larger than previous location
Apple Store Geniuses: A Rare Peek Behind the Curtain [Top Tech News]
- Google Launches Total Overhaul Of E-Commerce Analytics In Beta [Marketing Land] - game changer for Google Analytics and retail.
- Retailers still loyal to paper flyers even in digital age [CTV News] Some retailers need to get with the times...
- The art – and science – of creating a brand name [Globe & Mail]