Today's retail news from around the web: June 30, 2014
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Nordstrom to open new restaurant concept in Canada?
Top Stories: Canada
-The Canadian Shopping Mall: Neither Canadian Nor A Mall, Anymore (more American/foreign retailers, malls less in fashion, e-commerce on the rise) [Huffington Post]
-What Empire/Sobeys shouldn’t do with its closed grocery stores - sell them to potential competitors. [Financial Post]
-Profile of Montreal-based founders of upscale brand WANT Les Essentials de la Vie. [Mr. Porter]
-Target’s 124 stores in Canada all receive LEED certification [Chain Store Age]
-Canadian brands that we miss the most (Brief discussion mentioning Jacob, Bata, Zellers). [Huffington Post]
-Home Hardware says 'thank you' to Canada for 50 years of patronage [Newswire]
Canadian News: Region-by-Region
-Anti-fur protests continue at a Vancouver store that no longer sells fur (with video). [Vancouver Sun]
-Massive new development in Calgary's Eau Claire will include 65k sq ft retail, 6 towers with 1,100 units. [Calgary Herald]
-A consultant who helped Sobeys develop its Urban Fresh concept is disappointed that the Downtown Edmonton location will close. [Yahoo Finance]
-A 5,100 sq ft Choices Market grocery store will open in Vancouver's Kitsilano area [Vancouvermarket.ca]
-Sobeys to close 1 BC store, 30 in Western Canada [Business In Vancouver]
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Trending Topics
-Protectionist 'Buy American' provisions back, and Canada's not happy. (Canadian gov't wants free trade, not barriers/quotas imposed by US legislation) [CTV]
-Canadian executives question the benefits of social media. [Globe & Mail]
-Credit card companies are going after riskier customers, report says. [Fortune]
-'Generation Z' (born after 1990) present a new challenge to retailers. [Business Insider]
-How Sephora takes digital retail seriously. [Harvard Business Review]
