Today's retail news from around the web: June 4, 2014
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Our articles of the day:
Most Of Hudson's Bay's Merchandise Will Be Available Online By The End Of This Year
Identifying High & Low Performers With Retail Employee Assessments
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Top Retail Stories: Canada
As buyers move online, retailers shift space from stores to storage [Globe & Mail]
Canadian retailers looking to ramp up online [Toronto Star]
Canadian Denim Sales In Long-Term Decline; Blame Lululemon [Huffington Post]
- Canadian Tire president says retailers need to create original ideas [Canadian Business]
- Panera Bread to remove 'artificial additives' by 2016 [CTV]
- Human rights fight in B.C. as Shoppers, Wal Mart resist drug labels for blind [Vancouver Sun]
- Hudson’s Bay gets Saks boost, Lord & Taylor chain still weak [Globe & Mail]
Canadian Retail News: Region-by-Region
- Examining the future of the almighty mall [Calgary Herald]
It’s the golden age of downtown pedways [Edmonton Journal]
Bountiful lobster haul has Canada's fishermen in a pinch [Globe & Mail]
Sears has no plans to close Timmins store [Timmins Press]
- Doughnut lovers losing their taste for Krispy Kreme [Toronto Star]
Store Guide: Parloque, a new Queen West boutique stocked with hard-to-find international labels [Toronto Life]
Trending Retail Topics
Chinese shop more when traveling [Inside Retail, Asia]
Apple wants all of you [Toronto Star] The company is not just working to match Google’s features but to go beyond them. You’re going to have to choose sides very soon.
Creating a whole new kind of business out of omni-channel retailing [Financial Post]
Payment processor Visa to label some prepaid card with lower fees [Winnipeg Free Press]
- REPORT: Female Retail Workers Are Grossly Underpaid [Business Insider]
- How Whole Foods Can Make A Comeback [Business Insider]
Retail/Online/Social Media
- Americans becoming leery of online buying: poll [Toronto Star]
- The Growing Trend Of Online Shopping Cart Abandonment Will Create New Winners And Losers In E-Commerce [Business Insider]
E-COMMERCE AND THE FUTURE OF RETAIL: 2014 [SLIDE DECK]
CHART: How Top Retailers' Mobile Sites Perform [Business Insider]
New Retail Reality: Online, Offline Technologies Converge Onto a Single Platform [Wired]
- J.Crew’s Social Media Users Spend Twice As Much As Its Average Customers [BuzzFeed]