Today's retail news from around the web: June 9, 2014
/
Bloomingdale's, San Francisco. Photo: Callison Architecture
RETAIL EXPERTS WANTED:
Are you a retail expert? Do you want exposure to thousands of readers? We're looking for specialists interested in submitting their best content to Retail Insider. You can provide us your previously-published articles, or you could write new pieces for our online magazine.
Our ample readership includes some of Canada's top retail industry professionals. For more information, please contact Retail Insider's Editor-in-Chief Craig Patterson at: craig@retail-insider.com
Our article of the day:
Uniqlo's Canadian Store Locations: Discussion
Top Retail Stories: Canada
Lululemon working to get its groove back [Globe & Mail]
- Retailers are getting so savvy about how you shop they may soon be able to predict when you need deodorant [Financial Post]
- VIDEO: U.S. Retailers Migrate to Canada via Acquisitions for Growth [Yahoo]
Le Chateau reports bigger first-quarter loss amid lower sales [Winnipeg Free Press]
- Walmart.ca wins excellence award for groundbreaking consumer responsiveness [Newswire]
Canadian Retail News: Region-by-Region
- B.C. garden centres battle to stay alive against chains [Vancouver Sun] Competitors like Superstore, Home Depot, Rona, Save-On-Foods, PriceSmart and Canadian Tire grab a larger share of market
- Two new Provigo Le Marché concept stores open in Quebec [Sartech]
- Yorkdale an unexpected font of Toronto history [Toronto Star]
Trending Retail Topics
Family Dollar surges after Carl Icahn reveals stake [Financial Post]
Mobile apps help retailers shape consumer loyalty [Toronto Star]
Report: Apple Is Preparing To Sell 'Smart Watches' In October [Huffington Post]
New Samsung curve ULTRA HD TV technology impresses [Global News]
- Coach to Discount Products at Stores in Break With Tradition [Bloomberg]
- How loyalty cards are moving from your wallets to smartphones [Financial Post]
Interesting Articles
- Why Sears Is The Dying Dinosaur Of Retailing [Forbes]
- Weird. Amazon has opened a physical “store” in SF that doesn’t sell anything physical [Pandon Daily]
- The Future of Retail: More Robots, Fewer Salespeople [Vocativ]
- Coke Ad Inadvertently Shows How Hard It Is To Burn Off Soda Calories [Business Insider]