Today's retail news from around the web: August 26, 2014
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Hudson's Bay Outlet to Open 2nd Location
2) Canadian Retail Sales Improving
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Online Footwear Retailer SHOEme.ca Doubles its Brand Selection Amid Increased Competition (with comment from Retail Insider's Craig Patterson) [BIV]
-Are there any Canadian companies left? [Canada.com]
-Canada's Inflation Cools, While Retail Sales Advance [www.actionforex.com]
-Smart Spending: Retailers have a lot riding on this year's back-to-school buying season [Free Press]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region
-Ivanhoe Cambridge plans to invest more than $60 million in Calglary's CrossIron Mills [Canadian Property Management]
-Drake General Store to Pop-Up in 12 Ontario Hudson's Bay Stores [Marketing Magazine]
-The Stockyards Shopping Centre opens in Toronto [Press Release]
-WANT Apothecary Opens First Location in Vancouver [The Fashion Spot]
-Free People sets up shop in Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
-Eyewear retailer Bailey Nelson opens in Vancouver's Gastown [gastown.org]
-Vintage decor shop opens near Toronto's East Chinatown [BlogTO]
Trending Topics:
-Macy's may make moves in China, the Middle East [SmartBrief]
-Gap, Banana Republic Sued for Selling Crappy Outlet Merch [Racked]
-Here’s How Amazon Might Take Over Brick-and-Mortar Retail [recode.net]
-What Sears Could Do to Fix Things: Borrow, Sell, Spin Off [Bloomberg]
-Not so cool anymore, teen-focused retailers like Abercrombie try to reinvent themselves [Washington Post]
-Expect lots of sales this holiday, L Brands execs say [Columbus Dispatch]
Interesting Articles:
-Luxury fashion brands set their designs on wearable tech [Marketing Magazine]
-Does Family Dollar/Dollar General make a monopoly? [Retail Wire]
-Most "dollar stores" are NOT located in major shopping centers and malls [Shoppingcentres.com]
-The Clearance Store Rules Cheapskate America [The Street]
-How Sears is 'aggressively' moving away from the traditional retail model [Retail Dive]
-Apple opening 2 UAE stores and one may be the biggest Apple Store in the world [appPicker]
-“Depot time” over as Office Depot to close last in NYC store [Real Deal New York]