Today's retail news from around the web: August 27, 2014
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Cominar buys Ivanhoe Cambridge shopping centre and office portfolio for $1.53 billion [Montreal Gazette]
-Volvo will test selling cars online (including in Canada) [Globe & Mail]
-Why more U.S. companies will flee to Canada [Yahoo]
-Hudson’s Bay Company Announces Appointment of John Caplice to Senior Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations [Market Watch]
-Burger King and Tim Hortons pen ‘Commitment to Canada’ as part of $12.5-billion merger deal
-Can Tim Hortons preserve its brand while ‘serving a new master’? [Financial Post]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Second downtown Edmonton grocery store to close next month [Edmonton Journal]
-Robson Street rockin’ its best style, getting ready for change [Vancouver Sun]
-Canadian Tire gunning for firearms market in Nova Scotia [Chronicle Herald]
-General store (in Tway, Saskatchewan) marks 99 years [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
-Casablanca Video store set to reopen in spacious new Calgary digs [Metro]
-Value Village to open in St. Albert, Alberta [St. Albert Leader]
Trending Topics:
-Ann Taylor Is Looking Into Selling Itself [Reuters/BI]
-Nordstrom makes shopping via Instagram possible [Retail Assembly]
-Is Best Buy back? Bigger profit takes analysts by surprise [Toronto Star]
-Retail execs accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge [NRF}
-Apple said to prepare new 12.9-inch iPad for early 2015 release [Montreal Gazette]
-Burger King, Tim Hortons deal to create $23-billion in combined sales [Globe & Mail]
-Crumbs Bake Shop to Reopen Stores After Court Approval [WSJ]
Interesting Articles:
-Burger King-Tim Hortons combo brings 33-year-old CEO Daniel Schwartz to the top [Ottawa Citizen]
-The Surprising Demographics Of Who Shops Online And On Mobile [Business Insider]
-3G Capital will make fat disappear at Tim Hortons [Financial Post]
-Some Tim Hortons loyalists squeamish about Burger King takeover: ‘It’s our brand’ [Financial Post]
-Chicago's shifting grocery landscape mirrors changing city economics [www.wbez.org]