Today's Retail News From Around The Web: September 16, 2014
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Photo: Callison Architecture
Top Stories - Canada:
-Half of China's rich want to leave (and a quarter want to move to Canada) [CBC]
-Consortium of investors to buy Wind Mobile [Globe & Mail]
-Is Le Chateau about to go under? [Style Democracy]
-Competition Bureau Releases an Analysis of its Approach to Retail Mergers [Competition Bureau]
-Canada’s luxury market stretched by next wave of retailers (Saks, Nordstrom etc) [Financial Post]
-Tim Hortons reports strong quarterly same-store sales growth [Financial Post]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-5 Things about service at Nordstrom [Calgary Herald]
-Westmount's JoshuaDavid uses 'personal experience' to get ahead [Montreal Gazette]
-What’s in Store for Honest Ed’s [Torontoist]
-Food court units sell out quickly for New Horizon Mall [Calgary Herald]
-Toronto gets a shoemaking school [BlogTO]
Trending Topics:
-Alibaba increases its IPO price range due to strong demand [CTV]
-Target To Go Aggressive On Its "Known For" Categories [Forbes]
-What retailers need to know about Apple Pay [Retail Dive]
-CFO bails on RadioShack in middle of cash crisis [Fox]
-Urban Outfitters Apologizes for 'Blood-Stained' Kent State Sweatshirt [Mashable]
Interesting Articles:
-Shopping Online May Actually Be Safer Than Shopping In Person [Huffington Post]
-Wal-Mart spokesman resigns over false information in resume: Bloomberg [Reuters]
-Neiman Marcus buys German luxury retailer Theresa [Shopping Centers Today]
-Only $5 differential to shopping Amazon versus in-store [Retail Wire]
-Startup lets consumers reserve fashion items live from the runway [Globe & Mail]
-People Are Smoking Less. So Why Have Tobacco Shops Doubled? [Business Week]