Today's Retail News From Around The Web: January 2, 2015
/Holt Renfrew Men, 100 Bloor St. W., Toronto. Photo: Janson Goldstein.
Top Stories - Canada:
-Returns bad for retail, good for Canada Post [AVT]
-Loblaw promotes Click & Collect with $10 Facebook offer [Grocery Business]
-Retailers with the best and worst return policies [Sun]
-Former Tim Hortons' CEO named CP business newsmaker of the year [CTV]
-Federated Co-op rings in record sales of $10B [Grocery Business]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-LS travel retail opens five speciality stores at Montréal-Trudeau Airport [Moodie Report]
-10 stores that opened in Toronto in 2014 [Toronto Life]
-Michael-Angelo's debuts revamped Markham, Ont. store [Grocery Business]
-Montreal: Best Places to Shop for Guys and Gals [USA Today]
-No sign yet of an LCBO 'express' store in Ottawa [Ottawa Citizen]
-Queen St. record shop still going strong after 20 years [BlogTO]
-The Beer Store part of broken system [Hamilton Spectator]
Trending Topics:
-Black Friday Is Dead, Long Live The Holiday Shopping Season [Forbes]
-These Are The Brands That Won — And Lost — The Most Love In 2014 [Business Insider]
-Walgreens Closes Deal, Begins New Era In Global Pharmacy [Forbes]
-Here's Where Americans Shopped The Most In 2014 [Business Insider]
-Retail winners and losers for 2014 [MarketWatch]
-Economists see global gains for U.S. in 2015 [CNBC]
Interesting Articles:
-In-store pickup does not save U.S. shoppers much time: study [Reuters]
-Three Retail Lessons from Clicks to Bricks [Chain Store Age]
-Amazon's Dramatic Drop In Customer Satisfaction Reflects Overall Decline Among Online Retailers [Mediapost.com]
-Target tops consumers’ list for best holiday ads [NRF]
-Food deserts still in dire need of oases [Cleveland.com]