Today's Retail News From Around The Web: January 21, 2015
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Goodlife Fitness eyes former Target Canada locations [CTV]
-Giant Tiger to open eight stores in six months [Canadian Grocer]
-Target’s exit from Canada will be ‘rapid’ [Global]
-Canada competition watchdog probes Indigo, Kobo over e-books [Yahoo]
-Editorial: Retailers reveal their resilience [Calgary Herald]
-First Capital Realty Announces an Additional C$90 Million Offering of 4.323% Series S Senior Unsecured Debentures [Stockhouse]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-A Sleepy Ottawa Neighborhood Wakes Up [New York Times]
-Fabricland to move into Honest Ed's building [Toronto: CBC]
-Opinion: Montreal should be helping, not hindering small businesses [Montreal Gazette]
-Mississauga grocery store T&T wants holiday shopping status [Brampton Guardian]
-Last video rental chain, Jumbo Video, closing shop in St. John's [CBC]
-Norman Foster building set to replace Stollerys: What does a Norman Foster building look like? [Toronto Star]
-Snuggle Bugz - Canada's Baby Store London Grand Opening [LFPress]
Trending Topics:
-Starboard asks Staples to merge with Office Depot [Yahoo]
-RadioShack in talks with Sprint for store sales [Fierce Retail]
-J.C. Penney's 'Big Book' is back [Retail Dive]
-Moschino opens first US concept store in LA [Fierce Retail]
-Express ends buyout talks with Sycamore [Fierce Retail]
-Wet Seal Bankruptcy Filing Leaves Experts Wondering Who's Next [The Street]
-Inditex announces to China trade association plans to roll out integrated online store model throughout the country [Sourcing Journal]
Interesting Articles:
-Ashby: Demographic shift to blame for Target flameout [Ottawa Citizen]
-72% of products cheaper online than offline [Fierce Retail]
-2015 Top 250 Global Powers of Retailing [NRF]
-Häagen-Dazs Shops reveals new design, which includes a sampling station and a dessert theatre viewing area [Newswire]
-Apple using stores as art galleries [Dispatch]
-UK shames 37 retailers, including H&M, for paying less than minimum wage [Sourcing Journal]
