Today's Retail News From Around The Web: January 6, 2015
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Photo: www.macaronmagazine.com
Our Articles of the Day:
1) More Luxury Retailers to Descend on Canada in 2015
2) New upscale players set to enter Vancouver market [Business in Vancouver Magazine, by Retail Insider's Craig Patterson]
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Why Canada is giving Target heartburn [CBS]
-Canadian auto sales hit record level in 2014 [Globe & Mail]
-Ford edges Chrysler to claim top sales spot among automakers in Canada [Yahoo]
-Fewer Canadians feeling confident about their personal finances: poll [Globe & Mail]
-What retailers can learn from airlines about holiday promotions [Financial Post]
-Eaton's The Trans-Canada Store by Bruce Kopytek: Review [Ourwindsor.ca]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Ottawa malls get massive [REIT Canada]
-Albertans feeling less positive about their finances [Calgary Herald]
-Baskin-Robbins Seeks Franchisees For Existing Ice Cream Shops In Toronto Area [Newswire]
-Shoppers Drug Mart bans smokes in 2015 [Alberni Valley Times]
-What Yonge Street used to look like in Toronto [BlogTO]
-New upscale players set to enter Vancouver market [Business in Vancouver]
Trending Topics:
-What's in store for retail in 2015 [Fierce Retail]
-Why New Credit Cards May Fall Short on Fraud Control [Wall Street Journal]
-Amazon: Sellers had ‘record-setting’ year in 2014 [Chain Store Age]
-Apple leads in Christmas week device activations [Chain Store Age]
-Denmark's Pandora to lease up to 78 stores in Germany [Reuters]
-Wet Seal facing default [Retail Dive]
Interesting Articles:
-Dubai Duty Free rings up a Dh7 billion year [The National]
-2015 Outlook: The Customer Experience is Key [RIS]
-Why Retailer Downsizing Bodes Well For Real Estate [Bidness Etc]
-Malls hope shoppers need another app [Retailing Today]
-Year of the Bezos [Crains NY]
-Children's clothing company SCI Apparel suing Sears over unpaid shipments [Chicago Tribune]
