Today's Retail News From Around The Web: March 30, 2015
/
Photo: Wikipedia
Top Stories - Canada:
-Canadian businesses importing from U.S. suffer from weak loonie [Yahoo]
-Future Shop shutters Canadian stores, will re-brand as Best Buy [Globe & Mail]
-Target moves to shut all Canadian stores faster than planned [Globe & Mail]
-The overlooked reason Target failed in Canada [Cantech Letter]
-Lululemon says weak outlook temporary, citing port disruptions, weather and currency factors [Yahoo]
-Men are going nuts over Lululemon's 'anti-ball crushing' pants [CBC]
-No Reason To Fear The Demise Of Canadian Companies [Valuewalk]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Metro Vancouver malls reach for the sky [Vancouver Sun]
-An Ikea store in Greater Victoria? What's Swedish for never? [Times Colonist]
-City more attractive for high-end retail [Ottawa Sun]
-New lease on life for veteran shopping mall [Regina Leader Post]
-British Columbia's luxury car boom is in full swing [Globe & Mail]
-What’s the next vision for Shopper’s World Danforth? [Toronto Star]
-Sky's still the limit (Downtown Winnipeg's SkyCity Centre will have 25k sf grocery store) [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Ottawa boutique owner Renee Levesque has the right fit [Ottawa Citizen]
Trending Topics:
-Apple announces grand opening for Apple Watch shops in department stores in London, Paris and Tokyo [9to5mac.com]
-Former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney seeking US$40 million in damages [Financial Post]
-Apple's Tim Cook planning to donate most of his fortune to charity [CTV]
-Brazilian billionaire behind Kraft-Heinz merger no stranger to food mergers [Toronto Star]
-Empty Stores Haunt Landlords as More Retailers Plan Cuts [Bloomberg]
-Aldi completed purchase of 66 Bottom Dollar stores from Delhaize [Chain Store Age]
-Despite long recession, Puerto Rico prepares for opening of region's first luxury mall [Star Tribune]
Our Previous Articles:
-Holt Renfrew Triples its Montreal Footwear Footage [With Photos]
-Italian Footwear Brand GEOX Launching 7 Canadian 'Concept Stores'
-The Kooples to Open Free-Standing Canadian Stores
-BMO Launches Beautiful figure3-designed Flagship at Canada's Financial Crossroads
-Moores Launches Men's Made-to-Measure in its Canadian Stores
-Canadian Retail Sales Are In Good Shape ... Except for Gasoline Stations
-Interview with Sam Mizrahi, Builder of 'The One' Tower at Bloor and Yonge
