Today's Retail News From Around The Web: March 4, 2015
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Target owed $1.9-billion from its own property firm [Globe & Mail]
-Grocery wars: Lessons from Canada's changing retail landscape [Rabble.ca]
-Metro Seeking Deals as Stock Rally Faces Expiry Date [Bloomberg]
-Retailers reap rewards after Target's exit from Canada [Fierce Retail]
-Consumer debt rose by 7.7% in 2014 [CBC]
-Canadian Tire's secret to winning holiday sales [Marketing]
-Canadian vehicle sales up 3.4% in February [CBC]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Roger Hardy aims to take e-commerce venture SHOEme public [Business in Vancouver]
-Redevelopment of Honest Ed’s in Toronto holds several surprises [Globe & Mail]
-Wine Rack, Wine Shop face major shakeup: Cohn [Toronto Star]
-Technology helps malls, merchants and shopping districts track pedestrian traffic [Business in Vancouver]
-Safeway singles night turns Winnipeg store into meet market [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Holt Renfrew adds doorman to Vancouver store [Vancouver Sun]
PARTNER CONTENT: Dx3 Wants to Bring Digital Marketing, Advertising, and Retail sectors together [Techvibes]
Trending Topics:
-Target plans $2B in cost-cutting moves, including thousands of job cuts [CTV]
-Best Buy tablet sales dip despite stronger-than-expect profit in fourth quarter [Financial Post]
-Target looks to bag market share through its grocery biz [RetailWire]
-RadioShack will stop accepting gift cards on March 6 [ABC]
-Shopko to open 20 Hometown stores [MJS]
-Family Dollar's CEO Levine cuts his stake in company for second time in a month [Chan Store Age]
-Loewe opens first US store in Miami [Fierce Retail]
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