Today's Retail News From Around The Web: April 1, 2015
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Big box stores need to be reinvented, experts say [CTV]
-How to help Future Shop workers, and others like them [Toronto Star]
-Full Agenda Just Announced for RCC's STORE 2015 Conference [Newswire]
-Is There More Upside to Dollarama Inc.'s Shares or Is it Time to Take Profits? [Motley Fool Canada]
-Can Chip Wilson's family create another retail phenomenon? [Marketing Magazine]
-Lululemon Athletica Inc’s new men’s ‘anti-ball crushing’ pants grab media buzz and sales [Financial Post]
-Canada's economy shrinks 0.1% on weakness in retail, wholesale trade [Globe & Mail]
-Retailers face growth issues across dual online and in-store platforms [Financial Post]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Jerusalem Economy Sells Toronto’s Woodbine Mall For $96 Million [Jewish Business News]
-Retail space opens up in Sudbury following store closures [CBC]
-Retail booze changes to take effect [24 Hours Vancouver]
-Liquor store capital of Canada? [Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser]
-LCBO Stores Raise Funds for Muscular Dystrophy Canada [Marketwired]
-Dogtopia comes to Mississauga [Mississauga.com]
Trending Topics:
-Bankruptcy judge approves sale of RadioShack stores to Standard General [CTV]
-Bloomingdale’s to open in new center in Norwalk, Conn., in 2018 [Chain Store Age]
-Target releases fresh merchandise in rapid-fire 2015 overhaul [Fierce Retail]
-Microsoft presents Surface 3 - a cheaper version of Surface Pro 3 tablet [CBC]
-Why General Mills resurrected three beloved cereal brands [Canadian Grocer]
-Torrid opening Chicago flagship; on track to open 60 stores in 2015 [Chain Store Age]
-Five ways supermarkets are competing in the grocery wars [Fierce Retail]
Our Previous Articles:
-Aesop to open 3 Free-Standing Canadian Locations
-Why Best Buy Shuttered Future Shop: Industry Expert Q&A
-With Future Shop and Target Closing, do Big Box Stores have a Future in Canada?
-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
-Moores Launches Men's Made-to-Measure in its Canadian Stores
