Today's Retail News From Around The Web: April 10, 2015
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Lowe’s launches plan to phase out pesticides linked to honey bee deaths [Globe & Mail]
-Brass-and-Glass Retailer Spence Diamonds Purchased by Private Equity Firm [JCK]
-Best Buy gets geeky in Canada [Retailing Today]
-Canada's Most Innovative New Grocery Products Selected as Finalists [Newswire]
-IGA improves online shopping experience [Canadian Grocer]
-Rona Inc’s share buybacks point to dividend hike [Financial Post]
-Insolvent retail chain Jacob will live on with 5 stores in Quebec (Updated) [CBC]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-By the numbers: Vancouver airport designer outlet not your typical shopping mall [Vancouver Province]
-600 positions to fill at Vancouver Airport Outlet Mall job fair [Vancity Buzz]
-Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th store to open at Kanata outlet mall [Ottawa Citizen] (we first reported on this in January)
-Honest Ed's sells more of the their famous signs [Toronto Sun]
-The complicated story of an Edmonton store called 'Indigenous' [Metro]
-Q&A: David Keeler of Vancouver's Provide Home [Vancouver Sun]
Trending Topics:
-Drugstore chain Walgreens aims to close about 200 US stores, expands cost-reduction plan [Yahoo]
-Apple Watch shortages expected, Apple says [CBC]
-Pier 1 to close 100 stores over three years [Chain Store Age]
-Aldi's secrets for selling cheaper groceries than Wal-Mart or Trader Joe's [Business Insider]
-Staples steps into the 'Shark Tank' with new partnership [Fierce Retail]
-Beijing IKEA bans naps on display furniture, customers keep doing it [Mashable]
-Amazon, Kroger and Subway have most 'loyal' customers [Advertising Age]
Our Previous Articles:
-Saks Fifth Avenue to Continue Expansion Under New Canadian Direction
-Kit and Ace to Open 15 Canadian Flagships in 10 Months
-Why it Will Take Years to Replace Target and Future Shop's Shuttered Canadian Locations
-List of Retailers Opening and Expanding in Canada
