Today's Retail News From Around The Web: April 14, 2015
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902 Davie Street, Vancouver. Photo via Huffington Post
Top Stories - Canada:
-Enhanced Credit and Debit Card Code Released, Empowering Merchants and Consumers with Greater Choice and Control [Retail Council of Canada]
-Paying with your mobile? Ottawa updates rules (discussing the topic above) [Toronto Star]
-Zellers Outlasts Target Canada: Does It Deserve A Comeback? [Huffington Post]
-Life after Target in Canada [IGD]
-How Instagram is becoming a must-have for retailers [Financial Post]
-InstaBuggy delivery service launches in Toronto [Canadian Grocer]
-Retailers invited to vie for spotlight, $1 million in prizes [Newswire]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Making over Toronto's Mink Mile with Sam Mizrahi [BNN.ca]
-Signs of life emerge on Vancouver's once-stagnant downtown corner (Robson & Granville) [Vancouver Sun]
-Stong’s building first new store in 26 years [Canadian Grocer]
-Big aspirations for Toronto's Pearson airport (including "Bloor Street-like" retail) [Toronto Star]
-Starbucks partnering with Toronto in youth jobs program [Yahoo]
-Toys "R" Us in Quebec refuses to sell English-only Daniel the Tiger doll [CBC]
-1600 people attend Vancouver Airport Outlet Mall job fair [Vancity Buzz]
Trending Topics:
-Sears, Simon Property form joint venture [Chain Store Age]
-LVMH spirits sales beat forecasts in first quarter, fashion disappoints [Yahoo]
-Apple Watch preorders top one million on first day [USA Today]
-Target Appoints Veteran Grocery Leader, Anne Dament, to Drive Food Reinvention [Fierce Retail]
-Amazon can now test delivery drones in the US [Wired]
-Walton family to sell part of Wal-Mart stake [Chan Store Age]
-Value of farmers' markets questioned [Retail Dive]
Our Previous Articles:
-$13,000+ Apple Watch Edition Available at Only 2 Canadian Apple Stores
-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
