Today's Retail News From Around The Web: April 16, 2015
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Rethinking booze retailing at North America’s largest publicly traded chain [Globe & Mail]
-La Maison Simons CEO Discusses Canadian Department Store Wars [Marketing Magazine]
-eBay Celebrates its 15th Birthday in Canada [Newswire]
-IGA enhances online shopping experience with Gourmet Squad [Canadian Grocer]
-Canada's egg business cracking open the market [CBC]
-How the smartwatch can enhance retail [Marketing Magazine]
-Spotlight on...Target's Canada debacle [just-style.com]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-From Church to Anthropologie to Queen West Hub [Bisnow Toronto]
-Air Miles testing in-store beacons in Rexall [Canadian Grocer]
-Uber teams up with Loblaws to offer free rides to Toronto online grocery customers [Financial Post]
-Toronto entrepreneur sending kids through college with eBay sales [Global]
-Sour grapes for Ontario craft wineries [Toronto Star]
-Hart store closes in Arnprior Shopping Centre [Inside Ottawa Valley]
-Ontario sanctuary housing IKEA monkey says it is on verge of closing [Globe & Mail]
Trending Topics:
-Online crafts marketplace Etsy raises $267 million in IPO [CTV]
-IKEA to invest up to 3 billion euros in new shopping centres [Yahoo]
-Study: Nordstrom has a ‘superior’ social media IQ [Chain Store Age]
-Aldi poses growing threat to US grocers [Fierce Retail]
-Survey: Retailers falling behind on mobile adoption and fraud protection [Chain Store Age]
-Americans spent more eating out than grocery shopping [Bloomberg]
-Burberry could adjust prices to offset currency swings [Yahoo]
-JD.com connects international brands with Chinese consumers [Fierce Retail]
-Target nears $20 million MasterCard data breach settlement: report [Yahoo]
Our Previous Articles:
-List of Grocery Stores to Open in Canada’s Urban Cores
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-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
