Retail News From Around The Web: April 20, 2015
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Trending Topics:
-Google’s new search formula will change how you shop, eat and find things [Toronto Star]
-Mall pioneer Alfred Taubman dead at 91 [Shopping Centres Today]
-Benetton offers victims $1.1 million for 2013 Bangladesh factory tragedy [CTV]
-H&M to open as many as 54 US stores in 2015 [Fierce Retail]
-Frederick's of Hollywood shutters stores, goes exclusively online [LA Times]
-Walgreens headquarters to remain in Deerfield [Fierce Retail]
-Wal-Mart cutting layer of management in stores: Bloomberg [Yahoo]
-Brown Shoe Company to change name, add men’s line [Chain Store Age]
Interesting Articles:
-DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse Reveals 6 New Canadian Locations
-Aritzia to Substantially Expand Robson Street Flagship
-Abercrombie & Fitch to Open 1st Vancouver Location
-COS by H&M to Open Canadian Locations
-List of Grocery Stores to Open in Canada’s Urban Cores
-$13,000+ Apple Watch Edition Available at Only 2 Canadian Apple Stores
-Saks Fifth Avenue to Continue Expansion Under New Canadian Direction
Top Stories - Canada:
-Apple in talks to launch Apple Pay in Canada: WSJ [Reuters]
-Canada's banks form consortium to deal with Apple Pay: reports [Globe & Mail]
-Metro’s data-driven app gambit scores with shoppers [Canadian Grocer]
-Advertisers are looking inside your brain: Neuromarketing is here and it knows what you want [Finacial Post]
-Retail Remains Strong in February [J.C. Williams Group]
-Urge to spend returns in February after two months of falling retail sales [CBC]
-Walmart Canada named CPMA's Fresh Health Award winner [Produce News]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Denis Coderre pitches 24-hour stores in Montreal [CBC]
-BuzzFeed names Edmonton’s Duchess Bake Shop one of world’s best bakeries [Edmonton Journal]
-British Columbians increasing their retail spending faster than anywhere else in Canada [BIV]
-Family turns to social media to save village hardware store [Gananoque Reporter]
-Iconic Drake General Store Opening at Toronto's Union Station this spring [Newswire]
-LCBO will start selling booze online [Toronto Star]
-Nova Scotia bans sale of flavoured tobacco [Canadian Grocer]
