Today's Retail News From Around The Web: April 6, 2015
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Target’s retreat tactics raise questions about CCAA [Globe & Mail]
-Big box shopping centres will need to reinvent themselves, planners say [Toronto Star]
-Bauer banking on shoppers hitting the ice – in-store [Globe & Mail]
-Why there's still a future for Best Buy [Globe & Mail]
-Falling traffic to malls, consumer debt fuel retail upheaval: Reitmans [Global]
-Not Even Wal-Mart Can Win in Canada [Motley Fool]
-Grand & Toy® Launches Greener Office Initiative Making it Easy for Customers to Go Green [Grand & Toy]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Pomme Natural Market, Stong's Market, and Choices Markets all open new stores [Business in Vancouver]
-Think your grocery bill is high? Try shopping in Nunavut [CBC]
-Big-box busts create consumer conundrum at Polo Park [Winnipeg Sun]
-Cabela's (CAB) Looks to Open Abbotsford, British Columbia, Location [Streetinsider.com]
-Grocer opens up shop in North End [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Beatnik Bus vinyl record shop plans to cruise Calgary's streets [CBC]
-New Shoppers opened [Fort Saskatchewan (AB) Record]
Trending Topics:
-Will Macy's take over Belk stores? [cincinnati.com]
-Marc Metrick Named President of Saks Fifth Avenue [Marketwatch]
-Private equity group may acquire Bass Pro Shops stake [Chain Store Age]
-Alibaba 'likely' to choose Seattle for U.S. headquarters (will it choose Vancouver for Canada? [Bizjournals.com]
-Everything to Know About Primark, the European Fast Fashion Brand About to Crush Its US Competition [Racked]
-Prada to introduce lower priced products [CPP Luxury]
-Walmart's plan to win back shoppers [Fierce Retail]
-American Apparel laying off 180 employees [LA Times]
Our Previous Articles:
-List of Retailers Opening and Expanding in Canada
-Giorgio Armani to Open 2nd Canadian Outlet this Spring
-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'