Retail News From Around The Web: May 12, 2015
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Photo: urbantoronto.ca
Our Article of the Day:
Indigo to Overhaul 6 Flagships, Open 4 American Girl Stores
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Top Stories: Canada:
-Target Corp. may be responsible for Canadian store leases [Globe & Mail]
-3 in 4 households shopped online last year: Canada Post [CTV]
-After-transaction experience key for e-commerce success (with comment from Retail Insider's Craig Patterson) [BIV]
-Amazon Launches Wearable Tech Store in Canada [Techvibes]
-Lowe’s Canada to buy 13 Target locations, distribution centre [Globe & Mail]
-5 multicultural marketing pitfalls to avoid [Canadian Grocer]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-YVR outlet mall opening delayed (with comment from Retail Insider's Craig Patterson) [Vancouver Sun]
-H&M at Toronto Eaton Centre to become world's 10th largest at 56,000 sq ft [Style Democracy]
-Lego store coming to Winnipeg's Polo Park mall this summer [CBC]
-Montreal weighs plastic bag ban for grocery stores, dépanneurs [Montreal Gazette]
-New Horizon Mall selling 145-sq.-ft. spaces at Balzac-area shopping centre [Calgary Herald]
-City worried about Lansdowne car 'culture' [Ottawa Sun]
-Metro launches food recovery in 65 Metro and Super C stores [Newswire]
Trending Topics:
-4 megabrands that will dominate the retail industry [Business Insider]
-Mirror, Mirror on the wall: Stores create high-tech fitting rooms with smart mirrors [CTV]
-Smaller Web retailers grew sales 14% in 2014 [Fierce Retail]
-Jury: Starbucks not liable, owes nothing to police officer who says spilled coffee burned him [Yahoo]
-Apple Watch: How it can change your life after two weeks [Toronto Star]
-Alibaba increases stake in Zulily [Dow Jones Business News]
-It's earnings week for retailers [USA Today]
Our Previous Articles:
-Kiton Opens 1st Free-Standing Canadian Location
-Canada's Top 20 Most Productive Shopping Centres
-Saks Fifth Avenue Reveals Renderings of its First Canadian Stores, on New Website
