- Online Sales Tax: Senate nears vote on bipartisan bill: With the support of the White House behind it, the Marketplace Fairness Act is looking strong. (Associations Now)
- 72,000 Ladybugs Released in Mall of America: Live plants are lovely. Live aphids less so. Mall of America has a solution for that problem, hopefully one that will not lead to a full ecosystem in its walls soon. (Live Science)
- Why Boston’s Retailers Will Bounce Back From the Marathon Bombing: A tragedy like last week’s does not go away easily, but strength and solidarity may win out. (Fashionista)
- Stores, not Web sites, deliver retail profits, speaker says at ICSC European Conference: E-commerce can be a strong ally to brick and mortar retail. (SCT Newswire)
- Starbucks, Wal-Mart offering classes – for college credit: Tired of waiting for universities to provide the retail education they’re looking for, companies start providing their own. (CNN)
- Clothes recycling goes curbside as demand rises: Whatever it takes to stop people from throwing out perfectly good clothing. (USA Today)
- With Tablets, Businesses Ring Up at More Fanciful Cash Registers: Okay, this is just neat. Rather than doing away with cash registers, some companies are using the rise of tablets to free them from their dull steel confines. (New York Times)
- Fashion chain Express lowers Canadian prices to parity with U.S.: With the Canadian dollar hovering around parity with the US, retailers are having a hard time continuing to charge Canadian shoppers more. (The Globe and Mail)
- Retailers stepping up green push: When going green becomes more common-sense than chic, we all win. (Crain’s New York Business)
- Dollar bounces back: After a bit of a dip, the Australian dollar is doing just fine. (Inside Retail)
- Shopping centre to charge fee for use of toilets: A controversial solution to a difficult situation. (ABC)
- Blackstone shops for malls: $1.2 billion in acquisitions may be on the table. (The Australian)
- Why Boston’s Retailers Will Bounce Back From the Marathon Bombing: A tragedy like last week’s does not go away easily, but strength and solidarity may win out. (Fashionista)
