- REITs Finally Ramp Up Development Pipelines: Retail developers are putting the financial crisis behind them. (CoStar Group)
- Global department store spend to rise by $100 billion by 2019: new study: Department stores are often given short shrift, but they’re a growing market. (The Retail Bulletin)
- Retail trends murkier this year: The interminable winter cold is making 2014 difficult to predict. (The Columbus Dispatch)
- Retail, Financial Industries Join to Protect Credit-Card Data: The Target data breach has everyone forgetting their differences and working together. (Wall Street Journal)
- Winter’s price tag this year estimated at $50 billion: Between lost sales, lost jobs and the other disruptions of the weather, this winter has been a costly one for the US. (UPI)
- Australian shoppers forced to pay fashion premium: And they’re not well pleased about it. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Gyms, bars and bookies taking over high streets: UK retail vacancies are filling up with other pursuits. (The Guardian)
- Demographic Shifts Contribute To The Changing Face Of Retail: A look at the evolution of retail. (NPR)
- Three quarters of retail spending in UK comes from just 18 per cent of shoppers: ‘Super Shoppers’ spend, and more and more they spend through mobile. (The Telegraph)
- What retailers need to know about iBeacon: Interested in the evolution of location-based marketing? Here are the details. (Retailing Today)
- Americans Hoping To Cushion Their Rainy Day Funds With Tax Returns This Year: Tax season may bring fewer impulse buys this year. (National Retail Federation)
- Olympics bring retail revival to Sochi, Russia: The last couple Olympic cities were already retail havens. Sochi is a little different. (ICSC)
- Well, That Was a Weird NYFW: Empty Seats, Quiet Social: Racked brings us a wrap-up of a chilly New York Fashion Week. (Racked)
- Coles opens digital doors: The retailer has become the first Australian supermarket chain to parter with Google Business Photos. (Inside Retail)
- Op-Ed | What is Fashion For?: Aesthetics, theater, meaning or comfort – a debate for the ages. (Business of Fashion)
- WeChat links up with a major Chinese shopping center to launch offline-to-online purchases: China’s most popular mobile messaging service works with malls to delve into commerce. (Tech In Asia)
- West Edmonton Mall: Canada’s biggest mall completes country’s biggest first mortgage bond financing: It might not be the most exciting record a shopping center’s reached, but it’s a big one for the center. (Financial Post)
