Industry Headlines: February 27, 2014
- This Cheat Sheet for Content Marketing Will Make Your Day: A quick reference guide to the tactics and metrics we all need. (AdWeek)
- Gap Ditches the Minimum Wage, Gives Raises to 65,000 Workers: A shake-up for the minimum wage debate. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
- Pop-up shops spice up airport retail options: Like shopping centers, airports rely more and more on pop-up retail. (USA Today)
- Walmart accelerates small-store openings: The retailer may be known for its big boxes, but small format stores outpace them. (ICSC)
- Banana Republic Ads With Real-Life Unions Include a Gay Couple: Quite possibly the cutest idea for an apparel ad campaign. (New York Times)
- Five retail trends to watch in 2014: Key takeaways from the ICSC Mid-Atlantic Conference. (Washington Post)
- CBRE: Hong Kong remains most expensive retail market: Hong Kong continues to top Paris, New York, London and other retail destinations. (Chain Store Age)
- 10 Retailers With the Worst Customer Service: Want to know which retailers might pull down your center’s reputation for great customer service? Look no further. (Time)
- How Stylinity Is Turning Fashion Retail Into A Social Experience: A new piece of retail tech that’s picking up steam. (Forbes)
- Robocoin Bitcoin ATM to Debut in North America’s Largest Mall: Digital currency Bitcoin has been struggling in the headlines this week, but it’s also making big strides in the retail world. (CoinDesk)
- J. Crew Said to Be Talking With Banks About IPO Later This Year: Another retailer goes public. (Business of Fashion)
