Industry Headlines: February 7, 2013
- FTC issues new guidelines for mobile marketing: A few things to look out for when you consider your mobile marketing tactics. (Retailing Today)
- Behavior Profiling Redefines Security at the Mall of America: An in-depth look at security practices at the largest mall in the US. (Emergency Management)
- The World Cares, But Do The World’s Wallets?: Sustainable shopping practices vary pretty widely around the world. (MediaPost)
- Consumers cutting big-box stores down to size one online purchase at a time: This may not be a big-box world any more, but more and more of these retailers are moving into the mall. (Financial Post)
- Valentine’s Day Spending 2013: Shopping Trends: One unsurprising tidbit—shoppers aren’t expected to stray much from the chocolate, flowers, jewellery trifecta this year. (Decoded Science)
- Denim Corsets at Macy’s Push Fashion Craze to Next Level: A peek at the looks of New York Fashion Week—coming from the land of the Canadian Tuxedo, this doesn’t sound like a step in the right direction. (Business Week)
- Want vs. Need: Shoppers are getting a little more spendy, but they’re not exactly confident yet. (NRF Stores)
- The ‘Fendi’ Fountain? Companies step in as Italy’s treasures crumble: A fascinating story of corporate sponsorships gone creative. (The Globe and Mail)
- Australian Retail Sales Fall in Longest Decline for 13 Years: Things are looking unexpectedly bleak for the Australian retail industry. (Bloomberg)
- $20K raised for mall cop who tasered violent mom: This is a bit of an odd story. A mall cop tasers a woman, the video goes viral and the Internet at large decides to fund his equipment. Not sure this is how any mall would want to go viral. (CBC)
