Industry Headlines: February 9
- Kindle-wielding Amazon dips toes into physical world: It’s not completely confirmed, but wouldn’t it be lovely if more online retailers considered doing this? (Reuters)
- How About Gardening or Golfing at the Mall?: Despite the usual “malls are dying” doom and gloom, this is an interesting read about the various ways shopping centers are adapting to vacancies and social changes. (New York Times)
- Walmart to spend $765 million on Canada stores by 2013: With Target encroaching on its territory, the retailer plans to beef up its presence. (Shopping Centers Today)
- Tablet Owners: More e-Commerce In Digital Magazines: There are two ways to look at this. Either that e-commerce is even encroaching into the previously safe print world, or that this is a fantastic opportunity for centers to give shoppers what they want in their own digital publications. Imagine the integration possibilities! (MediaPost)
- Top 10 Retailers With The Most Sales Worldwide: No huge surprises here, but it’s nice to see that plenty of anchor-type tenants top the list. (Huffington Post)
- Discounters post solid results for January: Another retail segment that’s riding high in the current economy. (Retailing Today)
- Esprit to Close All Stores in Unprofitable North America: This has been coming for some time, but it’s finally official. Sad news. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
