Industry Headlines: January 17, 2013
- Capital Shopping Centres rebrands as Intu and launches fashion website: Massive changes are afoot for the company, and for all its shopping centers. (The Telegraph)
- Wal-Mart to hire 100,000 veterans: The retailer promises to take care of any recent veteran who left the military honorably who wants work in the retail industry. Outstanding. (CNN Money)
- Four digital trends you need to succeed in 2013: Flexibility is the big takeaway—mobile development will be fraught as long as new, innovative devices keep hitting the market. (Shop.org)
- Holiday sales rose 3 percent, below forecast: The NRF’s final numbers are in. It’s an increase, but not the one we hoped for. (Reuters)
- Weitzman’s forecast for 2013? Expect a retail evolution: Mainly we’re looking at a continuation of the ever-shrinking store. (Dallas Business Journal)
- What’s Trending in the Retail Industry in 2013: The line between entertainment and advertising blurs further with shoppable media, just one of the big trends that’s set to explode this year. (Advertising Age)
- Consumers Want Mobile Enhanced Retail: Mobile retail means different things to different people – what does it mean to the people who matter most to you? (MediaPost)
- Honoring the Enemy? Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Give Top Award to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: The NRF gave Jeff Bezos its Gold Medal Award, hopefully pointing to a new era of cooperation between online and brick-and-mortar retailers. (Time)
- Big John too big for Kyiv mall: A difficult situation for a shopping center – and possibly for a shark. (Kyiv Post)
- Facebook search no rival to Google: Graph search may not take down the search giants, but it might make it easier for your fans’ friends to find you. (Toronto Sun)
