Industry Headlines: March 13, 2014
- Report: Google Eyes First U.S. Retail Location Near NYC Apple Store: Google could be getting back into the retail business. (Mashable)
- Target’s CMO Navigates Marketing Post-Security Breach: Lessons to be learned from marketing after a crisis. (Advertising Age – tiered subscription)
- Abercrombie Plans to Shift Namesake Brand Toward Older Audience: The brand is also shifting Hollister toward fast fashion and a younger crowd. (Business of Fashion)
- Getty’s New Embed Tool Offers Free Pictures to Anyone: An amazing resource for anyone that blogs. (Racked)
- These two Vancouver malls sell more per square foot than almost any other in North America: Retail Insider releases its list of ‘most productive’ centers in North America, and Canadian centers take half the top spots. (The Province)
- Pop up trade secrets: Why pop-ups? This article digs into it. (Inside Retail)
- Op-Ed | Are Camera Phones Killing Fashion?: Blurry Instagram shots may take the glamour out of fashion. (Business of Fashion)
- Aussie start-ups take early punt on 3D body scanners for online shopping: Until now, body scanners in malls have mostly sent shoppers to local retailers. That’s changing. (BRW)
- U.S. shopping center operator DDR to exit Brazil in $343.6 mln deal: Shareholder agrees to buy DDR’s stake in joint venture. (Reuters)
- This is the future of retail: Robotic fitting rooms and magic augmented reality mirrors: An interesting look at one possible future where stores serve as advertising venues for brands. (The Next Web)
- SXSW: Retail innovation in the age of the customer: A few key retail takeaways from this year’s SXSW festival. (Retail Customer Experience)
- Why Apple’s iBeacon Could Make or Break the Retail Industry: However it turns out, iBeacon is sure to be disruptive technology. (The Motley Fool)
- Retail Industry Mulls Forming Its Own ISAC For Intel-Sharing: Target and others may join forces to protect shoppers. (Dark Reading)
- The big-name retailer that is now accepting bitcoin: Lord & Taylor joins up with the cryptocurrency craze. (CNBC)
- Founder Missing in Men’s Wearhouse Deal for Jos. A. Bank: The ink has dried on the $1.8 billion merger. (New York Times)
