Industry Headlines: March 20, 2014
- Samsung Tells the Story Behind the Selfie That Ate Hollywood (and Twitter): How one nimble marketing group took advantage of the biggest selfie so far. (AdWeek)
- 66% of consumers more likely to shop in high street store that has a mobile app: Mobile is changing brick-and-mortar retail, and fast. (The Drum)
- Internet no match for good malls, Simon says: David Simon certainly doesn’t agree with the regular headlines that tell us malls are dead. (ICSC)
- Retail Sales in U.S. Increase for First Time in 3 Months: February offered some relief for a bad couple months. (Bloomberg)
- TfL to launch pop-up shops in Tube stations: They really are popping up everywhere. (The Telegraph)
- Reinventing retail as era of chains ends: Malls try to rise to the challenge of shifting shop sizes. (Times Union)
- H&M’s New Store Blitz Moves Faster Than Its Digital Expansion: The retailer goes against expectations by continuously putting its brick-and-mortar presence first. (Bloomberg)
- Which Big Brands Are Courting the Maker Movement, and Why: The marriage of big brands and independent creators seems fraught, but it’s working out pretty well for these guys. (AdWeek)
- 2014 Retail Store of the Year: And the winners are …: The names to watch out for this year. (Chain Store Age)
- The retail recap from SXSW: The event is more digital than retail, but there are tidbits worth checking out. (National Retail Federation)
- How ‘Showrooming’ Can Help, Not Hurt, Bricks and Mortar Retail: It doesn’t have to be all negative, but retailers need to get on top of the trend one way or another. (AdAge – tiered subscription)
- Turnover up at Australia’s ‘big gun’ shopping malls: Good news from the big guys. (BRW)
- Are Stores Becoming Commoditised?: Is it still true that fashion retailers need to dictate trends? (Business of Fashion)
- King of Prussia Mall expansion starting soon: The expansion will temporarily make it America’s largest mall. (Philadelphia Business Journal)
- $325M MOA Expansion Project Breaks Ground: But KOP will only be temporarily on top as both Aventura Mall and Mall of America race to expand too. (ABC 5)
