Industry Headlines: March 28, 2013
- Shoppers’ ‘Mobile Blinders’ Force Checkout-Aisle Changes: Our obsessive love of our mobile devices is changing the way we shop – and it’s not just a matter of showrooming. (Bloomberg)
- Window Shopping, Interactively: Soon stores won’t even need to be open to make sales. (Stores Magazine)
- Beyoncé unveiled as face of H&M summer collection: Farewell, glum Lana Del Rey advertisements. (Guardian)
- In Search of Growth, A&F Turns to Australia: Hollister is headed to the Southern Hemisphere. (Wall Street Journal)
- Malls vs Online shopping: European malls move beyond shopping to survive in the internet era: Shopping center as service provider, a trend making its way around the world. (Economic Times)
- ‘Kick Ass Mall Cop’ Darien Long arrested: An unfortunate end to the tale of the Internet’s favorite mall cop. (Toronto Sun)
- Vancouver airport plans to develop mall: Airports and shopping centers have more and more in common all the time, but this airport is planning to build an entire outlet center. (Edmonton Journal)
- Nigeria: Growing Influence of Shopping Malls Over Open Market: An interesting look at a market that’s relatively new to the shopping center experience. (All Africa)
- Retail Council of Canada applauds tariff elimination pilot project in federal budget: Good changes are coming for Canadian retail.
- A Teaching Moment?: One retailer tries to make the best of a series of robberies with some clever advertising. (Stores Magazine)
