- Bigger Crowds at the Mall, and Just Wait Until Mother’s Day: Another holiday on track to do very, very well. (CNBC)
- Mobile Users Reject Tracking By Retailers: People are almost universally against being tracked through their phones in the real world, anonymous or not, making it rather hard for brick and mortar retailers to compile the kind of analytics that are so simple for online retailers. (MediaPost)
- Happy Birthday Retail! Walmart, Target, Kmart, Kohl’s Turn 50: For half a century, they’ve changed our malls and the way we shop. (Forbes)
- Canada’s retailers more optimistic about growth prospects: Retailers are feeling confident about the Canadian market. (Financial Post)
- Companies attracted to the malls: Corporate tenants are on the rise. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Finding Retail Talent in Twitter Era Adds to Challenges: The shifting demands of online and in-store retail make finding qualified marketers a bigger and bigger challenge. (Bloomberg)
- A Humbled Gap Tries a Fresh Coat of Pep: Gap has struggle to maintain its position, but accepts that some changes need to be made. (New York Times)
- Canada’s retail market is ripe for American invasion: The arrival of American retailers has American mall developers thinking about northern expansion. (Toronto Star)
- Auckland shopping space tipped to keep on growing: The city is primed for retail growth. (New Zealand Herald)
- Simon Property earnings blows past estimates: Good news just keeps coming for Simon. (Reuters)
- Walmart.com Lets You Pay With Cash When Shopping Online: The retail giant brings its online shoppers into the mall to pay for purchases. (All Things D)
- Mall cop hailed in Cross Iron Mills food court ceremony for preventing woman’s abduction: Both a fantastic story and a great way of honoring a security guard who went above and beyond. (Edmonton Journal)
- General Growth Interested in Vornado Malls, Mathrani Says: Vornado may be considering selling, GGP may want to buy. Could be a great match if it all works out. (Bloomberg)
- Riverlink Shopping Centre in North Ipswich says dads allowed to feed children in parents room as shopper says ban sexist: What should have been a win-win situation for parents and the center has turned into a tussle. A good reminder to always be prepared for plans to fall apart, no matter how good they are. (Courier Mail)
- Men spend 26 hours a year waiting for their partners outside changing rooms: Want to know where to reach men? The answer is, apparently, outside the changing room. (Female First)
