Industry Headlines: May 30, 2013
- Retail fundamentals on upswing, RECon attendees told: Despite plenty of doom and gloom predictions over the past few years, retail is doing pretty well.(ICSC)
- Taubman plans high tech shopping at University Town Center: The company will test technological approaches to managing showrooming. (Tampa Bay Business Journal)
- The future for British shops is bright, but retailers must get the mix right to attract customers: There are new types of shoppers, and retailers are adapting to them. (Telegraph)
- Shopping centre is new home to 10,000 bees: Shopping center roofs can make surprisingly good homes for bees. (This is Cornwall)
- Tiny Mall Kiosks Make a Surprisingly Big Impact: Some kiosk chains have long since hit the big time. (New York Times)
- Are Pop-up Stores Here to Stay?: An in-depth look at the business of temporary retailing. (Knowledge @ Wharton)
- Sears Canada could be turning around, despite Target: The retailer was widely assumed to be poised to fall to Target, but that might not be the case. (Financial Post)
- Wal-Mart to send automated shopping lists to its mobile app: Not content to just make shopping in-stores a little easier, the retailer now plans to have its app read shoppers’ minds. (Network World)
- ‘Hispanic Malls’ Drawing Crowds by Being Culturally in Tune: Cultural anchors are a fascinating idea. (Advertising Age)
- Nonanchor And Anchor Stores Equally Popular Among Consumers: Traditionally anchors are expected to carry most of the weight of drawing in shoppers. Apparently that’s changing. (Forbes)
- From Clicks to Bricks: Online Retailers Dabble in Physical Stores: Big online retailers find new life in malls and department stores. (Advertising Age)
- Family speaks out after mall refuses cart for autistic child: Halifax Shopping Centre faces a difficult situation, but all involved are choosing to see it as a learning opportunity. (CBC)
- What can shopping strips learn from malls?: A few lessons from the shopping center world. (Sydney Morning Herald)
