- Click and collect: Amazon plans to install lockers at shopping centres to pick up the goods you bought online: Here at last — some of the melding between online and brick and mortar that is always being predicted. (The Daily Mail)
- Half of U.S. retailers eyeing expansion thanks to lower rents, landlord concessions, report says: Retailers are once again ready to expand. (SCT News)
- The Palms Shopping Centre due to reopen: After a harrowing year of disasters, The Palms should finally be opening today. (Voxy)
- London Olympic organizers surpass $1.1 billion target after deal with Westfield: It’s not a surprise, but we now know the official shopping centre of the 2012 Games. (Washington Post)
- Retailers Summon Optimism as They Enter a Critical Season: With all the children gone back to school, it’s time to start advertising Christmas. (New York Times: tiered subscription)
- Many retail industry analysts predict a good holiday season: Everyone’s hoping for a merry Christmas, and it looks like we might find one under the tree this year. (LA Times)
- Regency Centers finds value in quality: The developer is actively seeking out high quality targets for acquisitions. (Jacksonville Business Journal)
- Brevard man wants you to buy American: A look at one of the leaders of the newest Made in America push. (Florida Today)
- August sales strong despite hurricane and Wall Street volatility: August was a rough month for plenty of folks, but many sectors came out quite well. (Retailing Today)
- Retailers want to cut workers’ wages: Australian retailers, already facing a difficult economic environment, aren’t happy with weekend bonuses for retail workers. (Herald Sun)
- High street braced for more closures after summer of riots and gloom: And after a rough summer in London, some brands are struggling to stay afloat. (The Guardian)
- The rise of the mall in Brazil: A look at the factors surrounding Brazil’s retail boom. (Globe and Mail)
- Project Plus-Size: Runway shows and magazine spreads have paid lip service to the plus-size consumer, but now retailers and designer are finally looking at how to better serve (and flatter) their plus-size customers. (Wall Street Journal: subscription required)
- Pop-up store trend could be on its way out: Retailers are filling up vacancies once more, which means rising rents and fewer spaces for the pop-ups that have thrived in little openings. (American Public Media)
- Canada to probe U.S. retail pricing gap: Two US retailers have dropped their Canadian prices for parity, but there will be an official investigation on the price gap. (UPI)
- Parents Focus On Basics, Not Tech Items: Despite theories that this would be the school year of the iPad, most parents are more interested in covering their kids’ needs for pens, binders and new clothes. (MediaPost)
- Saks to host live-streaming in-store window display for Fashion’s Night Out: Fashion’s Night Out seems quiet this year, but Saks, at least, is going larger than life. (Luxury Daily: tiered subscription)
- Australian Retail Sales, Business Investment Exceed Estimates: The news from the Australian retail scene isn’t all bleak. Sales definitely picked up in July. (Bloomberg)
- The J.Crew lesson: How brand loyalty becomes brand letdown: Fans of foreign brands have a hard time sticking with them when those brands arrive in their backyards. (Globe and Mail)
