The retail sector is going through profound changes in Canada. There have been a number of recently announced high profile mergers and acquisitions (Loblaw purchases Shoppers Drug Mart; Sobey's buys Canada Safeway, Hudson's Bay buys Saks) ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Kohl’s Department Stores announces the grand opening of three new locations, creating approximately 375 jobs nationwide and bringing the company’s store count to 1,158 stores across 49 states. Stores opening include Hyannis, ...
Tags: Apparel, electric vehicle
Demandware, Inc. the industry-leading provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, announced a new in-store solution that will extend the omni-channel capabilities of the Demandware Commerce platform into the physical store. ...
Tags: Demandware, Digital Store Solution
Just in time for the start of the autumn/winter season, the European fashion value retailer C&A is now opening its first two stores in Denmark, with new branches at Kolding Storcenter and at Aarhus City Vest Storcenter. Passionate ...
WeSEE, advertising and visual classification company, reveals research around the use of video in the online shopping journey. Findings include that the majority of consumers (56%) would consider using ‘shopable videos’ to make ...
Tags: Online Shopping, Textile
The Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) 2013 Learning Forum will offer sessions on sales and marketing approaches to help buyers grow their business. The 2013 AAPEX is set for Nov. 5-7 at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, Nev. ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
Seattle-based Nordstrom, announced plans to open a second Las Vegas area Nordstrom Rack in Summerlin. The approximately 36,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in fall 2014 at The Shops at Summerlin, a 1.6 million-square-foot ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
PhiSix Fashion Labs applying Hollywood 3D special effects technology to help online shoppers try on clothes virtually has announced its launch with CBAZAAR, the largest global retailer of Indian ethnic wear. PhiSix enables customers to ...
Tags: PhiSix, 3D special effects
Over the weekend at the Liberal Democrat party conference, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that England will follow Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland in charging shoppers for bags. Speaking to Packaging News, Incpen ...
Minister Durkan's department had previously proposed increasing the levy from 5p to 10p from April 2014. However, Durkan said provisional figures showing a large reduction single use bag numbers had convinced him to drop the planned ...
Tags: Plastic Bag, Packaging, Printing
The design agency worked with Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe and has been the incumbent agency since 2004, when it first designed packaging for the same range of Purina Felix products. Seymourpowell's brief was to further develop ...
Discount internet retailing is a big challenge for brick-and-mortar retailers and the brands they carry. It is also a huge threat to the cycling consumer now and into the future, although they may not realize it. That's the conclusion of ...
Tags: bike, Transportation
According to reports this morning (Saturday 14 September), Clegg will announce at this weekend's Liberal Democrat party conference that the charge has been adopted as government policy and will be introduced in 2015. Money from the charge ...
REVEL Style, announces the launch of its online store, presenting its fall collection of apparel and accessories handpicked in Los Angeles alongside art by local talent from the Washington DC Area. In the young and growing fashion culture ...
Tags: REVEL Style, Apparel
The value of the UK food and groceries market is set to rocket by 21% to £206bn by 2018, according to the grocery think-tank IGD. Online shopping, food discount sales and convenience will be the three hot areas of the UK grocery ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Groceries