MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) is a step closer to establishing its second retail store in the greater Toronto area after the North York Municipal Council recommended Jan. 15 that the MEC-owned site at 784 Sheppard Avenue East be rezoned to ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Samsung is set to roll out a new retail activation to support its whitegoods line-up this year, focusing on smart appliances, the connected home and premium products as three major marketing messages for its range. The point of sale follows ...
Tags: Samsung, Home Display Concept
Family Footwear Center in Bennington, VT was awarded New England Retailer of the Year 2014 by the Boston Shoe Travelers Association (BSTA), a leading industry trade group. Criteria for nomination include outstanding achievements in the ...
As companies strive to work smarter and more efficiently, an increasing number of them are looking to their suppliers to provide vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and auto-replenishment programs that give purchasing organizations peace of mind ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Crocs, Inc. announced that Blackstone Group LP is making a $200 million investment that will give the private equity firm a 13 percent stake in the shoe company. Crocs also said late on Sunday that John McCarvel, its CEO, plans to retire in ...
Tags: Crocs, Blackstone Group LP, investment, John McCarvel, retirement
Until I tried one, I never understood the appeal of e-book readers, given that tablets can do much more. The e-reader's ease and comfort became apparent as I raced to finish the second "Hunger Games" book before the movie came out. I blew ...
Tags: E-Readers, Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Prasad Dhond, Marketing Manager of Lighting Power Products at Texas Instruments (TI) gives a comprehensive overview of the effects of the incandescent bulb phase out in 2014. Below is his recent blog entry: You heard, right? The ...
Tags: LED bulb, light bulb, bulb, Lights, Lighting
Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. announced plans to open a Nordstrom Rack at the Plaza at Jordan Creek in West Des Moines, Iowa. The approximately 35,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in fall 2014. The Plaza at Jordan Creek is ...
Tags: Nordstrom Rack, Apparel
E-cigarette as relative effective way of quitting smoking has obtained follower. As a complicated quit-smoking product, ecigarette gains increasing research support. Western countries' Ministry of Public Health declared that current ...
Tags: E-Cigarette, E Cigarette, Cigarette
High flying Apple Australia, the company that tried to sell a 3G tablet with a 4G name, has been brought down a notch today, having been forced to make court enforceable undertakings to the ACCC that it will improve its consumer practices ...
Tags: Apple Australia, Consumer Law, ACCC
Apple will start taking orders for its high-end Mac Pro desktop computer on Thursday. The black, cylinder-shaped machine is assembled in Austin, Texas, consistent with Apple's pledge to move manufacturing of an existing Mac line to the ...
There is no question Surfaces is the industry’s largest all-encompassing trade show in North America. And in 2014, it promises to be even bigger and better with the addition of a new trade show, TileExpo running in conjunction with ...
Tags: decoration, surface
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, in partnership with the Chinese-American Planning Council (“CPC”) and Parsons The New School for Design (“Parsons”) announced the launch of LVMH Fundamentals in Luxury Retail: A ...
Tags: CPC&Parsons, Apparel
Mipso, the leading developer of digital size prediction and virtual fitting room solutions for the fashion retail industry, announced their partnership with classic American brand, U.S. Polo Assn. The new arrangement will bring ...
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are underestimating the e-commerce channel's growth potential and consequently may be missing out on a substantial market opportunity, according to the first of a two part Deloitte study, "Digital ...
Tags: e-commerce, online shoppers, consumers