Archive for July, 2012
Retail Decoder: Have You Ever Wondered???
Friday, July 27th, 2012Tweet We all have questions about weird, strange or mysterious things that we see in the retail environment. But where do we turn for the answers? From time to time, we will try to solve some of these mysteries and put to rest that curiosity bug that strikes you from time to time. This week [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending July 27, 2012
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Impacts On Canadian Retailers Of The Impending Target Canada Launch
Saturday, July 21st, 2012Tweet Recently, Target announced a complete list of all 125 locations that will be opened in Canada in 2013. It also announced the time frame by province that each store will open. Fourty eight stores will open in spring, twenty in summer, twenty-five in fall and thirty-two in winter. Ontario stores will open in all [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending July 20, 2012
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Three Chains Offer Sizzling Summer Merchandising
Sunday, July 15th, 2012Tweet It’s the time of year again when Canadians celebrate summer. Summer celebration takes many forms and stores are here with products designed to fit consumers’ needs. Just take a walk in the mall or near local shops and a host of summer sales will pop up. Three companies in particular have major summer advertising [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending July 13, 2012
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Walmart Rollback Campaign Price Comparison
Monday, July 9th, 2012Tweet Last week Wal-Mart launched its new, summer rollback campaign designed to lower prices on 10,000 products in July. This campaign is seen as an early measure to compete against the impending entry of Target in spring 2013. The sale promises to save customers $50 million in the month of July and is said to [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending July 6, 2012
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SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending June 29, 2012
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Are Electronic Price Labels Gaining In Popularity?
Monday, July 2nd, 2012Tweet I was recently at Superstore in Calgary and noticed that the store was in the process of converting all paper price tags to digital price tags. The pharmacy, health and beauty and baby sections had already been converted. I have never seen this type of price label before in a Superstore in Calgary, or [...]
