March 2011
Target Mobile App – Cross Border Benchmark
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011Canadian retailers are looking south to better understand Target before they arrive in Canada in 2013. The mobile shopping app from Target is the benchmark that Canadian retailers should be measuring themselves against. Although Canadian Tire and Home Depot have good apps, they both meet fewer of our “perfect app” criteria than the Target app. [...]
SINS Canadian Mobile Shopping Apps Review
Sunday, March 27th, 2011The internet revolutionized shopping over the past ten years by breaking down the walls of the store, allowing shoppers to access the store 24/7, compare products and prices across retailers, get feedback on product performance through on-line reviews and to make a purchase and have product delivered directly to their door. Music, books, video, travel [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending March 25, 2011
Saturday, March 26th, 2011SINS Market Visit Report – Five Great Ideas That Vicente Trius Might Bring to Loblaw
Sunday, March 20th, 2011Recently, Loblaw announced that it had appointed Vicente Trius as the new President of the company taking over from Alan Leighton. Mr. Trius was most recently the Executive Director at Carrefour Europe and will probably be bring a few good ideas from Carrefour to Loblaw. Carrefour is not the world’s second largest retailer by mistake. [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending March 18, 2011
Saturday, March 19th, 2011SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending March 11, 2011
Saturday, March 12th, 2011SINS Book Review: Chocolate Wars
Sunday, March 6th, 2011Chocolate Wars, written by Deborah Cadbury – a BBC reporter and a descendant of the famous chocolate making clan; is an interesting tour through the history of one of the most popular CPG products – the common chocolate bar. Cadbury, Rowntree, Fry’s, Mackintosh, Lindt and Nestle. They are not just well known brands but the [...]
