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- Wal-Mart Canada moves into hiring mode
Wal-Mart will open 47 hiring centres across Canada as part of a plan to add 4,000 new employees this year and next. By the end of 2013, the retailer will have spent $750 million to open, move or renovate 73 stores, including 39 former Zellers stores, in anticipation of rival Target's entry into the market next year. Financial Post (Canada)/The Canadian Press (25 Jun.)      - The Children's Place to open 1st Middle East stores
Specialty retailer The Children's Place will open its first stores outside North America under 10-year agreements with Apparel Group and Fawaz A. Al Hokair & Co. Both the deals call for the new partners to open stores across the Middle East, including locations in the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (25 Jun.)  | Top 5 HR Compliance Concerns for Small Business
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 - Changing shopping trends shift the UK retail mix
About 20% of UK retail spending is expected to be done online by 2020, a trend that's shifting the focus of many brick-and-mortar retailers to new add perks and experiences consumers can't find online, says mall developer Land Securities. "With a good transactional website, a retailer really only needs 100 stores to cover the UK. This means that some of the secondary town centres will be under immense pressure," said Lester Hampson, head of retail development. The National (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) (26 Jun.) - McDonald's biggest-ever Olympic pop-up stresses sustainability
McDonald's will open its biggest-ever restaurant for six weeks this summer, a two-story chalet in the Olympic Park that will be prepared to serve 1,200 customers an hour. After the games, the chain plans to dismantle the eatery and 75% of the materials -- from light bulbs to timber -- will be reused in other buildings, the company says. The Guardian (London) (25 Jun.)  | We're Not Just Bankers, We're Builders
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  - Tmall aims to own online fashion sales in China
China's business-to-consumer e-commerce site Tmall, spun off from Taobao last year by parent Alibaba, aims to become the country's top online fashion seller. The site boasts offerings from a slew of global brands including Gap, Uniqlo and Levi's, and sales are on track to double this year compared to 2011, the company says. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (25 Jun.)  | Discover Orlando's Dining & Entertainment Districts
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 - Report: China, Brazil take top global e-commerce spots
China ranked first on a list of the world's emerging e-commerce market in a new report from A.T. Kearney, which evaluated countries based on online market attractiveness, online infrastructure, digital laws and other retail development criteria. "Our greatest surprise was how well developed many of these markets were already in e-commerce," said Hana Ben-Shabat, partner at A.T. Kearney. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (25 Jun.) - Chile shows online retail promise: China has more online consumers than any country in the world, but Chile actually boasts the highest percentage of online spenders, according to A.T. Kearney. About 70% of online consumers in Chile buy something, compared to 30% in China, and the average Chilean household spends $158 per year shopping online while their counterparts in China spend $17. CNBC (25 Jun.)
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 - Officials are burying their heads in the sand, say ostrich farmers
A series of bird-flu outbreaks has led to a ban on ostrich-meat exports from South Africa, which supplies 70% of the world's demand and counts chains including Carrefour, Aldi and Netto stores as its customers. Hundreds of farms could be pushed into bankruptcy by the ban, which industry leaders say is based on guesswork rather than good science. "I'm very concerned about the future of the industry," says Saag Jonker, one of the world's biggest ostrich farmers. Bloomberg Businessweek (24 Jun.)  | You've heard about the switch businesses are making to VoIP phone systems but are they right for your business? With more features and lower costs, the answer is probably yes. But don't take our word for it. Read Ziff Davis' Phone Systems Buyer's Guide and Comparison Guides, FREE with your registration. |
 | NRF News |  |  | | - Bare Necessities CMO talks "transmedia" and the new rules of mobile and social
With the emergence of new social media platforms and mobile gadgets, retail marketers have an ever-expanding arsenal of ways to creatively reach customers. To get a CMO's perspective on where the social and mobile wave is taking the industry, Bare Necessities CMO Jay Dunn explains how brand consistency across all channels and a "transmedia" marketing model must go hand-in-hand for retailers to effectively reach the super-connected shopper. Read more. Retail's BIG Blog (02 May.)
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