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- US-style outlet malls make their way to Canada
Canada's Calloway REIT and US-based mall developer Simon Property Group have teamed to develop Toronto Premium Outlets next year, expected to be Canada's first US-style high-end outlet mall. The first phase of the project will include 85 stores in 350,000 square feet, and will sit within a 10-minute drive of another planned outlet mall, this one a joint venture between North Carolina's Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. and Toronto's RioCan REIT. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (16 Jul.)       | Scan as fast as you work. Scan as fast as 60 pages per minute with the new Canon DR-M160 and increase your productivity with a bigger daily scan volume of up to 7,000 pages. The document quality is improved with a scan resolution as high as 600 DPI.
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  | Retail in Europe |  |  | | - End-of-season sale crowds cheer India's retailers
India's consumers are turning out to shop at retailers' traditional end-of-season sales, after months of cutting back amid the slowest GDP growth in nearly a decade, spurring higher sales for companies including Pantaloons, DLF Brands and Central. "End-of-season sales never gives the true picture. It is more important to see if sales will stabilize after the discount sales period or if a slowdown will continue," said Arvind Lifestyle Brands CEO J Suresh. The Economic Times (India) (17 Jul.) - Sportswear brands, online retailers find favor in China
Sportswear brands Nike, Adidas and Li Ning topped the list of favorite brands among China's consumers from OC&C Strategy, and online retailers Taobao and Amazon China rounding out the top five. "Within China, B2C e-commerce sales increased in just five years from RMB 4 billion to RMB 180 billion in 2011, and it is not going to stop here," said partner Wai-chan Chan. Marketing-Interactive.com (Singapore) (16 Jul.)  | Discover Orlando's Dining & Entertainment Districts
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 | Spotlight on Grocery | | | | - Report: UK supermarket growth to stay strong
The amount of new UK supermarket space in the pipeline has increased 57% in the past five years and reached 5.34 million square feet in the first half of 2012, according to CBRE. Supermarkets make up 38% of planned retail development and 39% of store space under construction in the UK, the report found. The Retail Bulletin (17 Jul.) - Iceland Foods warms up to e-commerce once more
UK grocer and frozen food specialist Iceland Foods will launch a new e-commerce site in January and try its hand at online shopping after halting the service seven years ago. The company's 1999 venture into e-commerce was "marginally profitable," but was ultimately dropped because too few customers had computers and there was no broadband service, said CEO Malcolm Walker. The Grocer (U.K.) (14 Jul.) - ASDA to add color-coded avocado freshness package
ASDA will be the first supermarket to roll out new color-coded packaging designed to help shoppers pick avocados at just the right stage of ripeness. "This simple system will simplify what has traditionally been a complicated product to purchase at the ripeness required," said avocado buyer Damien Gray. The Guardian (London) (16 Jul.) - Carrefour Indonesia debuts sustainable cooking oil
Carrefour Indonesia stores have started selling the first cooking oil in the country that has won the certification of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. Indonesia's government hopes that the locally sourced palm oil will eventually be sold at Carrefour's stores in Europe and other global markets. The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) (17 Jul.) | NRF News | | | | - Best practices to achieve prominence in the health and beauty market
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Mobile commerce is growing fast in Europe and is on track to grow eleven-fold to €19.2 billion by 2017, according to new data from Forrester Research. Southern Europe is expected to lead the growth, with consumers heading to their mobiles most often to buy DVDs, books, music and event tickets. 
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