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- U.S. retailers learn to navigate north of the border
Nordstrom and Target are moving toward opening stores in Canada, following other U.S. brands including J.Crew and Tory Burch into a market that in the past has proved challenging amid higher costs, a weaker dollar and a lack of retail space. Those conditions have changed, but U.S. merchants still face a learning curve. "You can’t just say that we are close in proximity or we both speak English, so it should be the same," said Nordstrom President Blake Nordstrom. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)
(9/14)     
- San Diego sees mini boom in restaurants
San Diego County has seen a 3% rise in the number of independent eateries opening in the past year, according to NPD Group, as post-recession rents remain low even as consumers start spending again. "There’s an optimism that things are better, but we all have to stay on top of our game. You really have to reinvent yourself to be successful and look for the wow factor," said restaurant owner Alessandro Minutella. San Diego Union-Tribune
(9/15)
- Buc-ee's boasts the world's biggest C-store
Buc-ee's is known for its truck-stop convenience stores and the Texas chain recently opened a 67,000-square-foot store that even has the company's founder wondering if he went too far. Among the store's features: aisles dedicated just to popcorn and beef jerky, 80 soda dispensers, 23 flavors of fudge and 84 toilets, each with its own hand-sanitizer dispenser. The Wall Street Journal
(9/12)
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- Can digital menu boards boost revenue?
Digital menu boards are growing increasingly important to restaurants in three ways, including using data to make sure the right message is shown to the right people at the right time, thus making a sale more likely and boosting revenue, said Omnivex President Jeff Collard during a recent online presentation. QSRWeb.com
(9/17)
- Nordstrom: How digital channels are changing the face of service
The goal of providing superior customer service hasn't changed, but the definition of customer service is changing as retailers shift to omnichannel models, Nordstrom Direct President Jamie Nordstrom said at the Shop.org Annual Summit. While stressing the ongoing importance of brick-and-mortar stores, Nordstrom also said he sees most of the retailer's future growth coming from e-commerce. The Denver Post
(9/13), Shop.org Blog
(9/12)
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- ISA educates California planners
ISA and the Western States Sign Council hosted a daylong Planning for Sign Code Success event for local sign code officials on September 14 in Garden Grove, Cal. Read more.
- Federal judge nixes sign code
Two weeks ago, The Washington Post reported about a restrictive sign code in Fairfax County, Va., that resulted in a lawsuit from a local church and ISA's President & CEO Lori Anderson responding with a hard-hitting Letter to the Editor. In the aftermath of this media coverage, Fairfax County backed down and a federal judge ... Read more.
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