The past 18 months have seen – in retailers and suppliers alike – a critical lack of best practices and an almost overwhelming number of alternate fulfillment solutions being rolled out in mass.
The Shops at Aura, a shopping mall in downtown Toronto that sorely lacks traffic, has taken lots of abuse from the Canadian press for under-delivering to its retail tenants.
Ingka Centres’ plan to move small-format Ikea stores into downtown shopping centers in major United States metros has just advanced further with Ingka Corporation’s purchase of 10,840 acres of Georgia forest land.