SourceCode: Massive change in retail requires adaptation

Retail Prophet Doug Stephens at the Art of Retail Event: "The best days of retail are ahead of us, but things are changing dramatically."By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I attended the recent Art of Retail conference in downtown Toronto to learn more about how retail is undergoing a massive change and how companies are tackling continued competition from online as well as innovating to stay alive.

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Staples Canada to carry Lenovo Yoga and Twist models

As Lenovo continues to move forward in the consumer space, it is focusing on making its products more widely available to consumers. Staples Canada will now carry the Lenovo Yoga and Lenovo Twist convertible Windows 8 PCs starting today. Hit jump for the details.

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Google to open its own Retail Stores by end of 2013

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

In an inevitable move, search giant Google has indicated its desire to enter into the commercial retail store space by opening its first store in the UK last year.

A move that many see as the beginning of a series of Google Store openings in the US and Europe. A lot has changed in the past few years and Google now sells a variety of devices such as its Nexus smartphones and tablets, various Chromebook models and even the Chromebox PC and even Nexus Q audio devices. Google is also working on its smart glasses initiative. 9to5Google explains that Google will open a series of stores by the end of 2013 (it is already testing the concept in a fee UK locations called Chromezone stores). 

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Facebook's Gifts leverages your connections, scopes out Amazon.com

Facebook has jumped into the Holiday spirit by offering users the opportunity to buy gifts for their friends. Facebook has been toying with the Gifts idea for some time but seems to be pushing full steam ahead this holiday season at least in the US. Hoping to take on highly successful e-tailers like Amazon.com, the new feature leverages people's connections on the social network. If it is someone's birthday or anniversary you get the option to send them a gift for real. The options vary from iTunes gift certificates to Starbucks cards to more expensive items. No indication if this will spread to Canada or the rest of the world but if it works out, we might be doing our gift shopping on Facebook next holiday season. Would you consider shopping for gifts via Facebook?