US RETAIL NEWS  City Place Mall plan aims for the sky  General Growth offered $3.9B infusion  Retail vs. religion  It's tourist-poaching season, with much at stake  Outside Investors May Drive Area Retail Sales  Cleveland's Galleria Mall Turns Lost Retail Space Into Greenhouse Farm Stand  US Web retail sales to reach $249 bln by '14-study  Necklace proceeds will be used to help fledgling coalition  The 2010 Licensing Landscape  Retail Merchandiser Wins Two Coveted Eddie Awards  PETCO Offers Top 10 Gifts for Pets this Holiday Season  2009 Holiday Hot Toy List  Onsite Targeting from Knotice  Tackling the Student Body  Better Way to Play  Business Twitter 101  Retail Receivership Opportunities Slow to Materialize  Rent Relief Requests Take New Form as Tenants’ Focus Shifts to Long-Term Health  CMBS Delinquencies Jump in January  Inland Acquires $424M Portfolio from Joint Venture  General Growth Gets Extension as Team of Suitors Continues to Grow  The Mall of America Takes on the Great Recession  As Tenants Show Resilience, Regional Mall REITs Feel Confidence in the Future  Federal Prices $150M Notes Offering CANADA RETAIL NEWS  Palliser names Cary Benson and James DeFehr as new co-presidents  Easyhome profits fall in Q4, company eyes U.S. expansion in 2010  Housing starts pick-up the pace in February, CMHC reports  Cantrex honours members, suppliers for contribution to Quebec division  A&B Sound joins Dumoulin  Housing starts brisk in March: CMHC  Canadian spending will ward off recession  Sharp not worried about Canadian HDTV confusion  My Predictions for Retail Recruiting in Canada for 2010  The New Retail Recruiter  Great job search tips from the Toronto Library  A win win retail employment program in Ottawa  Violence in the Retail Workplace  Harmonized HST will be introduced in BC July 2010  What the heck is social media recruiting?  Random Acts of Retail Kindness - part two UK RETAIL NEWS  March Rankings of Top 50 Retail Websites  Major retailers to attend Retail HR Summit 2010  New range of secure payment solutions offers cost savings towards PCI DSS compliance  Food & Drink Expo 2010 to offer retail buyers the ultimate business experience  Provenance over prudence - has the recession changed the way we eat forever?  Food and drink logistics show set for success  A host of innovations set to steal the show at Food & Drink Expo 2010  Food & Drink Expo 2010 to offer retail buyers the ultimate business experience  CRS 2010 - Take a trip around the convenience world in one day  John Lewis brings 'bricks and clicks' growth under one Board Director  Video: Primark founder Arthur Ryan collects outstanding achievement award  RWC2010: Ebay to launch specialist fashion channel  Whistles posts a £5m pre-tax loss  SuperGroup to expand and launch marketing campaign after IPO  HobbyCraft picks six suitors for second-round bids  Sainsbury's and Asda set up youth training schemes  Card Factory founders set to rake in £400m  Retailer screening leads to decrease in card-not-present fraud AUSTRALIA RETAIL NEWS  Myer reveals higher first-half profit  Chamber backs plan to boost CBD  Consumer confidence flat as rates rise  A sporty year for consumers in 2009  Sunday trading to 'wipe out' small business  Firm fined $50K for underpaying worker  Australian services sector remains weak  Shopping Centre decision delayed again