Today's retail news from around the web: July 3, 2014
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Top Stories: Canada
-Lululemon Athletica Inc’s supply chain issues improving [Financial Post]
-Quebec Loblaw workers walk 650 km to complain to Loblaw management in Brampton, Ontario, to no avail. [Montreal Gazette]
-Pesticide in Home Depot plants linked to honey bee deaths. [Globe & Mail]
-Video: No wage hike for Canadian Ikea workers. [Global/BIV]
-The challenges of being a smaller, made-in-Canada hockey outfitter. [Globe & Mail]
-Lululemon founder's advisers in talks about possible buyout: Wall Street Journal. [Yahoo]
Canadian News: Region-by-Region
-London, Ontario department store Kingmill's closes this summer. [Toronto Star]
-Retail to be included in new development plan near Edmonton's Stadium LRT station. [Edmonton Journal]
-High Street boutiques see positives in 102 street bridge closure. [Edmonton Journal]
-Winners to open at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa [Ottawa Citizen]
-After 82 years, Corona Shoe Re-Nu closes its doors. [Edmonton Journal]
-Toronto's 1st marijuana retailer opens on the Danforth. [Huffington Post]
-Vancouver fashion designer Dorothy Grant awarded the Order of Canada. [South Delta Leader]
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Trending Topics
-Mid-market retailers continue to struggle. [Forbes]
-Britain's La Senza (sister to the Canadian retailer) goes bankrupt for a second time. [Retail Gazette]
-Supermarket company Kroger to buy online vitamin seller Vitacost.com for $280 million. [Winnipeg Free Press]
-National Retail Federation's top 100 retailers. [National Retail Federation]
-5 reasons why some retailers excel. [Inside Retail]
