Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: October 1, 2015
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Our Article of the Day:
Sherway Gardens Reveals Next 2-Phase Expansion Details
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Canada's malls are shirking their suburban-time-waster status to become upscale destinations [Globe & Mail]
-Shopify adds ‘buy now’ button for Twitter users [Globe & Mail]
-RYU Apparel Provides Corporate Update [Stockhouse]
-How Couche-Tard plans to expand its Circle K convenience store brand globally [Financial Post]
-Hudson’s Bay raises sales forecast on Kaufhof deal close [Globe & Mail]
-All hail the hashtag: How retailers are drawing you in, one Facebook post at a time [Globe & Mail]
-Saks shortens distance between New York and Toronto in international love story [Luxury Daily]
-McDonald’s Canada to add build-your-own burgers, table service [Financial Post]
Canadian News: Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Neighbours protest plans for new 7-Eleven store, gas bar [Langley Times]
-Wine in grocery stores? No thanks, say small B.C. wineries [BC Business]
-Minimum wage going up Thursday in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba [CTV]
-Video: A look at the revamped Harry Rosen store in Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
-SPUD's mobile grocery store has been rolling through town for the past year [Vue Weekly Edmonton]
Eastern Canada & Territories: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Shopify expands to 300 employees in Waterloo tech hub [Globe & Mail]
-Lee Valley comes to Kingston [KingstonRegion.com]
-Giant Tiger to move Ottawa distribution centre to Prescott [Ottawa Citizen]
-Free People to Open at CF Sherway Gardens (Toronto) [Benzinga]
-Lowe's moving into former Walmart location in Brookdale Plaza in Cornwall [Standard Freeholder]
-Don't bring a mall into the municipal temple: Keenan (re: Old City Hall in Toronto) [Toronto Star]
-Ottawa shop fined for selling a chest binder to transgender boy (in Ottawa) [Pink News]
-Spotted! A mobile closet on the streetcar tracks (re: Toronto Eaton Centre promo) [Media in Canada]
Our Previous Articles:
-Study Ranks Canada's Favourite Supermarkets, Finds Consumer Dissatisfaction
-Saks Fifth Avenue Reveals Canadian Salon/Spa Provider and New Short Film
-Nordstrom Eaton Centre Flagship Configuration Revealed
-Saje Natural Wellness Reveals Continued Expansion Plans
-Jaeger-LeCoultre Opens 1st of 2 Confirmed Canadian Locations
