Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: October 15, 2015
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Photo: Mackage
Our Articles of the Day:
1) Most Canadian Retailers Not Achieving Optimal Balance of Capital Allocated to Growth: Study
2) Mackage Opens First Freestanding Canadian Location [Photos]
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Target Corp's hasty retreat still haunting Canadian REITs 9 months later [Financial Post]
-Housewares, hardware spur surge in Canadian retail sales [Star Phoenix]
-Online furniture seller Cymax raises $30m [BIV]
-Alimentation Couche-Tard to buy 18 convenience stores in Texas as CFO resigns suddenly [Financial Post]
-Shopify partners with Uber to ensure same-day delivery [Globe & Mail]
-Wholesale Furniture Brokers Partners with Les Services SiPD, Acumatica's Canadian Re-Seller [Newswire]
-Canadian dollar rises on signs U.S. retail sales are waning [CBC]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Cabela's Canada Prepares for Grand Opening of Calgary Store [EIN News]
-Bentleys and Bordeaux: Chinese newcomers drive Vancouver's luxury market [Reuters]
-Countdown back on for Tsawwassen malls [Delta Optimist]
-Mastermind Toys store coming to Kenaston and McGillivray in Winnipeg [MyToba]
-Vancouver's Oakridge Centre launches social media campaign [Vancity Buzz]
-Safeway store on Henderson Highway to close in November [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Co-op and credit union perform random acts of kindness [Battlefords News-Optimist]
-Vancouver's Punjabi Market neighbourhood is changing [Straight.com]
Eastern Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-IKEA to open store in Windsor at old Future Shop in spring [CBC]
-Canada Post launches Delivered Tonight™ in Montreal [Newswire]
-Elliot Lake new mall construction set to begin [CBC]
-Vaudreuil-Dorion Costco store to open Friday [Montreal Gazette]
-New pen shop has niche brands from around the world [Toronto: BlogTO]
-Ivoire Collection: The Dream Bridal Shop Opens in Mile End [Montreal: Marketwired]
-Thrift shopping on Boulevard Saint-Laurent [Montreal: McGill Tribune]
Our Previous Articles:
-Simons Brings American-Style Luxury Designer Departments to Canada's Suburbs
-AllSaints to Open 3rd Canadian Location
-Please Take a Moment to Vote Retail
-Steve Madden Launches New Concept Store in Canada
-Links of London to Open 1st Free-Standing Canadian Store
