Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: October 9, 2015
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CF Markville Centre. Photo: Cadillac Fairview
Top Stories - Canada:
-Will Amazon.com crush Etsy.com with new ‘Handmade at Amazon’ category? [Financial Post]
-Sears seeks new credit card partner as end of JPMorgan deal looms [Globe & Mail]
-The UPS Store® celebrates 10 years in Canada [Newswire]
-Canadian Tire Teams Up with Wayne Gretzky to Encourage 'Play' [Stockhouse]
-Toronto Maple Leafs And Peoples Jewellers Announce Multi-Year Partnership [Newswire]
-Staples Canada collects and diverts record 100000 kilograms of batteries [Stockhouse]
-Danier Announces Changes to Its Board of Directors [Stockhouse]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-MEC flagship's move a sign of big changes to Broadway retail strip [Globe & Mail]
-Barbara Yaffe: For high-end shopping, Vancouver has arrived (article broadly discusses Simons and Nordstrom) [Vancouver Sun]
-Londonderry Army & Navy store closing at end of January [Edmonton: 630 CHED]
-Co-op food stores across Saskatchewan will distribute the Real Dirt About Farming publicatino in grocery bags [eprretailnews.com]
-Leaving Milan for success on Bowen [Vancouver Sun]
-Karl Stittgen's Song of the Earth [North Shore News]
East & Territories: ON/QC/Maritimes
-World-renowned Alrifai brand opens its first North American boutique in a Provigo Le Marché (in Kirkland, QC) [Stockhouse]
-Charlottetown Mall owners focused on filling vacant space, not selling the mall [PEI Guardian]
-Moisson Montreal reaping rewards of food recovery program [CTV]
-Comic book shop reborn [Ottawa Sun]
-5 Things You Didn't Know About Mississauga – Part 3 (includes some retail discussion) [insauga.com]
-NDG Provigo project passes zoning hurdle [Global]
-Best Buy rebranding in Cornwall [Standard Freeholder]
-Jean Coutu Group PJC Inc. Earnings: Here's What You Need to Know [Motley]
Our Previous Articles:
-Links of London to Open 1st Free-Standing Canadian Store
-Swatch Continues Canadian Expansion with New Locations
-Saks 5th Avenue to Open Canada's Largest Suburban Luxury Store [With Renderings]
-Lao Feng Xiang Opens 1st Canadian Location
-DSW Designer Shoes Reveals 4 Canadian Locations to Open Next Spring
