Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: November 25, 2015
/Our Articles of the Day:
1) New Sports Superstore Concept Launches 1st Locations
2) Black Friday 2015 Predictions Revealed
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Cross-border shopping, reversed: This Black Friday, Canadian outlet malls set to be packed with Americans [Financial Post]
-Malls revamp Santa experience to lure customers away from online shopping [Globe & Mail]
-Keurig hangs growth on its new cold drink machine in Canada [CTV]
-Forget the web: These artisans only sell their stuff at craft shows [Globe & Mail]
-Oxford Properties to holiday shoppers: Treat yourself [Marketing Magazine]
-Sears Canada Receives Payment from JPMorgan Chase [Stockhouse]
-Is This the Next Big Canadian Outerwear Brand? (re: Moose Knuckles) [Esquire]
-Birks Group Obtains Favorable Amendments to its Credit Facilities [Business Wire]
Re: Black Friday:
-Black Friday a bust for all but a few Canadian retailers, StatsCan finds [CBC]
-No pain, no bargain: Black Friday and the psychology of a deal [National Post]
-Canadian Retailers Brace for Biggest Black Friday Yet [SYS-CON]
-Sears Canada Starts Holiday Sales On Black Friday [E Canada Now]
-How to get the best Black Friday deals [Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-New Metro Vancouver retail developments cluster around transportation hubs [Vancouver Sun]
-Second to None Meats reopening after devastating fire [Calgary: Global]
-Confetti Sweets opens new location [Sherwood Park News]
- Canadian fashion icon visits local customers (re: Simon Chang) [Kelowna News]
-New Mountain Equipment Coop store in Kelowna will have prominent wood features [Global]
-Calgary entrepreneurs launch premium label online consignment store [Calgary Herald]
-Safeway to become franchise [Prince Albert Daily Herald]
-Canadian-made 'world's best' whisky flies off Island shelves [Victoria Times Colonist]
Eastern Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Ikea coming to Kitchener [CBC]
-Caudalie Set to Open First Boutique Spa in Ontario [Cosmetics Magazine]
-Co-op Atlantic to shed feed, grain, ag retail arms [Canadian Cattlemen]
-A silver lining for Danforth businesses [Toronto Observer]
-Quebec Metro owner plays Santa [Canadian Grocer]
-Queen Street businesses help collect donations for women's shelter [Toronto: CTV]
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