Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: November 27, 2015
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Edmonton City Centre. Photo: Oxford Properties
Top Stories - Canada:
Black Friday Updates:
-Best Buy Canada site malfunctions on Black Friday, angering shoppers [CTV]
-Black Friday deals 2015: What retailers are offering in Canada [Financial Post]
-U.S. Black Friday crowds thin; analysts call turnout ‘a bust’ [Globe & Mail]
Today's News:
-Retail Council of Canada launches 'ShopIn™' to encourage Canadian shoppers to show local love [Newswire]
-Retailers aiming to reverse Black Friday cross-border flow [CBC]
-Beauty tops C$100m at Canada's airports [TRBusiness]
-The 'Blowfish Effect' Can Help Small Retailers Beat The Big Guys [Huffington Post]
-On Black Friday, wearables gear up for their red-carpet moment [Globe & Mail]
-Canadian Tire's Martha Billes and Mary Turner Named Among Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women [Stockhouse]
-Apple Pay badge now appearing in Canadian Apple Maps [Mobile Syrup]
-Nunavut family outraged after fashion label copies sacred Inuit design [CBC]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Tool retailer Lee Valley Tools to move into former Kelowna Target space [Castanet]
-Podcast: Canadian Black Friday — have we got a deal for you? [Business in Vancouver]
-Walmart ready to open in Maple Ridge [Maple Ridge News]
-Brentwood rezoning proposal for retail, office and condos draws critics [Calgary: CBC]
-Craft beer variety at BC Liquor Stores set to grow next week [CBC]
Eastern Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-London IKEA Store to Open on December 2nd [AM980]
-Sobeys unveils new look in Upper Tantallon store [Halifax Chronicle Herald]
-Nations to open first Toronto location [Canadian Grocer]
-Urban Barn hires firm for Quebec expansion [Marketing Magazine]
-Maker House Co. sells furniture, home accents by Canadian maker [Ottawa Citizen]
-Thursday is the new Black Friday in Niagara [News610]
-Pot stores sprout up in downtown Richmond Hill [YorkRegion.com]
-Plateau property tax hike decried as bad for local business [Montreal: CBC]
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