Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: December 28, 2015
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Our Article of the Day:
Chanel to Open Vancouver 'Flagship'
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Boxing Day is still Canada's favorite Holiday Shopping Day [Global] and Boxing Day gives Black Friday a run for its money, major retailers say [CBC]
-Hudson’s Bay presses forward in face of retail landscape ‘headwinds’ [Globe & Mail], and Hudson’s Bay CEO Richard Baker on retailer’s past, present and future [Globe & Mail]
-How online shoe retailer Shoes.com took the Canadian market by storm [Financial Post]
-Year in Review: Target's retreat felt like betrayal for Canadians, says Bill Mah [Edmonton Journal]
-Canadian Retail Going Strong (Eh) [PYMNTS.com]
-Canadian Dollar Rose Due to Strong Retail Sales Numbers [Market Realist]
-Jesta's Omnichannel Suite Helps Harry Rosen Centralize Operations [Apparel News]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Development expands grocery, apartment options for Jasper Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
-A chapter closes for Paul and Holly McNally, who created Canada's largest independent bookstore [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Prada Vancouver flagship prepares to launch in Luxury Zone [Vancity Buzz]
-Banff distillery latest to enter new Alberta liquor scene [CBC]
-Edmonton grocery shoppers seek out produce bargains as vegetable prices skyrocket [CBC]
-Passion for golden oldies behind lawyer's new business venture (music store in Winnipeg) [Canadian Lawyer Magazine]
-Designer clothes, meat and seafood among top items stolen in Calgary in 2015 [Calgary Herald]
-Chevron aiming for January opening [Whistler BC: Pique Newsmagazine]
Eastern Canada/North: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Luk Fook Opens Largest Store Outside Greater China (in Markham ON) [Rapaport]
-Shop by shop, Water Street West is on a roll (St. John's Newfoundland) [CBC]
-McHardy Vacuums leaves competitors in the dust [London Free Press]
-Toronto shoppers brave fist fights, long lines in search of Boxing Day bargains [Toronto Star]
-Boxing Day shoppers bolstered by weak dollar [Toronto Sun]
-The food desert of the north [Al Jazeera America]
Our Previous Articles:
-Spareparts Opens Impressive New Location [Photos]
-Eileen Fisher Reveals Growth Plans, New Canadian Office
-Hillberg & Berk Plans Major Expansion
-Surplus Clothing to Launch New Store Concept
-Shoes.com Plans Substantial Brick-and-Mortar Expansion
-Study Provides Canadian Retailers Insight into Millennials
