Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: May 27, 2015

Our Articles of the Day: 

1) L'Agent by Agent Provocateur Opens 4th Location in the World in Canada

2) Kate Spade to Open 1st Calgary Location

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Top Stories - Canada: 

-After IPO excitement, Shopify Inc craves return to business as usual [Financial Post]

-Indigo Books & Music Inc Q4 sales rise despite lack of major book hit [Financial Post]

-Would France's anti-food waste law work for Canada? [Yahoo]

-Ikea to fuel Canada expansion with massive DC [Retailing Today]

-Sport Chek and Sid Lee part ways, Rethink steps in [Marketing Magazine]

-TD acquires Nordstrom’s $2.2-billion credit card portfolio [Globe & Mail]

-Sleep Country Canada ponders IPO [Toronto Star]

 

Canadian News - Region-by-Region: 

-Edmonton-based e-commerce company Granify gets $9M investment [Edmonton Journal]

-Calgary Co-op grows downtown liquor store locations [Calgary Herald]

-Chapters Robson closing is the end of a magnificent era [Vancity Buzz]

-The 5 Best Mall Food Courts in the GTA [Style Democracy]

-Square One lures luxury shoppers with pop-up store [Marketing Magazine]

-Burnaby moves to limit payday loan shops [24 Hours Vancouver]

-Vancouver bike shop Sidesaddle caters to women cyclists [Business in Vancouver]

-New shop brings the best of Niagara artisans to Toronto [BlogTO]

 

Our Previous Articles: 

-Moncler to Open 2nd Free-Standing Canadian Location

-Mark's Continues Store Expansion, Launches Flagship Prototype

 

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