Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: July 30, 2015

Our Article of the Day: 

Coach Reveals 3 Canadian 'Next Generation' Flagships

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Top Stories - Canada: 

-Shopify blows past forecasts in first quarter as public company [Globe & Mail]

-Is Canadian Tire Corporation Limited Canada's Best Retailer? [Motley Fool Canada]

-Canadian Tire adds digital notes to its bricks-and-mortar playlist [ITBusiness.ca]

-Weak dollar not all bad news retailers (Survey) [Marketing]

-Mattresses by mail? Canadian startup joins the memory-foam party [Globe & Mail]

-Loblaw's store closures a smart long-term move [Troy Media]

-Tip Top Tailors owner acquires Jones New York stores in Canada: ‘I didn’t want to see another good brand go dark’ [Financial Post]

 

Canadian News - Regional: 

-Kildonan Place Welcoming New Retailers [Winnipeg: ChrisD.ca]

-Shopping: You can get what you want at home [Vancouver Sun]

-Peace River's teenage storeowner [Peace River Record Gazette]

-Video: Vancouver's Studio Records first record store in North America to have liquor license [Vancouver Sun]

-Adult colouring party at Audreys Books offers 'a way to turn off the world' [Edmonton Journal]

-Board overrules planning dept., jewellery store redevelopment a go [Winnipeg Free Press]

-Wedding dress pickup from McCaffrey Haute Couture brings relief and tears [Ottawa: CBC]

-Kit and Ace's 'precious' sign in Gastown isn't art [Vancouver Courier]

 

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