Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: September 17, 2015
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Photo: Bailey Nelson
Our Article of the Day:
Bailey Nelson Plans Cross-Canada Expansion
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Canadian retailers under pressure to pursue costly web sales, or lose sales entirely, study finds (quoting HRC Advisory President Farla Efros) [Financial Post]
-Lightspeed says it has solution for struggling retailers in digital age [Canadian Business]
-Shopify Introduces the Shop Section on Facebook Pages to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses [Business Wire]
-The rise of craft beer in Canada: An infographic [Financial Post]
-Neal’s Yard Remedies Expands in Canada [Costmetics Magazine]
-Organic food, farms to be celebrated during National Organic Week [CTV]
-Cabela's and GroupBy Partner to Improve Site Search [Canada NewsWire Press Release]
Canadian News - Regional:
Eastern Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Retail Council of Canada invites Toronto independent retailers to an evening of learning and inspiration on September 17 [Press Release]
-Frank & Oak: Welcome to the boys' club in downtown Montreal [Montreal Gazette]
-Ontario's first craft beer boutique set to open, as industry groups muzzled from discussing further reforms [National Post]
-Special needs shopping carts debut in St. John’s [Canadian Grocer]
-Ottawa Street retailers ring up 100 years of sales [Windsor Star]
-Popular Montreal indie coffee shop opening in Toronto [BlogTO]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Save-On-Foods brings online grocery to Saanich [Canadian Grocer]
-A multi-city wardrobe (re: Dusty Rose Closet) [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
-Nordstrom Announces Beauty Brands for Vancouver Flagship (sourcing Retail Insider) [Cosmetics Magazine]
-Prairie Sky Co-op ranked 70th place in Top 100 list [Weyburn Review]
-General manager is named to lead Tsawwassen Mills [Delta-Optimist]
-Vinyl records spin back into popularity in Winnipeg [Metro]
-Canada Boy Vinyl opens in Calgary as only record pressing plant in the country [Gauntlet]
Our Previous Articles:
-British Retailer Jermyn Street 1664 Plans Multiple Canadian Locations
-Nordstrom Reveals Brands Carried in its Pacific Centre Flagship
-Services and Amenities at Nordstrom's Vancouver Flagship
-DSW Designer Shoes Continues Canadian Store Expansion
