Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: September 23, 2015
/Our Articles of the Day:
1) Why Competitors Must Take Nordstrom Seriously in Canada
2) Lolë Continues Canadian Expansion With New Locations and a Downtown Flagship
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Why the Rexall pharmacy chain is a hot acquisition target [Financial Post]
-Is Kit and Ace, Chip Wilson's big new bet, really a tech startup? [BC Business]
-Hudson's Bay campaign rooted in adventure and storytelling [Marketing Magazine]
-Shopper Futures: Changing the way stores sample products [Canadian Grocer]
-Mac's convenience stores to be rebranded as Circle K [CTV]
-Starbucks app could help you skip the line starting in October [Toronto Star]
-Is 2015 the year of mCrime? [Business Review Canada]
Canadian Retail News - Regional:
East: ON/QC/Maritimes & Territories
-Virtual tour of COS on Bloor Street in Toronto [Style Democracy]
-Sneak peek of the new Longo's grocery store at Toronto's Imperial Plaza [Bisnow]
-A look inside CF Sherway Gardens' expansion [Toronto Shopkeeper]
-TMR approves plans for $1.7B Royalmount project [Montreal Gazette]
-Merchants warn about debit card scam hitting local depanneurs [Montreal: CBC]
-Committee approves 'visionary' plan for former Rockcliffe airbase (including retail) [Ottawa Citizen]
-K-Cup recycling offered by Wheaton's furniture in Moncton [CBC]
-Pinkberry Premium Frozen Yogurt Opens First Store in City of Toronto [Digital Journal]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-‘Supercharged’ shoppers spend like mad in B.C., Ontario close behind [Globe & Mail]
-New mixed-use project (with retail) coming to prominent block of Edmonton's Whyte Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
-Vancouver e-tailer offers two-hour delivery service [Marketing Magazine]
-New sports memorabilia store to open (Grande Prairie, AB) [Alberta Daily Herald Tribune]
-Discovery Co-op makes top 100 list [Battlefords News-Optimist]
Our Previous Articles:
-Cadillac Fairview Rebrands Mall Properties
-Sherway Gardens Opens Massive Expansion
-COS by H&M Opens 1st Canadian Location
-West Edmonton Mall Landlord Secures Major Luxury Brands for American Dream
-Saks Fifth Ave Launches Canadian Marketing Campaign (Including Videos)