Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: September 24, 2015
/Our Articles of the Day:
1) Danish Retailer BESTSELLER to Enter Canada with 5 Confirmed Locations
2) Le Creuset Continues Canadian Expansion With 3 Confirmed Locations
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Canadian Tire debuts mobile credit card app, game and loyalty card [Financial Post]
-The Montreal Brothers Behind a Jet Set Leather Brand (WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie) [New York Times]
-Can't afford Prada? Try shopping at designer luxury consignment stores [Globe & Mail]
-WestJet Airlines Ltd turns to retail sector for its new CFO [Financial Post]
-‘Supercharged’ shoppers spend like mad in B.C., Ontario close behind [Globe & Mail]
-Retail sales edge up 0.5 per cent in July: StatsCan [CTV]
-Retail Sales Sizzle in July [JC Williams]
-Club Coffee creates compostable pod that can go in green bin [Canadian company: CBC]
Canadian Retail News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Alberta retail sales climb in July to $6.4 billion [Calgary Herald]
-British Columbians' retail spending slips in July [Business in Vancouver]
-Gary Lamphier: AutoCanada T-boned by oil price crash [Edmonton Journal]
-BC wine in grocery stores: winemakers say delays unacceptable [CBC]
-A secret worth sharing (re: retailer Secret Location in Vancouver) [Vancouver Sun]
East: ON/QC/Maritimes & Territories
-Beer in some Ontario grocery stores by December [Canadian Grocer]
-A tour through the Sherway Gardens expansion in Toronto [Bruce Winder MBA]
-Artemano: Wood is ingrained in their soul [Montreal Gazette]
-Where to shop in Leslieville [Toronto: NOW Magazine]
-Bon Vivant is a cut above [Montreal Gazette]
-Jewellery made your way at Bijou Custom Jewellery [Hamilton Spectator]
-Trending: Iconic Ottawa snack BeaverTails coming to Toronto [City News]
Our Previous Articles:
-Why Competitors Must Take Nordstrom Seriously in Canada
-Lolë Continues Canadian Expansion With New Locations and a Downtown Flagship
-Cadillac Fairview Rebrands Mall Properties
-Sherway Gardens Opens Massive Expansion
-COS by H&M Opens 1st Canadian Location