Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 18, 2016
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Eddie Bauer to Replace Robson Street French Connection
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Court rules Target Canada tried to use insolvency laws to avoid landlord losses [Globe & Mail]
-Le Chateau Enters Into Long-Term Financing Agreement [Stockhouse]
-Wal-Mart to shutter 269 stores; Canadian stores unaffected [CTV]
-Why are so many big brand scooping up smaller ones? [Canadian Grocer]
-NKPR founder Natasha Koifman launches fragrance to support Haiti [Vancouver Sun]
-Walmart Canada Launches Great Value Organic Line [Progressive Grocer]
-Whisky distilled in Windsor, Ontario, is the best Canadian whisky of 2015 [Newswire]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Downtown Bay store development at standoff [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Why Saskatoon grocery stores struggle in the city's core [Global]
-Edmonton MP wants to see conveinence store clerks safe [630Ched.com]
-The incredible shrinking dollar and you: B.C. consumers hit harder at the grocery store [Vancouver Sun]
-Grocery flyers illustrate climbing Calgary grocery prices [Calgary Herald]
-Air value sends gas station assessments soaring [Vancouver sun]
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Goodwill closes stores across Southern Ontario due to 'cash-flow crisis' [Globe & Mail]
-Lansdowne's retail development: Still waiting for that 'wow' [Ottawa Citizen]
-Farmers' Market struggles in move back to Lansdowne [Ottawa Citizen]
-Lincoln Fields losing Walmart to Bayshore Shopping Centre [Ottawa Citizen]
-NB Liquor closure to cause east end dry spell in Saint John [CBC]
-Starbucks closing its doors in Summerside [CBC]
-Vodka sold in Toronto LCBO store replaced with water [Global]
-Hazy rules around medical marijuana dispensaries [Toronto Star]
Our Previous Articles:
-Online Retailer Maple Harbour to Open Brick-and-Mortar Stores
-Oakridge Centre Expansion Scaled Back
-Inside Erin Mills' Overhaul [Photos]
-H2O Plus Closes Canadian Stores, Halts Shipping
-Canadian Bag and Accessory Brand VENQUE Seeks to Expand Distribution after Considerable Success