Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 28, 2016
/Our Articles of the Day:
1) Hazelton Lanes is Officially Rebranded
2) Barbie Museum to Open in Prestigious Downtown Montreal Mall
3) MEC to Open Beside Montreal's Top Mall
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Canadian apparel retailers face tough environment [Toronto Star]
-Canadian duty free sales reach $524m in 2015 [TRBusiness]
-Lanvin Said to be Courting Canadian Designer Erdem Moralioglu [fashionweekdaily.com]
-Brian Parker, head of Distribution Canada, to retire [Canadian Grocer]
-Sears is adding to the problems of Canada's malls [Business Insider]
-Loblaw Companies Limited and Metro, Inc. Are Dominating U.S. Competitors [Motley]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Lansdowne Centre re-development on track [Richmond News]
-Vancouver woman's online consignment store hopes to slow the rise of 'fast fashion' [Global]
-East Hastings goes boom: Long-neglected strip shifting from industrial to residential (and some retail) [Vancouver Sun]
Central/Eastern Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Why you can't always get what you want at the grocery store [Toronto Star]
-Metro announces new store openings and a move into online shopping [Grocery Business]
-Glebe shops could soon stay open on holidays [Ottawa: CBC]
-Lowe's Opens Its First Mississauga Location [InSauga.com]
-Lowe's opens store in Ancaster [Hamilton Spectator]
-Walmart's move to Bayshore offers groceries, convenience says GM [Ottawa Business Journal]
-Bayview Whole Foods store set to open in dismal downturn [Bayview Bulldog]
-St. Vincent's thrift store to expand into Goodwill vacuum [Ottawa Citizen]
Our Previous Articles:
-Saks Reveals New Restaurant Concept
-Aesop to Open Large Location in Kitsilano
-Lolë Reveals Substantial Pop-Up Retail Initiative
-Grocery Store Proposed for Urban Food Desert
-Total Transformation of Former Deerfoot Mall Under Construction
-Inside Van Cleef & Arpels' Newest Canadian Boutique [Photos]