Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 29, 2016
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Meet the big-box retailer (Costco) that’s muscling in on Canadian supermarkets [Global]
-Amazon.ca adds industrial, scientific supplies to its online store [Canadian Business]
-Video: Are recent trends in retail the signal of a big-box bust? [Globe & Mail]
-Canada 150: Ottawa teams up with Roots for official merch [CBC]
-Indochino Hires Former Kit and Ace Executive as VP of Technology [Techvibes]
-Reality check: Who is to blame for the soaring cost of cauliflower? [Global]
-We may have hit ‘peak stüff.’ But Ikea says there’s still röom to expånd. [Macleans.ca]
-Canadian food still less expensive with better quality [Chatham Daily News]
-Home Hardware Appoints New Vice-President, Marketing and Sales [Newswire]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-What does this Vancouver tea purveyor have in common with a paint company? [Financial Post]
-Vancouver designer Ami McKay - from boom to bust, and back [Vancouver Sun]
-Bread breaking marks opening of Burnaby Whole Foods [Burnaby Now]
-Entering 2016 with that empty feeling (re: empty stores) [Kamloops This Week]
-Island grocery chain leads plans for Sidney Gateway [BC: Peninsula News Review]
-'Business as usual' for VPD on pot shops [24 Hours]
-Retail pot store in Sidney a non-starter [BC: Peninsula News Review]
-Alberta's small, medium-sized businesses to slash spending: survey [CTV]
Central/Eastern Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Athletes Collective's goal is to put a shirt on your back [Toronto Star]
-Toronto Goodwill closures threaten local workers as donations drop [Windsor Star]
-Why Union Station Could Soon be Toronto's Coolest Place to Hang Out [Bisnow]
-Metro Care and Share Thrift Store closed, but fundraising continues [Halifax: CBC]
-Attention shoppers! Kingston open to idea of year-round holiday shopping [KingstonRegion.com]
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