Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 7, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
1) Woolrich Looks to Open Canadian Stores
2) Extreme Stores Shutters Multiple Locations
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Hudson’s Bay Co. to buy online shopping business Gilt Groupe Holdings Inc for US$250 million [Financial Post]
-Reitmans (Canada) Limited reports December sales [Newswire]
-If made legal, should marijuana be available through the NLC? [CBC]
-Mercedes-Benz Canada achieves its best all-time sales results [Newswire]
-Cost of living continues to rise as economy falters (discusses increasing retail prices/low dollar) [CBC]
-Loonie below 70 cents US 'doesn't seem that far away' [Toronto Star]
-Herschel Supply partners with Hudson's Bay on new collection [sidewalkhustle.com]
-Psst, wanna buy a TV? Canadian prices suddenly much lower than U.S. [CBC]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Grocery-store wine still rare in BC nine months after announcement [Globe & Mail]
-Balvenie's $45K scotch, Fifty, coming soon to Vancouver [CBC]
-Edmonton crews respond to fire in Allendale strip mall [Global]
-Parody ad campaign touts Northern Canada as 'the home of high prices' [Globe & Mail]
-NV floral shop undergoes a transformation [North Shore News]
-South Delta landscape to change in '16 (including new mall) [Delta-Optimist]
-Two residential towers part of Currie Barracks development (and 130,000 sq ft of retail) [Calgary Herald]
Eastern Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Provigo rebranding causes labour pains in Quebec [Canadian Grocer]
-A plaza, divided: How a small fence is causing big problems (Bolton, ON) [CTV]
-Stealing meat: Grocery stores fighting shoplifters [Montreal: CTV]
-Derelict Toronto mall to host huge art party this month [BlogTO]
-Grocery stores dip a tentative toe into beer sales: report [Canadian Grocer]
-Bony kitten in photo sparks debate about selling pets in Brampton [CBC]
-Espace Montmorency projects a huge boost to Laval (includes retail space) [Daily Commercial News]
Our Previous Articles:
-Caudalie Plans Canadian 'Boutique Spa' Expansion
-Saks Flagship to Feature Queen Street Doorman and Concierge
-Two of World's Top 25 Global Fashion Companies are Canadian
-Change of Scandinavia to Continue Expansion, Open Canadian Flagship
-List of International Retailers that Entered Canada in 2015
-Chanel to Open Vancouver 'Flagship'
