Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: October 18, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Inside Nordstrom at Yorkdale, and List of Brands/Boutiques [Photos]
The luxury-heavy store features more exterior windows than any Nordstrom location, and is also the 1st newly built Nordstrom in Canada. We took photos of the space, and also provide a list of brands and shop-in-stores.
Top Stories - National:
-New Staples Canada president sees company shifting to services amid digital onslaught (Financial Post)
-Canadian grocers finally reaching the digital future (Toronto Star)
-Focus on your existing clients to master the art of upselling (Canadian Business)
-InstaBuggy plans to fill Canadians grocery and liquor orders on a single web page (Financial Post)
-Gretzky looks to score with No. 99 whisky (Toronto Star)
-Supervalu to Sell Save-a-Lot to Canada’s Onex for $1.37 Billion (Fortune)
-Lush Ethical Retail Focus (It’s Way Harder Than It Looks) (PYMNTS)
-IKEA Canada Commemorates 40 Years of Iconic Design in Canada with IKEA Then & Now Exhibit (Edmonton Journal)
*Available only to Globe & Mail paid 'Unlimited' subscribers: Loblaw investigation slowed by lack of co-operation: Competition Bureau (Marina Strauss, The Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Ontario Teachers’ buys wineries, Wine Rack stores for $1.03 billion (Toronto Star)
-Inside Canada Goose's 1st store in the world at Yorkdale (Style Democracy)
-Commercial Development Proposed for Lake Shore in Mimico (UrbanToronto)
-City Committee Debating Rezoning Request from Masonville Place (London: 640 News)
-This photo series celebrates Toronto's corner stores (BlogTO)
-Hintonburg’s Meat Press taking a bite out of Ottawa’s lunch market (Ottawa Business Journal)
-Consignment shop closure leaves people with questions about their cash and clothing (Newfoundland: CBC News)
-OC Transpo looking for business help running retail operations (Ottawa Business Journal)
-$15K worth of rare Magic cards stolen from comics shop in N.B. (CTV News)
-Montreal’s Huge Halloween Mega Store You Need To Check Out For The Perfect Costume This Year (MTL Blog)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Eyewear seller Clearly invests in apps to make it easier for people to know their prescription (Business In Vancouver)
-Too busy to shop? Clothing subscription services offer personalized buying (Edmonton Journal)
-The complete list of fall fashion events to attend this month in Vancouver (Vancouver Courier)
- 'A giant makeover': New owner promises to restore Winnipeg's Times Change(d) building and others (Manitoba: CBC News)
-BC residents favour pot shops for legal marijuana sales: poll (Vancouver Sun)
-Regina activists place warning labels on Indigenous Halloween costumes (Saskatchewan: CBC News)
-City council to vote on rezoning east Regina land for development (Saskatchewan: CBC News)
-Person sick with Listeria linked to Richmond grocery store has died (British Columbia: CBC News)
Our Previous Articles:
-Inside Yorkdale’s Impressive Expansion Wing [Photos]
-RYU Apparel Announces 1st Toronto Location
-Warby Parker to Open 2nd Toronto Store
-Londonderry Shopping Centre Overhaul on Track for 2017 Completion [Before & After Photos]
-Rolex Opens Largest Location in North America, in Vancouver (Photos)
-Danier Relaunches Under New Ownership
-SoulCycle to Enter Canada as it Commences International Expansion
-Saks Food Hall and Pusateri’s Avenue Road Opening Dates Announced
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