Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: October 19, 2016
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Maison Birks Launches New Store Concept [Photos]
The iconic Canadian jewellery retailer has launched a new concept, with a new look that will act as a prototype for future store renovations.
2) How Tokyo Smoke Plans to be Canada’s 1st Premium Cannabis Retailer
The coffee and clothing retailer is planning on launching a premium line of cannabis as part of its store concept, as it anticipates legalization in Canada next year.
Top Stories - National:
-Ethical commerce: Canadian retailers make giving back part of bottom line (CTV)
-Leon's Furniture opens 10 new locations (MM&D)
-Hudson's Bay launches ugly Christmas sweaters (Marketing Magazine)
-Mabel's Bakery One of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies On 2016 PROFIT 500 (NewsWire press release)
-Mobile phone payments slow to catch on in Canada, partly because of security worries (Financial Post)
-Canadian Tire pulls clown decorations from shelves amid creepy clown reports (CP24)
-Canadian small business lending climbs in August (Reuters)
-"Negotiaphobia" Stalling Vehicle Purchases in Canada (The Province)
-New poll says Canadians support the idea of independent pot retailers (National Post)
-Facing boredom and limited savings, seniors turn to entrepreneurship (The Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Snappier shows, pop-up shops fill void left behind by Toronto Fashion Week (CBC)
-The Body Shop opens a pop-up location on Toronto's Bloor Street West (Style Democracy)
- How millennials are saving books at the Toronto stores that sell them (NOW Magazine)
-Walmart expands grocery pick up to more stores in York Region (NewsWire)
-Diamond thieves strike again on East Coast, swap $20k rocks for useless stones (News1130)
-Honest Ed's final sign sale goes down this weekend in Toronto (BlogTO)
-Ottawa councillor and pot shop both reaching out to community (Ottawa Metro)
-Thunder Bay record shop gets new lease on life (CBC)
-Thief rappels into sports store, gets away with $150K in hockey sticks (Montreal: CTV News)
-Supermarket closes town's only deli, bakery due to energy costs (in Echo Bay, Toronto Sun)
-Cambridge approves ban on for-profit pet sales (Waterloo Record)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-B.C.'s busy retail scene soaked up most spaces vacated by Target (Vancouver Sun)
-Dress for Success Calgary moving to new Inglewood location (Global News)
-City seeks public feedback on proposed 80-storey downtown skyscraper with retail space (Edmonton Journal)
-Construction on 61 Ave SW has Calgary shops worrying about layoffs, closures (MetroNews)
-Big brands tap B.C. company’s ‘game-changing’ tech (Business in Vancouver)
-Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaning Alternative Opens Location in Kitsilano (MarketWired)
-Calgary construction threatens Chuckles, a family-run costume shop (Calgary Metro)
-Nick Wooster talks men's fashion: It's a good time to be a guy (Vancouver Sun)
-Brandon Shoppers Mall wins award (Westman Journal)
-Metal shavings trigger meat recall by Port McNeill IGA (CBC)
-Richmond food poisoning store was on health radar in July (Richmond News)
Our Previous Articles:
-Inside Nordstrom at Yorkdale, and List of Brands/Boutiques [Photos]
-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
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