Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: October 3, 2016
/Our Articles of the Day:
1) Oshawa Centre Completes Massive Redevelopment
2) Rudsak Continues Amitious Canadian Store Expansion
3) Early Bird Deadline For PRSM Retail Facility Management Events in Toronto and Vancouver
PRSM, the Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association, is hosting autumn meeting events (October 20 in Toronto, November 2 in Vancouver), and registration continues.
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Top Stories - National:
-Bass Pro Shops hooks Cabela’s in US$5.5-billion deal (Financial Post)
-Aritzia shares rise 16% in Toronto debut (Globe & Mail)
-Costco to expand aggressively in Canada over the next year, adding seven stores in fiscal 2017 (Financial Post)
-Oak + Fort to Launch In-House Homeware Collection & Expand to LA (Style by Fire)
-Crowds wait hours for Uniqlo's Canadian debut (CTV)
-Food prices rise in Canada, sink in the United States (BIV)
-Nordstrom: Full Speed Ahead In Canada (Seeking Alpha)
-Inside the surreal LUSH factories, where the Willy Wonka of soap is reinventing cosmetics (in Vancouver) (Business Insider)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Dartmouth firm working on $100M IKEA build (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-Chain stores start to pile up on Ossington (Toronto: BlogTO)
-Galleria Mall developers file application for 12 residential towers (BuzzBuzzNews)
-Mississauga's Erin Mills Town Centre wins Maple Leaf Silver Award (Mississauga.com)
-The Makers help PEI artisans realize their dreams (The Guardian Charlottetown)
-Antigonish jeweller shocked to see her Ulu earrings on Kate Middleton (Local Xpress)
-Quickie convenience store to replace Boushey's on Elgin Street (Ottawa Sun)
-Kings Place Mall crowned 'least sexy' among Fredericton buildings (CBC)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Small-business owners in Alberta brace for minimum-wage hike (Globe & Mail)
-Alberta second-hand store turns economic blues into green (CBC)
-Q & A | ECCO Accessories sets up shop on Granville Street (Vancouver Sun)
-London Drugs, Save-On increase size of Centre Village (Lethbridge Herald)
-Beer Mail arrives: Victoria store shipping brews around BC (Victoria Times Colonist)
-North Van upholds 1 km rule for booze outlets (Business in Vancouver)
-Wraps coming off giant South Delta shopping mall (re: Tsawwassen Mills: Western Investor)
-Safeway site at Broadway and Commercial eyed for redevelopment (Vancouver Courier)
-Edmonton neighbourhood banding together for store owner affected by backhoe-driving ATM thief (Edmonton Sun)
Our Previous Articles:
-Winmark to Launch Style Encore Chain in Canada
-BRIKA Announces Significant Acquisition
-Inside Uniqlo's 1st Canadian Store, at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
-JYSK Plans Aggressive Canadian Store Expansion
-Yorkville Avenue to See 35,000 Square Foot Luxury Retail Project
-Sandro and Maje to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Stores
-Ogilvy-Holt Renfrew Luxury Hotel/Condo Identity Revealed
-Online Canadian Retailer Aims to Recreate In-Store Experience
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