Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: October 6, 2016
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Photo: Richard Hui
Our Articles of the Day:
1) Tsawwassen Mills Opens to Massive Crowds [Photos/Floor Plan]
2) There's Still Time to Register for IoT, Big Data Retail Summit in Toronto (November 15-16)
A special rate is available for retailers, at the leading industry event which focuses on the 'Internet of Things' and gaining a competitive advantage.
Top Stories - National:
-Cocktails, cinemas and concierges: Malls weave a web of their own to entice customers (Financial Post)
-Why we love disposable furniture: Canada’s love/hate relationship with Ikea (Financial Post)
-Apple Pay Expands to Desjardins in Canada (Mac Rumours)
-Starbucks boosts mental health benefits for Canadian employees to $5K/year (CTV)
-Cineplex hikes movie ticket prices after minimum wage increases (CTV)
-Canadians Set to Shop and Spend More Using Mobiles this Holiday Season (NewsWire)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Jean Coutu sees sales grow despite provincial drug reform (Financial Post)
-Spirits on lockdown at LCBO this fall (Toronto Star)
-Greg Duncan: There are more cars in Île-Perrot, so why so many empty storefronts? (Montreal Gazette)
-Inside Icebreaker, the New Zealand-based outdoor apparel destination on Queen Street (Toronto Life)
-‘Satan reincarnated as a pizza pop’: Pillsbury’s Poutine Pizza Pops hit Montreal store shelves to mixed reactions (National Post)
-Walmart plastic bag fee applauded by Island Waste Management, but some shoppers skeptical (PEI: CBC)
-Montrealers in Little Italy celebrate reopening of Milano grocery store (CBC)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-London Drugs Invests Big Into Its First-Ever Loyalty Program (MarketWired press release)
-Two malls consider adding residential spaces (in Edmonton: CJOB)
-New Edmonton Marshalls store opening in Terra Losa (Edmonton Journal)
-Little India opens in Surrey to serve booming South Asian population (Vancouver Sun)
-Calgary joke shop and Halloween store says construction hurting business (660 News)
-Developers plan to reinvent retail block on Fort Street (Victoria Times Colonist)
-Neighbours plan 'cash mob' after ATM bandits target corner store (Edmonton: CBC)
-Attempted baby snatching at Richmond mall leaves mother shaken (Global News)
Our Previous Articles:
-MUJI Reveals Ambitious Canadian Expansion Plans (Q&A)
-Deciem Continues Rapid Store Expansion [Photos]
-Nordstrom Prepares to Open Yorkdale Location
-Early Bird Deadline For PRSM Retail Facility Management Events in Toronto and Vancouver
-Oshawa Centre Completes Massive Redevelopment
-Rudsak Continues Ambitious Canadian Store Expansion
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