Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: October 7, 2016
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Nordstrom (opening at Yorkdale Shopping Centre on October 21). Photo: rwcsystems.com
As Monday is the Thanksgiving Holiday in Canada, we'll be back with more retail news on Tuesday, October 11.
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Top Stories - National:
-How Home Hardware competes with big-box home improvement retailers (Canadian Business)
-Sears Canada teams up with Just For Laughs to celebrate the brand's reinvention (includes video: NewsWire)
-From reusable bags to 'zero waste,' grocery stores try to go green (CBC)
-Shopify CEO leads effort to turn Canada into nation of coders (Canadian Grocer)
-Industry news: Fresh St. Market’s renovated store and Colemans’ donation (Canadian Grocer)
-Angela Cantwell-Peters rose from stenographer to CEO of Bowring (in memoriam: Globe & Mail)
-Food waste report calls for collaboration (Canadian Grocer)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Discount store Marshalls coming to St. John's in 2017 (CBC)
-Marshalls/HomeSense superstore to open in South Keys (Ottawa Citizen)
-New Maurices outlet offering women's clothing, personal service (New Glasgow News)
-Longo’s celebrates 'Made in Italy' authenticity (Grocery Business)
-Shoppers at PEI Walmart don't mind new shopping-bag fee (Journal Pioneer)
-Pot shop plans to fight Barrie City Hall (Barrie Examiner)
-Trailer Park Boys' whisky creates buzz at LCBO launch (Toronto Star)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-CHEP to offer weekly food market after grocery store closes in food desert (Saskatoon: CBC)
-Fish tank generates controversy at new Bass Pro mega outdoor store in Tsawwassen (Vancouver Sun)
-High-end shoes sold for charity at Southcentre Mall (Bamboo Ballroom, Calgary: Global News)
-New $2 billion Calgary airport terminal ready for takeoff (includes retail: Calgary Herald)
-Massive Tsawwassen mall sets sights on Island shoppers (Victoria Times Colonist)
-BC's rare brews delivered to your door (BC Business)
-Éminence Organic Skin Care Donates Over $140,000 to Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (Edmonton Journal)
-Boy, 12, charged with arson in devastating First Nation fire (Grocery store in Manitoba) (Toronto Star)
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-Tsawwassen Mills Opens to Massive Crowds [Photos/Floor Plan]
-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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