Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: November 2, 2016
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Saje Natural Wellness Reveals National and International Expansion Plans
In an interview, the Canadian company’s VP discusses the completion of its Canadian store expansion, the company's incredible growth, and its plans to expand internationally into several countries.
2) InPost Launches Virtual Address and 'Locker-to-Locker' in Canada
The parcel pick-up-locker company is expanding its Canadian operations with two interesting new initiatives.
Top Stories - National:
-Sears Canada lightens up in fall campaign (Marketing Magazine)
-Canada-EU Trade Agreement Signed; Implementation and Tariff Relief Expected in 2017 (Retail Council of Canada)
-Growing online sales are sucking up retail business equivalent of four cities worth of malls (Financial Post)
-Google set to open first pop-up stores inside Best Buy locations in Canada (Canadian Reviewer)
-Consumer spending continues to upward trend (Canadian Grocer)
-New vehicle sales in Canada drop in October (CBC)
-Women's advocate coming to Dominion grocery stores (CBC)
-Trudeau says work is ‘just beginning’ on Canada EU free trade deal (Canadian Grocer)
-Sleep Country Canada Reports Record Results for Third Quarter 2016 (Canadian Insider)
-IKEA Canada Announces New Partnership with the Breakfast Club of Canada (NewsWire)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Bathurst TTC Station Unveils Bittersweet Homage to Honest Ed's (Urban Toronto)
-Online booze ordering needs more buzz, says LCBO's new CEO (Waterloo Record)
-Why I work at the pot shop: Medical marijuana saved my life, says Weeds staffer (Ottawa Citizen)
-One Ottawa pot shop closes after armed robbery, another faces eviction (Ottawa Sun)
-New bill could fix ‘inequity’ in Halifax commercial taxes: business advocate (Metro)
-Business booming for brew brothers (Inside Ottawa Valley)
-What Will Happen to Second Cup in Mississauga? (InSauga)
-What's behind the Southwest borough's controversial new restaurant bylaw (Montreal: CBC News)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Retail starts to come together at River District (Business in Vancouver)
-New Canadian Tire Opens at Destination: Deerfoot City (Calgary: MarketWired)
-Alberta retailers may enjoy merrier Christmas after flat 2016 (Edmonton Sun)
-GM Mark Fenwick steers megamall from concept to launch (Business in Vancouver)
-Charlie Clark proposes new position to oversee Saskatoon business development (Global News)
-Baker Lake dreams of thrift store staffed by people with disabilities (CBC North)
Our Previous Articles:
-BonLook Launches Canada-Wide Store Expansion
-Why The Shops at Aura Retail Centre is Unsuccessful (With Photos)
-Downtown Edmonton Seeing Retail Renaissance
-Inside Strellson’s New Yorkdale Store [Photos]
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