Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: November 29, 2016
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) NYX Cosmetics Plans 2017 Canadian Expansion
The company plans to roughly double its Canadian store count in a year, expanding into new regions as it continues to see tremendous popularity and growth.
2) Why Large-Format Retailers Should Consider Product-Focused Urban Locations
A retail design expert discusses how some retailers should re-think their real estate strategy by opening smaller, urban locations with product tailored to local tastes.
Top Stories - National:
-Cyber Monday no longer a day, but a week, of online discounts (CBC)
-Frank and Oak's millennial look now also for women (Globe & Mail)
-Black Friday was a good – not great – start to holiday shopping season (Financial Post)
-'Tis the season to scam online shoppers, Better Business Bureau warns (CBC)
-East Coast Lifestyle's brand growing into U.S. markets (Chronicle Herald)
-2 Great Retail Stocks to Add on Cyber Monday (Motley)
-Is Hudson's Bay Co Prepping to Become a Cyber-Monday Giant? (Motley)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-An artisan who’s mastered her own life story: Govani (Re: Brika co-founder, Toronto Star)
-TTC introduces new line of transit-themed merchandise (Toronto: CBC)
-ARI wins Canadian Airport Best Duty Free award (TR Business)
-MEC opens new Toronto store at Sheppard and Leslie in North York (Inside Toronto)
-Pickering Town Centre floods due to broken water main (Toronto Star)
-Vandals break windows, spray paint inside east-end Montreal businesses (CBC)
-Everything must go: After 150 years, Templeton's gets ready for liquidation (CBC)
-Comic Book Store The Beguiling Plans Move to Kensington Market (Torontoist)
-Biped hanging up its shoes: St. John's store set to close its doors (CBC Newfoundland)
-Store pulls potatoes from shelves after metal object found again in P.E.I. spuds (CityNews)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-RYU Apparel Officially Opens Second Store Front Location (Vancouver: NewsWire)
-Saskatoon-Based GMG Jewellers Announces Launch of Michael M and Hearts on Fire Designer Jewellery (Digital Journal)
-Rising rents, online shopping creating challenges for locally-run business (BC: CBC)
-Butcher takes up the cleaver at Queens Park meat shop (New Westminster Record)
-Downtown Squamish is quickly growing - and changing (Shamish Chief)
-What happens when a retail giant flexes its muscles (re: Walmart) (Medicine Hat News)
-Vancouver dispensaries wait for Ottawa's marijuana regulations with cautious optimism (Straight.com)
Our Previous Articles:
-PINKO Opens 1st Canadian Store [Photos]
-Retail Insider Partners with Indeed Jobs
-LUX Beauty Boutique Expands to New Location
-Black Friday 2016 Canada Projections
-Small Retailers Finding Support from their Service Providers
-Study Finds ‘Generation Z’ to be a Driving Force for Holiday Consumption [With Video]
-Pusateri's Fine Foods Reopens Fire-Devastated Flagship (and it's Better than Ever)
-Trendy Ossington Avenue Sees Changes with Major Retail Additions
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