Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: November 4, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Harry Rosen Unveils Overhauled Winnipeg Store [Photos]
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Top Stories - National:
-Can Lululemon Athletica Inc’s ivivva brand survive where others couldn’t? (Financial Post)
-French language descriptors coming to stores near you (CTV News)
-Small businesses could be unintended casualties of infrastructure push (The Globe & Mail)
-The rebirth of Danier: Inside (possibly) the most Canadian business comeback ever (Toronto Metro)
-No more ‘free panty’ deals: Big changes afoot at Victoria’s Secret (Toronto Star)
-No Packages, Boxes Or Bags: Welcome To Zero-Waste Grocery Shopping (Huffington Post)
-Mac’s Convenience stores attracts millennials with Meraki [computer system] (CDN)
-Cloud-based ERP levels the playing field for retailers (IT World Canada)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Mariah Carey reportedly receiving $1M for Saks Fifth Avenue performance in Toronto (Global News) and Enchanted forest replaces Santa’s workshop in Hudson’s Bay’s holiday window displays (Toronto Star)
-Update re: Birks adding hotel to its Montreal flagship/downsizing existing retail space (Eva Friede, The Constant Shopper)
-Bay-Bloor Radio celebrates 70 years in Toronto (Bloor-Yorkville.com)
-Lee Valley store opens Friday in Windsor (Windsor Star)
-Wellington Street business sparking Verdun revival (Montreal: Global News)
-600 turn out for Wendel Clark book signing at Chapters Peterborough (Examiner)
-High school students might have designed Toronto's hottest new sneaker (Toronto: CBC News)
-Maurices opening Charlottetown store that aims for the small town feel (The Guardian)
-Ice cream, beer and soap: Chamber honours Charlottetown businesses (Prince Edward Island: CBC News)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Visa ups ante in battle with Walmart by offering Manitobans $10 to shop where accepted (Financial Post) and Visa offers Manitoba cardholders credit as Walmart spat continues (Canadian Grocer)
-Plan calls for three towers to rise above old Vancouver post office (and 274k sq ft retail) (Vancouver Sun)
-B.C. government conditionally approves Loblaw wine licences (Business in Vancouver)
-Slave Lake Walmart Supercentre Celebrates Grand Opening (Edmonton Journal)
-Winnipeg's Tuxedo Park Shopping Centre getting a $4M makeover (Western Investor)
-Major development pitched for Holyrood property next to Valley Line LRT (Edmonton Journal)
-Retail plaza sales fuel ReDev growth plans (RenX)
-Commercial development surging (Fort Saskatchewan Record)
-Wholesale Sports closing its Regina store after 6 1/2 years in business (Regina Leader Post)
-Despite low rates, illegal tobacco trade worries convenience store owner (Regina Leader Post)
-Thirsty work: Weeklong lineup at liquor store for spirits release in Vancouver (The Province)
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-BonLook Launches Canada-Wide Store Expansion
-Why The Shops at Aura Retail Centre is Unsuccessful (With Photos)
-Downtown Edmonton Seeing Retail Renaissance
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