Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: November 7, 2016
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Saint Laurent Opens Toronto Store [Photos]
It’s the French luxury brand's second freestanding Canadian location, following the opening of a Vancouver store over the summer.
2) London's CF Masonville Place Unveils Substantial Redevelopment
The popular shopping centre has added new first-in-class retailers, and has also renovated common areas which had become dated. The new look is modern and bright, and will maintain the mall's status as being the most productive in the region.
3) 7 Complimentary Passes Left for IoT, Big Data Retail Summit – Nov. 15-16 in Toronto
Top Stories - National:
-Canadian shopping malls up their culinary game with better food court selection (Toronto Star)
-Capitalising on Canada’s Fashion Moment (re: Nordstrom/Saks entering Canada) (Business of Fashion)
-Hudson's Bay turns to robotic technology to amp up its e-commerce offering (CTV) and HBC CEO: Nobody will beat Hudson's Bay's e-commerce in Canada (BNN Video)
-Holiday shopping feels the Uber effect (Toronto Star)
-Mississauga's Paramount Fine Foods crossing international waters (South Asian Focus)
-An oral history of Sobeys' 'Star of Christmas' holiday commercial (CBC)
-Instabuggy launches meal-kit offering (Canadian Grocer)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Charlottetown Bulk Barn store part of new waste-free initiative (CBC)
-Ogilvy’s bagpiper fined by Montreal police for ceremonial dagger (Global News)
-Vitaly opens Toronto flagship on Queen St. W. (Style Democracy)
-Central Toronto Academy students design sneaker sold at Gotstyle (Inside Toronto)
-Feed Nova Scotia tries to use food wasted at grocery stores (CBC)
-Stores in Windsor cashing in on low unemployment rate (CBC)
-Queen West businesses mired in construction delays (Toronto: BlogTO)
-Walmart bomb threat hoax ends in $90K fine, jail time (PEI: CBC)
-Living his dream means owning a store in Bedeque (PEI) (Guardian Charlottetown)
-It’s Official, Quebec’s Language Police Forcing All English Businesses To Change Their Names (MTL Blog)
-Ottawa police put illegal pot shops on notice following Friday raids (CBC)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-B.C.'s second-hand economy generates more than $1B a year (Global News)
-City of Edmonton wins fight at Supreme Court to raise Capilano Mall's property taxes (CBC)
-Calgary Co-op celebrates triple opening in Auburn Bay (NewsWire press release)
-Victoria Jewellers – a gem of a family business (Regina Leader Post)
-Wishing Treats Caramel Studio brings handmade candy to Gastown (Metronews Vancouver)
-TV's Corner Gas fuel station torn down (CTV)
-Commercial development taking shape on northside (Lethbridge Herald)
-Victoria employers 'desperately looking for people' (Times Colonist)
Our Previous Articles:
-Harry Rosen Unveils Overhauled Winnipeg Store [Photos]
-Marshalls Continues Aggressive Canadian Store Expansion
-Birks Montreal Flagship to Renovate and Add Luxury Hotel
-Saje Natural Wellness Reveals National and International Expansion Plans
-InPost Launches 'Virtual Address' and 'Locker-to-Locker' in Canada
-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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