Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: December 16, 2016
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(CF Limeridge, Hamilton. Photo: Cadillac Fairview)
Top Stories - National:
-Christmas shopping actually can be good for you (By Dr. Kyle Murray for Alberta Venture)
-Empire shares plunge 17% after 70% drop in Sobeys earnings and Air Miles customer ire add to woes (Financial Post)
-How players are jockeying for position in Canada's nascent pot market (Canadian Grocer)
-GreenSpace Brands in deal for owner of Canadian juice Kiju (FoodBev.com)
-Canadian Retailer Aritzia Opens in Los Angeles (Apparel News)
-2016 Was A Year To Smile About For 'Ugly' Produce (Huffington Post)
-Nearly two thirds of Canadians set a 2016 holiday spending budget (MarketWired press release)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Kathleen Wynne not ruling out LCBO having role in marijuana sales (Toronto Star)
-Massive new food hall planned for downtown Toronto (Grocery Business)
-Eight Pot Boutiques Open In Montreal On One Day (Huffington Post) and -Montreal mayor vows 'zero tolerance' as illegal marijuana shops open (CBC)
-Four new, old spots to shop in Spring Garden area (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-'Hard to say goodbye': Navarino closing marks end of an era in Mile End (Montreal Gazette)
-Toronto Retail Happenings Roundup (Toronto Sun)
-Transformation underway for long-vacant Saint John storefront (CBC)
-Candle store lights the way for youth with developmental delays (Montreal: CBC)
-GTA's Top 100 Employers set the bar high for workplace standards (Globe & Mail)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Co-op Wine Spirits Beer opens the first World of Whisky store in Canada (in Calgary: NewsWire press release)
-Blade runner: Ai & Om Knives forges a new store in Vancouver (Wallpaper)
-Retail developments healthy despite economic downturn: Colliers (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
-Japanese retailer MUJI to open first Canadian pop-up store in Vancouver (Straight.com)
-Calgary Co-op opens new retail complex in Auburn Bay (Grocery Business)
-New life for former Westbank strip mall (Kelowna Daily Courier)
-Santa Store provides students in Regina with big bargains (CBC)
-Stong’s Market launches second new location (Vancouver: Grocery Business)
Our Previous Articles:
-Warby Parker Opens 2nd Canadian Store [Photos]
-Saks OFF 5TH Announces Park Royal Store
-Snowflake Opens New Flagship [Photos]
-TWG Tea Launches North American Retail Expansion [Photos]
-Air Miles Opens 1st Brick-and-Mortar Store [Photos]
-Aritzia Officially Launches Babaton Store Concept [Photos]
-Luxury Brands Increasingly Choosing Suburban Canadian Malls [Analysis]
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