Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: December 21, 2016
/Top Stories - National:
-Health-food restaurant chain Freshii said to be seeking $100 Million in Canadian IPO (Financial Post) and Freshii restaurant chain files for IPO (Toronto Star)
-It works for Canada Goose, but how far can ‘made in Canada’ go? (The Globe & Mail)
-Rumoured American Apparel bidders drag down Gildan (Financial Post)
-Dollarama leaders cash in 15% of holdings with shares at all-time highs (BNN)
-Will a motorized panda get you back to the mall? (Metro)
-From restaurant to grocery retail (Re: Celebrity Chefs) (Canadian Grocer)
-Canadian wholesale trade jumps 1.1 per cent in October (The Globe & Mail)
-The future of the marijuana industry comes into focus (The Globe & Mail)
-5 retailers that closed locations in Canada in 2016 (StyleDemocracy)
-Department stores are losing in beauty, too (The Globe & Mail)
-Apple's In-Store Pickup Tool for AirPods Now Live in Canada (MacRumors)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Ride Cycle Club Coming to Ossington (Ossington Village)
-How Iranian-Canadian Arash Madipour came to be Lowertown's tourtière king (CBC)
-New baby carrier and winter boots donated by St. John's store (CTV News)
-'We just fill the store': Charlottetown bakery stays busy over Christmas (CBC)
-Elleffe Design Achieves Exceptional Sales at Torontos Newest Luxury Retailer (SATPR)
-Toronto's Holiday Pawn Shop: The holidays have Skittles in giving mood (Canadian Grocer)
-Woolrich backs away from Halifax store buzz (The Chronicle Herald)
-Nova Scotia reduces markup fee on province's craft brewers (CBC News)
-Halifax medical marijuana dispensary no longer requesting prescriptions (CTV News)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-8 things that mattered in retail in 2016 (Business In Vancouver)
-Sherwood Park business picking up the pieces after destructive fire (Edmonton: Global News)
-Lloydminster retailers and consumers express cut backs in spending, buying for less people (Meridian Booster)
-Filipinos brave sub-zero temp for opening of Jollibee Winnipeg (Inquirer Winnipeg)
-Calgary gift card holder shocked to find card drained by fees (CTV News)
-Saskatoon teens discourage drinking and driving on SLGA liquor bags (Global)
-Another vehicle stolen while left idling (at store, Calgary, CTV)
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