Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: December 28, 2016
/Old Quebec City. Photo: Pinterest
Top Stories - National:
-The Death of the Shopping Mall Has Been Greatly Exaggerated (Motley)
-Amazon calls 2016 holiday season its best ever; shares rise (The Globe & Mail)
-One huge retailer ignored the Internet — and won (TJ Maxx, but applies to Winners/Marshalls in Canada) (Waterloo Record)
-DIG360– Leger Survey: Holiday & Boxing Day Observations (PDF Study)
-Costco May Make It More Expensive to Shop Its Humongous Stores in 2017 (The Street)
-Retail expert calls online shopping a 'niche' market (640News)
-Broken Hatchimals lead to Christmas disappointment for some kids (CBC)
-For airport restaurants, keeping costs down is a challenge (The Globe & Mail)
-Is the Negativity Around Hudson’s Bay Co Warranted? (Motley)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-International flavours are back at LCBO — and flying off the shelves (Metro Toronto)
-Handmade, home-based Labrador soap company looking to start online shop (CBC News)
-The year in business: Sorry seems to be the fitting word (Montreal Gazette)
-20 restaurant and retail chains that came to Toronto in 2016 (BlogTO)
-St. John's shoppers look for Boxing Day bargains (CBC News)
-Boxing Day still throws punch in Thunder Bay (The Chronicle Journal)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Business booming in Parksville Qualicum Beach for Cedar Sky Foods (Parksville Qualicum Beach News)
-New downtown champion wants to keep momentum going (Edmonton Journal)
-The history of Shopper's World (Lethbridge Herald)
-Edmonton woman sues Lululemon for nearly $150,000 after jacket’s draw cord snaps back into her eye (National Post)
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