Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: December 30 2016
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(We'll also be back with our own articles next week. Happy New Year, and have an excellent long weekend)
Top Stories - National:
-Is Boxing Day still worth it? Some bargain hunters say Black Friday has better deals (CBC News)
-Dollarama announces plan to buy back shares through private agreements (NewsWire press release)
-The secrets to success for Spin Master, the Toronto toy company behind Hatchimals (Toronto Star) and An 'F-word' problem: Hatchimal owners say the toy is swearing (CTV News)
-Despite nearly 50 years in Canada, McDonald’s is still fighting to shed its junk food image (Financial Post)
-Available only to paid 'Unlimited' subscribers, and G&M app users: Shift to online shopping will transform retail in 2017 (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-So long to iconic Honest Ed’s: Editorial (Toronto Star) and “It always felt like a crazy maze”: Honest Ed’s shoppers say farewell (Toronto Life)
-More than two dozen businesses want the city to pay for losses due to Rideau sinkhole (CTV News Ottawa)
-2016 In Review: Openings and Closings in Ossington Village (Ossington Village)
-At this Nova Scotia grocery story, a third of employees have disabilities (CTV)
-Nothing old school about this corner store (Toronto Star)
-No service for you! Sears calls community near Yarmouth 'remote' (CBC News)
-Retail jobs flag as sales boom (PEI: CBC)
(News continued below)
-Local music store Opus II closes in the new year (Waterloo Chronicle)
-Susie's Shortbreads shuts store (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-Longtime Westmount jeweller Lou Goldberg locks up for good on Saturday (Montreal Gazette)
-Nova Scotia brothers on right trajectory with golf gear (The Globe & Mail)
-Sault Ste. Marie revels since renovated store launch (DFNI)
-Local music store Opus II closes in the new year (Waterloo Chronicle)
-Slow internet means DVD stores still reign in rural N.S. (CBC News)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Tsawwassen Commons reveals future store openings (Business in Vancouver)
-B.C. expects strong 2017 after leading the country in retail sales growth (MetroNews)
-Novel North Vancouver company combats fast fashion (North Shore News)
-Vancouver boosts fines for pot shops but defiant retailers still selling (CBC)
-BC's last suede and leather drycleaner closing (Vancouver Sun)
-A year after Mac's clerks killed, government considers new rules to keep lone workers safe (Edmonton Sun)
-LeKiu packs up warehouse and dusts off Chinatown treasures (Vancouver Sun)
-Far North fuel retailer defends petrol prices (Cairns Post)
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