Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: December 5, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
David Yurman Expanding Canadian Operations
The upscale American jewellery brand continues to grow its operations with new and larger locations, including one with a very special and very rare luxury feature.
Top Stories - National:
-Online shopping has gone from incremental to exponential, but Canadians still lukewarm (CBC)
-Ethnic retailing is moving from niche to mainstream (Marketing Magazine)
-Bata: Shoemaker to the world (Business Mirror)
-First Canadian Amazon Launchpad Store Opens (PYMNTS.com)
-Retailers injecting creativity to keep consumers interested in store visits (Vancouver Sun)
-Nutrition North program failing to keep food healthy, affordable (Canadian Grocer)
-‘It’s not just hype’: Why Spin Master’s Hatchimals toy craze may outlast the holidays (BNN)
-Loblaw Challenges Canadians to Try Something Unexpected in 2017 (NewsWire press release)
-Thieves nabbed in $10K diamond heist get different sentences (CBC)
-Beloved Canadian restaurant opens at Mall of America (Tim Horton's) (Sun Current)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Costco investigated over allegations pharmacy directors accepted kickbacks for certain brands (Ontario: CBC)
-Organic Garage to be the first Canadian grocer to partner with teaBOT (Satellite)
-No hard feelings for owners who lost store to Queen West gentrification (Toronto: Globe & Mail)
-Quebec food store owners angry over liquor board credit card cut (Canadian Grocer)
-Readers weigh in on whether Costco should move from St. John's east end (Telegram)
-Wholehealth Pharmacy opens in Cornwall (Standard Freeholder)
-How they Got Canada's Largest Christmas Tree Inside the CF Toronto Eaton Centre (Style Democracy)
-Where to shop local in Lower Sackville (Chronicle Herald)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Munro’s Books co-founder Jim Munro was a champion of arts and culture (in memoriam: Globe & Mail)
-Asian retail giant Muji likely to enter Vancouver next year (quoting Retail Insider's Craig Patterson) (Vancouver Sun)
-Gold River on Vancouver Island loses only grocery store (CBC)
-Multi-million dollar grocery store brings healthy options, jobs to the Blood Tribe community (Alberta: Global)
-Skyrocketing rent forces closure of Commercial Drive institution (Wonderbucks) (Vancouver Sun)
-Legal weed could spark new craft, small business opportunities, says Nenshi (Calgary Herald)
-New cafe, deli and grocer Dalina now open in Chinatown (UrbanYVR.com)
-Albertans plan to spend and travel even less this holiday season (CBC)
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-MEC Continues Unprecedented Store Expansion into 2017
-Swimco Expanding Canadian Operations Eastward
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-NYX Cosmetics Plans 2017 Canadian Expansion
-Why Large-Format Retailers Should Consider Product-Focused Urban Locations
-PINKO Opens 1st Canadian Store [Photos]
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