Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: December 7, 2016
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) L'Éclair de Génie to Open 1st North American Retail Location
A Canadian city will become home to the first North American location for the rapidly growing Paris-based bakery and sweets retailer.
2) BUILD IT By Design Expanding into High-End Retail
The Canadian builder is increasing its retail influence, having learned from constructing numerous, high profile food-focused branded environments.
Top Stories - National:
-A shift from yoga pants may leave Lululemon Athletica investors in a sweat (Financial Post)
-Hudson’s Bay Co looks to cut costs after tough quarter; shares hit all-time low (Financial Post) and -Hudson's Bay weighed down by Saks Fifth Avenue, outlet stores (Retail Dive)
-PUDO and Retail Council of Canada working together to make delivery easier for retailers and their customers (NewsWire press release)
-While Sears Canada’s future looks grim, Sears’ American stores are on the brink: analysts (Global)
-Canadian families to spend up to $420 more on food next year (Canadian Grocer)
-Best Buy Canada Oculus Touch shipments delayed to December 23rd (Mobile Syrup)
-Nearly Half of Canadians Shopped for Deals on Black Friday (Yahoo Finance) and Deal or no deal? Canadians mull Black Friday shopping (CTV News)
-McDonald's CEO Says Robots Won't Replace Workers. He's Wrong (Motley)
-Drake's OVO Flagship Store Coming to NYC (Billboard)
Available only to paid 'Unlimited' subscribers, and those using the G&M mobile app: HBC focuses more on home goods as fashion sales suffer (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-This is what Toronto's massive new food hall will look like (BlogTO)
-Popular Toronto boutique recalls hats carrying labels warning of cancer exposure (CP24)
-Ontario cold to pot at LCBO, poll shows (Toronto Sun)
-Toronto Union Station Holiday Market is now open (BlogTO)
-CPR Cell Phone Repair Expands Services in Canada with New Franchise Store in Brantford, Ontario (Yahoo)
-A new touchscreen store technology is launched in Quebec in 2016 (Digital Journal)
-Here's what to expect at the Yorkville Village Holiday Market (StyleDemocracy)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Syrian immigrant launches Calgary clothing boutique after fleeing war (Metro Calgary)
-Longtime independent Vancouver grocer Stong's Market reopens in Dunbar (Straight)
-Lululemon founder Chip Wilson shares his brand of entrepreneurial thinking with University of Calgary audience (University of Calgary)
-Labour shortages squeezing BC restaurants and retailers (Vancouver Province)
-Vancouver food startup selling cricket bars with cricket shakes to come (Calgary Herald)
-Only-in-YEG shopping list: Meet the mountaineer's seamstress (CBC News: Edmonton)
-Earth's General Store offers contest for basket of local goodness (Edmonton Journal)
-Frustrated councillors ask for review of pawn shop approvals (Edmonton Journal)
-BC shoppers among hardest hit by food price increases in 2017: report (CTV)
-INDOCHINO Announces Year to Date Results, Key Appointments and 2017 Retail Expansion Opportunities (MarketWired)
Our Previous Articles:
-How Square One Became One of Canada’s Top Malls
-David Yurman Expanding Canadian Operations
-Consonant Skincare Eyes Expansion [Feature]
-MEC Continues Unprecedented Store Expansion into 2017
-Swimco Expanding Canadian Operations Eastward
-Study Discusses Primary Drivers of Holiday Consumption in Canada
-NYX Cosmetics Plans 2017 Canadian Expansion
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