Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: December 9, 2016
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Source: STREETSCAPE CANADA
Top Stories - National:
Update: Sears sees third-quarter loss more than double to $120 million as revenue drops (Financial Post)
-Couche-Tard’s Alain Bouchard has a bold vision: ‘We will double the size of this company again’ (Financial Post)
-Dollarama heading into ‘pivotal’ year on bigger ticket items (Financial Post) and Dollarama says China’s soft economy helping to offset currency challenge (Canadian Grocer)
-‘Oh, they’re going to pop’: The next big bubble could be in Canada’s soaring pot market (Financial Post)
-Food-systems planners are playing a growing role in municipal policy (Canadian Grocer)
-Who knew? Canada is home to the multi-billion dollar toy company behind Hatchimals (CBC)
-Lululemon Athletica stock surges most in 8 years after profit, outlook impress investors (National Post)
-SmartREIT to enter residential market with 700-unit Vaughan, Ont. condo project (BNN)
-How To Open A Record Store In The Era Of Music Streaming (TheFader)
-You must be an Globe Unlimited subscriber, or mobile app reader, to view: Canada’s ‘outdated’ payments system poised for overhaul (The Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Inside Vitaly, the buzzy Toronto jewellery brand’s first flagship (Toronto Life)
-Maker of Bûche Lambert, Quebec holiday favourite, declares bankruptcy (CBC)
-Honest Ed’s gives tons of frozen turkeys to charity (CityNews)
-Canada Revenue Agency targets 3 Ottawa convenience stores in raids (CBC News)
-Where to shop local on Quinpool Road (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-'The Village Shoppe' opens in Richmond (Ottawa Community News)
-New grocery delivery service in Charlottetown (CBC News)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Comox mall to go more outdoors than indoors (Comox Valley Echo)
-Frustrated with food prices, woman makes 1,000 km grocery trip for Christmas dinner (CBC News)
-New food retailers force rethink of how to market farm products (Western Producer)
-Parker: New flower shop opens with a Fleurish in Parkdale (Calgary Herald)
-Politics - Co-op upset about role in private liquor in Saskatchewan (Yorkton This Week)
-Gold River shopping for a new grocery store (Campbell River Mirror)
-Gibsons grants business licences to cannabis dispensaries (Could have been an interesting episode of 'Beachcombers') (Coast Reporter)
-Edmonton's Good Luck Sock still looking to get a leg up from a Dragons’ Den deal (Financial Post)
-Premium Brands adds seafood company to portfolio (Diana's Seafood) (Food Business News)
-Dec. 11, 1992 Woodward's files for court protection from creditors (CBC)
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