Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: February 24, 2016
/Our Article of the Day:
1) Links of London Opens at Ogilvy
2) De Beers Opens 2nd Freestanding Canadian Store
3) Herschel Supply Plans 1st Freestanding Canadian Store
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Sears closing eight home stores; ‘assigning’ leases to Leon’s [Globe & Mail]
-Hudson’s Bay Co reveals solid sales bump as online sales surge 23% [Financial Post]
-Shoppers Drug Mart shows budding interest in selling medical marijuana [Globe & Mail]
-Cadillac Fairview pushes Saks in new campaigns [Marketing Magazine]
-Target, the play: a fallen retailer becomes theatre [Macleans.ca]
-Loblaw looks to millennials in latest recruitment effort [Canadian Grocer]
-How are food box subscription companies avoiding high produce prices? [Canadian Grocer]
-IKEA Canada turns the spotlight on its customers [Marketing Magazine]
Canadian News - Regional:
-Walmart coming to south Mississauga this fall [Mississauga.com]
-The top 17 international grocery stores in Toronto [BlogTO]
-ASICS launches first-ever apparel line with Vancouver's Reigning Champ [Straight.com]
-Liquor Mart megastore planned for True North Square [Winnipeg Sun]
-Video store rentals down, but not yet done [Hamilton Spectator]
-What Should Replace the Square One Sport Chek? [Insauga.com]
-Cineplex opening huge entertainment complex in Toronto [BlogTO]