Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: February 29, 2016
/Our Articles of the Day:
1) Suitsupply Commences Montreal Flagship Construction
2) AllSaints Continues Canadian Expansion
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Top Stories - National:
-Shoppers Drug Mart marketing team now under Loblaw [Strategy Online]
-What's Next for Sears Canada Inc After Reaching All-Time Low [Standard Tribune]
-U.S. duty-free limit for web purchases 40 times higher than Canada's ($800 in US, $20 in Canada) [CBC]
-Discount supermarkets are ratcheting up the bargains [Global]
-Canadiens' Subban suits up for fashion retailer RW&CO [Marketing Magazine]
-Simons CEO: We need to explain why we're worth the visit [Marketing Magazine]
-Gildan Activewear Announces Plan to Buy Back Shares [Stockhouse]
-Legalizing pot: How should Canada tax it, and by how much [Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Goodwill bankruptcy claims adding up [Toronto Sun]
-LCBO web store, home delivery could be online by ‘mid-2016’ [Toronto Star]
-Simons fends off competitors as the retailer's Ontario debut looms [BNN]
-Giant Tiger in Etobicoke, ON Unveils New Modern Look! [Marketwired]
-Uptown Saint John to get new liquor store [CBC]
-Spike in bank and retail robberies in Toronto: police [CTV]
-Starbucks opens on Welton Street to brisk business [Cape Breton Post]
-Pet Valu opens in New Glasgow [Daily Business Buzz]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-In the heart of luxury Vancouver’s Alberni St. is becoming one of North America’s most upscale retail districts [Vancouver Sun]
-Rent a Rolex comes to Winnipeg (possibly 1st of its kind in North America) [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Metro malls reframe image as e-commerce tide rises [Business in Vancouver]
-Pop-up store in Kitsilano promotes zero-packaging grocery movement [Vancouver Province]
-Minimum pricing coming to BC wine and liquor stores [CBC]
-Red River Co-op sends cheques to members, average amount $140.22 [CBC]
-Leon's taking over Sears Home store in Langley [Langley Times]
-Kelowna retailers told to focus on food, wine [Daily Courier]
-Metallica named as Record Store Day ambassador for 2016 [Straight.com]
Our Previous Articles:
-Inside Saks Fifth Avenue's New Sherway Store [Photos]
-Saks OFF 5TH Announces First Canadian Opening Dates
-Mahée Perfumes to Open 1st Flagship in Montreal
-Links of London Opens at Ogilvy
-De Beers Opens 2nd Freestanding Canadian Store
-Herschel Supply Plans 1st Freestanding Canadian Store