Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: February 3, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Simons Reveals Mississauga Opening Date
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Lowe’s Cos to buy Canada’s Rona for $3.2 billion in cash to create home improvement giant [Financial Post]
-Chip Wilson, unfiltered: Lululemon founder says he loves the company he started, even if it may not love him back [Financial Post]
-Indigo profit soars 60 per cent as general merchandise shift pays off [Globe & Mail]
-Can La Maison Simons compete with the 'big guys'? [Marketing Magazine]
-Big grocers aim for authenticity with ethnic consumers [Canadian Grocer]
-Looks Like The Cauliflower Price Crisis Is Over [Huffington Post]
-Molson selects Citizen Relations as its new PR agency [Marketing Magazine]
Canadian News - Regional:
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Global retailer Massimo Dutti to open Vancouver store at Pacific Centre [Vancity Buzz]
-Will a major grocery chain's vow to lower produce prices actually mean savings? [Vancouver: News 1130]
-Ask Rita: Shopping with a purpose key to closet conundrum [Calgary Herald]
-Licensed pot shops coming to Vancouver as early as March [CBC]
-Calgary's community engagement leads to confrontation (re: Inglewood Domino's) [CBC]
-Commercial real estate: Largest broker-owned US firm sets up shop in Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
Central/Eastern Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Walmart Canada brings ‘click and collect’ online grocery service to Toronto [Financial Post]
-Walmart wants Quebec stores open until 11 PM [CJAD]
-Middle Eastern grocer faces costly expenses for stopped saffron shipment [Canadian Grocer]
-Tea Forté opens at Montreal Int'l Airport [Moodie Report]
-Dollarama invests in new warehouse in Montreal [Newswire]
-Glebe shops could open on some holidays [Ottawa Sun]
-Nova Scotia-based Oxford Frozen Foods to expand [Chronicle Herald]
-Atlantic Canada groups pushing for independent provincial HST [CTV]
Our Previous Articles:
-Christian Louboutin to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Store
-Carrera y Carrera Opens 1st North American Location in Toronto
-Rolex Store to Replace Hotel Lounge
-Hazelton Lanes is Officially Rebranded
-Barbie Museum to Open in Prestigious Downtown Montreal Mall
-MEC to Open Beside Montreal's Top Mall
