Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 1, 2016
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Top Stories - National:
-Don't begrudge the growth of luxury trade – welcome it [Globe & Mail]
-How Canadian Tire is pioneering tomorrow's retail experience [Canadian Business]
-Warm winter causes headaches for seasonal businesses [Globe & Mail]
-Food inflation has deepened the price gap at discount grocery stores, and Loblaw Cos is set to cash in [Financial Post]
-Roots Canada names new chief executive and chief financial officer [CTV]
-Leon's Furniture Comments on Real Estate Strategy [Stockhouse]
-MasterCard May Support Apple Pay in Canada [Mac Rumours]
-Behind-the-Scenes Video: Judging the 2016 Canadian Fragrance Awards #CFA16 [Cosmetics Magazine]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-CEO resigns, announces Goodwill to proceed with bankruptcy [CTV]
-SattVa boutique brings socially-conscious style to Halifax [Chronicle Herald]
-Parts of Brossard's Dix30 are Going To Be Demolished (to improve retail experience) [MTL Blog]
-The Lodge at Pine Cove Launches Online Store [MarketWired]
-Affordable rents lure tenants [London Free Press]
-Mobile Klinik opens its smartphone and tablet repair store in Quebec [MobileSyrup.com]
-How to get groceries for cheap [Toronto Star]
-10 signs you shopped at Yorkdale mall in the 1990s [BlogTO]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-How Larco Investments has turned Park Royal into an urban village [Bisnow Vancouver]
-Startup delivery service delivers groceries within the hour [Calgary: Metro]
-Bar 13 Soap Works Flourishing Amid Alberta's Weak Economy [MarketWired]
-Thrift shop chain had humble beginnings (MCC Thrift) [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Steve Mandel Ups Stake in Lululemon Athletica [Guru Focus]
-True North Square has towering ambitions to revitalize Winnipeg's downtown (includes retail) [Globe & Mail]
Our Previous Articles:
-AllSaints Continues Canadian Expansion (new Toronto and Montreal stores)
-Suitsupply Commences Montreal Flagship Construction
-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