Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 11, 2016
/Top Stories - National:
-CEO says Hudson’s Bay plans to invest $1.4-billion in Kaufhof: report [Globe & Mail]
-Sobeys cutting food prices in the West in bid to woo customers [Globe & Mail]
-Cultured meat, milk and eggs poised to enter grocery stores [CTV]
-Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau Is Putting Canadian Designers on the Map [Vogue]
-Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein on the future of digital retail [Canadian Business]
-Safeway acquisition by Sobeys hits Empire with $1.36B Q3 loss [CTV]
-Korres Gets New Canadian Distributor [Cosmetics Magazine]
-Time to Buy Sears Canada Inc. After Reaching All-Time Low? [SmallCapWired.com]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Ottawa designer's scarves gifted to Barack Obama's daughters [CBC]
-Montreal Is Opening A “Costco” For Cats And Dogs [MTL Blog]
-Queen Video's flagship store closing after 35 years [Toronto: CBC]
-Esso deal to expand Couche-Tard's presence in Canada's two largest cities [Chronicle Herald]
-The Wizard of Paws: How a Halifax-area raw pet food store build one of Canada's biggest Facebook followings [Financial Post]
-Inside Saks Food Hall by Pusateri’s [Canadian Grocer]
-Vehicles on the mall sparking pedestrian concerns [Ottawa Sun]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Lakehouse store honoured as top housewares retailer in the world [Okanagan Times]
-Barbara Yaffe: With retail sales booming in BC, the PST is the gift that keeps on giving [Vancouver Sun]
-In-depth review of Vancouver's Canada Post redevelopment (300k sf retail) [Vancity Buzz]
-Another Edmonton business closes due to construction of 102 avenue bridge [Global]
-Langley City: the place to thrift [Langley Times]
-Vancouver trending: Sew cool threads [MetroNews]
-Crews douse flames in recycling bin at Regina shopping centre [CBC]
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-Inside Harry Rosen's New Square One Flagship [Photos]
-Black Goat Cashmere to Open Unique Governmenet Street Location
-MAC Cosmetics to Open Saint Catherine Street Flagship