Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 17, 2016
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Saks OFF 5TH Opens 1st Canadian Stores
2) eTail Canada Conference: May 16-19 in Toronto
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Top Stories - National:
-Strategic Objectives PR Firm to Work with Sears Canada on Repositioning [Strategy]
-Peter Simons: 'Bricks and mortar is a platform for a human connection' [Globe & Mail]
-Loblaw pulled French’s ketchup because it was ‘cannibalizing’ PC brand sales, leaked memo reveals [Financial Post]
-Ottawa urged to let Canadians spend more duty free in US [CTV]
-What you can learn from Costco and Target's International Experiments (includes Canada discussion) [inc.com]
-Imperial Debuts Mobile Pay-at-the-Pump at 15 Stations in Canada [CSNews Online]
-Canadian Tire puts forth a Maximum effort [Marketing Magazine]
-AutoTrader.ca hires some guy to push its service [Marketing Magazine]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Mall review: Place Vertu, Montreal [Malls Across America]
-French fashion comes to Square One (re: Maison Simons) [Toronto Star]
-Why this bookstore sells just 10 titles at a time—and why it works [Toronto Life]
-Saks Off 5th opens at Vaughan Mills on Thursday [Toronto Star]
-Coke, Pepsi plan to fight Montreal on a possible plastic water bottle ban [CBC]
-Juniper Books Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary [Windstorite]
-Time's up for longtime owner of Weeks Jewellers [Windsor Star]
-Queen Street Needs store closes [Truro Daily News]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Capital GMC Buick Cadillac named top selling GM dealership in Canada [Regina Leader Post]
-2016 Young Global Leaders list includes Clearly's Roy Hessel [Business in Vancouver]
-Abbotsford seeks second injunction against pot retailer [Vancouver Sun]
-Berkey's Corner development approved [Cowichan Valley Citizen]
-Home Depot hiring fair draws huge crowd of job seekers [Calgary: Global]
Our Previous Articles:
-ECCO Shoes Plans Multi-Year Canadian Expansion
-Trudeau Airport to Expand Retail
-Home Furnishings Retailer 'Provide' Relocates Storefront [Photos]
-Surmesur Continues Expansion, Goes International
-Prada Opens Vancouver Flagship [Photos]
-Aesop Continues Rapid Expansion With More Canadian Locations
