Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 8, 2016
/Our Articles of the Day:
1) Inside Harry Rosen's New Square One Flagship [Photos]
2) World's 1st Saks Fifth Avenue Food Hall Opens [Photos]
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Top Stories - National:
-PharmaChoice surpasses 600 locations, becomes Canada's second-largest independent pharmacy banner [NewsWire]
-Home Depot's Canadian Hiring Spree Is Wednesday March 9 [Huffington Post]
-IKEA Canada Awarded as one of the Best Employers in Canada by Forbes Magazine [NewsWire]
-Jesse Kline: How not to sell legal pot in Canada [National Post]
-Couche-Tard will release its 2016 third quarter results on March 15th [Stockhouse]
-Gasoline prices dropped in 2015, but not as much as the price of crude [CTV]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Halifax mall makes Canada's top-sellers list [Halifax Chronicle Herald]
-LCBO denies plan to sell more than 200 stores it owns in Ontario [CBC]
-Council calling for regulated gas prices province-wide [Ontario: Bay Today]
-New Livestock Location Pulling Toronto Sneakerheads West [The Hundreds]
-Just for contractors: New store opens in Peterborough [Peterborough Examiner]
-Play De Record sets up on Spadina [Toronto: NOW Magazine]
-Inside Hudson's Bay's Beauty Underground on Queen Street [Elle Canada]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Three of Canada’s Top 10 malls are in Lower Mainland [Vancouver Sun]
-Calgary's Chinook Centre and Market Mall see slight uptick in sales [MetroNews]
-New Edmonton shoe shop a big step for March First Footwear [Edmonton Journal]
-Manitoba group fights against liquor in private stores [Canadian Grocer]
-Consumer confidence hits record low in Alberta [BNN]
-BC Honda Dealers go 360 to entice online car buyers [Marketing Magazine]
-Okotoks sees increased demand for business licences amid downturn [CBC]
-What will liquor store privatization mean for Kamsack? [Saskatchewan: Kamsack Times]
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-Black Goat Cashmere to Open Unique Governmenet Street Location
-MAC Cosmetics to Open Saint Catherine Street Flagship
-Frank & Oak Partners with Cadillac Fairview For New Concept Stores
-Prominent 'Mink Mile' Building Sold to Amsterdam-Based Investors
-Simons to Open 'Next-Generation' Eco-Store in 2018