Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: April 20, 2016
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Rendering: RioCan
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Overhauled RioCan Centre to Anchor Yonge and Eglinton Transformation
2) Saje Natural Wellness Reveals 2016 Store Openings
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Top Stories - National:
-Weston family bringing Italy’s Eataly to Canada, joining upscale food trend [Globe & Mail]
-Metro Inc reports profit and sales rising [Financial Post]
-Visa to lower credit card fees for grocers [Canadian Grocer]
-Review of Canada's 'Penguin Pickup' by Australia's Inside Retail/Retail Doctor [Inside Retail]
-Costco Canada is offering free Hepatitis A vaccine to anyone who bought recalled frozen berries [Financial Post]
-Former Food Lion prez goes to Sobeys [Canadian Grocer]
-Hudson's Bay Company Announces Corporate Communications & Public Relations Function Led by Andrew Blecher [Financial Post Business Wire]
-Wow! Canadian Tire brings back catalogue [Marketing Magazine]
-Lessons from the Consumer Products and Retail Summit: Are Bricks and Mortar Stores Still Relevant? [Consumerretailadvisor.com]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-RioCan Commences With Revamp Of Yonge Sheppard [Toronto: Bisnow]
-Store review: Sobeys Urban Fresh, Toronto [IGD Retail Analysis]
-What's next for Pointe-Claire Plaza after iconic video store [Global News]
-Sobeys Inc. appoints Beth Newlands Campbell to lead Atlantic/Ontario business unit [Montreal Gazette]
-Medical pot dispensaries should be closed, Joe Cressy says [Toronto: CBC]
-Much-loved Dupont bakery shutters after 11 years [Toronto: BlogTO]
-Giant Tiger founder recognized at Franchise Awards gala [Ottawa Business Journal]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-B.C. government starts auctions for wine-in-grocery store licences [Business in Vancouver]
-Cindy's Independent Grocer opens it's doors [Saskatchewan: Melford Journal]
-Once unimaginable, a sales tax in Alberta is getting a serious rethink [Globe & Mail, 'Unlimited' Paywall]
-The truth about wine in Vancouver's grocery stores [Vancity Buzz]
-Marijuana dispensary reopens [Campbell River MIrror]
-New thrift store will support transition society [Campbell River Mirror]
-Store owner relieved by arrest, still unsure of store's future [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
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