Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: April 22, 2016
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Inside MEC's Newest Store Location [Photos]
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Top Stories - National:
-Couche-Tard’s fear of a takeover flies in the face of its own M&A strategy [BNN] and Public saga erupts around concern for future Couche-Tard ownership ['Unlimited' paywall, Globe & Mail]
-Could Jewish comfort food be the next big thing in fast food? (re: Caplansky's Deli) [CBC]
- VW Canada to buy back, repair or compensate owners of more than 100,000 vehicles [Globe & Mail]
-The next chapter for bookstores is a happy one [Yahoo Canada]
-Camouflage Makeup Brand Dermablend Is Coming to Canada [Cosmetics Magazine]
-What's driving Metro Canada's performance? [IGD Retail Analysis]
-Andrew Blecher tapped to lead HBC's new PR division [Marketing Magazine]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Quebec doesn't intend to directly invest in Couche-Tard [Montreal Gazette]
-Ikea expected to have big impact on Dartmouth Crossing [CBC]
-Regent Park Revitalization Gets Another Retail Infusion [Toronto: Bisnow]
-Sobey brothers donate $2M to St.FX [Canadian Grocer]
-An All-New Champagne Bar Is Opening At Dix30 [Montreal: MTL Blog]
-Quebec group launches campaign to demand GMO labeling [Canadian Grocer]
-24-hour food oasis, Rabba Marché, opens at Charles and Jarvis [Toronto: Newswire]
-Toronto record stores see spike in Prince album sales [BlogTO]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Lowe's set to take over Target spaces at Tillicum, Nanaimo [Victoria Times Colonist]
-Edmonton's Southgate Centre lets shoppers create outfits with the touch of a screen [Edmonton Journal]
-Businesses relieved 102 Avenue bridge on track for fall completion [Edmonton: CBC]
-Mainland Street no place for a farmers market, court petition says [Business in Vancouver]
-Vince DeVito Shoes —Keeping Customers Happy for 90 Years [Nelson Daily]
-Opinions split on gas station retail [Banff: Rocky Mountain Outlook]
-Maple Ridge heading to court over pot shop [Maple Ridge News]
-Rainbow Plaza set to open in June [Whistler BC: Pique News]
Our Previous Articles:
-MEC Secures Former Future Shop Location for New Store
-m0851 Partners with Brokerage for Canadian Expansion
-Family-Founded Retail Construction Company Continues to Grow and See Success
-Overhauled RioCan Centre to Anchor Yonge and Eglinton Transformation
-Saje Natural Wellness Reveals 2016 Store Openings
-Aritzia to Launch New Brand Store Concept
-Saint Laurent Paris to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Store
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