Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: May 11, 2016
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Esprit Re-Enters Canada, Plans National Expansion
2) Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH Announces Toronto and Edmonton Stores
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Top Stories - National:
-Retailers pitch in to help Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees [Globe & Mail]
-The 10 most reputable brands in Canada (a number are retailers) [Marketing Magazine]
-Rona Inc posts loss, higher revenue, ahead of takeover by Lowe’s [Financial Post]
-Farla Efros, HRC Advisory President on millennials, Gen Z and the future of retail [NRF]
-Apple Pay expands in Canada after deal with big banks [Globe & Mail] and Five things to know about using Apple Pay in Canada [Globe & Mail]
-Rise in digital banking forces Canadian banks to cut fees and offer new options [Global News]
-How shoe retailer Aldo digitized its retail efforts with SAP Hybris [IT Business]
-Maple Leaf rolls out Canadian-inspired line of craft meats [Canadian Grocer]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Giant Tiger Announces Opening of New Store in Chatham, Ontario [MarketWired]
-Menkes’ LCBO Lands Redevelopment Will Extend South Core East [Toronto Bisnow]
-Weighing the challenges and benefits of e-commerce to your business [Montreal Gazette]
-Extreme Off-Price Retailer Factorydirect.ca Opens Vaughn Location [MarketWired]
-Advocates protest sale of animals in pet shops at Cambridge City Hall [Waterloo Record]
-COBS Bread comes to Kingston [KingstonRegion.com]
-Developer won't say if plans to bring Walmart to south Mississauga have been derailed [Mississauga.com]
-Westmount merchant wants dog owners to use that scooper [Montreal Gazette]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Malls see evacuee shopping spree as Fort McMurray residents stock up on necessities [Edmonton Journal]
-Mobile retailers approved for second-summer on Calgary streets [Metro News]
-Robson Street's 'for lease' signs signal changing times [CBC]
-Sask. most patriotic beer drinkers, top cider and cooler buyers in Canada [CBC]
-Metrotown rising as Burnaby's 'true downtown' [Citizen]
-City hall says it's premature for retail-marijuana rules [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Second pot dispensary opens on Baker St. [Nelson Star]
-Calgary's Dynamic Vacuums Announces New Expanded Showroom [MarketWired]
Our Previous Articles:
-How E-commerce is Eroding Retailer Earnings: Study
-Reiss Opens 2nd Freestanding Canadian Location
-Massive Canadian Fashion Trade Show Launching Early Next Year
-Louise Wendling Honoured with RCC Lifetime Achievement Award
-Ivanhoé Camabridge Reveals List of Tsawwassen Mills Tenants
-Rockport to Expand Canadian Outlet Operations
-Shinola to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Store this Summer
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