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Top Stories - National:

-Parkland Fuel a possible buyer of Loblaw gas bars: report [Financial Post] and Loblaw bucks trend by mulling sale of gas-bar business [Globe & Mail]

-Does Walmart need fitting rooms? (interesting discussion based on Walmart Canada) [RetailWire]

-‘The Sophie Effect’: how Canada’s first lady is helping the local fashion industry blossom [National Post]

-Can Canada's Top REITs Survive the Death of the Shopping Mall? (we think malls are evolving, not dying) [Motley]

-The sticky note that made Canada Post think like a startup [Globe & Mail]

-Pharmasave sorry for ad asking for store 'volunteers' [CTV]

-Shinola's expansion into Canada gets a PR boost [Marketing Magazine]

Canadian News - Regional:

Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes

-Anti-gentrification looters raid high-end Montreal grocery store [CTV News]

-Four authors that are cutting out the middleman (opening own stores) [Toronto Star]

-Toronto grocers set up shop in Windsor [Canadian Grocer]

-Must Société: a new kind of shopping in Griffintown [Montreal Gazette]

-Opening of new IGA Extra is a family affair [Montreal: Canadian Grocer]

-Frank Sukhoo and Madeleine Cormier join forces on Dalhousie Street [Ottawa Citizen]

-M·A·C Is Opening A Brand-New Flagship Store On Montreal's Sainte Catherine Street [MTL Blog]

Central Canada News Continued:

-New Brunswick appeals ruling that allowed cheap booze to be imported [Toronto Star]

-Too Big! Design Review Critiques Queen East Redevelopment (would include over 300,000 sq ft of retail) [Urban Toronto]

-6 secrets to discount shopping on Toronto's Orfus Road [Style Democracy]

-Brockville hardware store closing after 50 yrs [CKWS]

-From seafood shop to aquarium: Saving a rare blue lobster [CTV]

-A lawyer's perspective on the pot shop charges [Toronto Sun]

-Best year ever for Giant Warehouse Sale [Brantford Expositor]

Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB

-Pharmacy chain's latest addition? Caffeine (Tim Hortons in Gimli, more to follow) [Winnipeg Free Press]

-Loblaw closes sole grocery stores in 2 northern BC towns [CBC]

-Sidney would benefit from Gateway development: report [Victoria Times Colonist]

-Major commercial hubs planned to service bustling communities [Calgary Herald]

-Elmwood needs a grocery store [Winnipeg Free Press]

-Downtown Edmonton rises while economy falls flat (includes retail) [Edmonton Journal]

-HUGO shop-in-shops to launch in Hudson's Bay in Vancouver [Vancity Buzz]

-Liquor authority renews search for warehouse [Business in Vancouver]

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