Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: May 6, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Shinola to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Store this Summer
The upscale Detroit-based 'made in the USA' brand will enter Canada this summer with its second international location
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Top Stories - National:
-Canada's most innovative retailers to take centre stage at the 2016 Excellence in Retailing Awards [NewsWire]
-Six packs and cannabis: Loblaw aims to add medical marijuana [Globe & Mail]
-Why Canada’s cities aren’t cracking down on marijuana stores [Globe & Mail]
-Indigo named top Canadian retail employer brand, 4th overall [NewsWire]
-Is Canadian Tire Corporation Limited Canada's Best Retail Stock? [Motley]
-Door-To-Door Mail Up For Debate As Liberals Launch Review [Huffington Post]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Bronte Village Mall in Oakville sold to Crombie REIT [InsideHalton.com]
-Liberals' changes to store name rules not enough, say opposition [Quebec: CTV]
-Ottawa Central Walmart Supercentre Celebrates Grand Opening at Billings Bridge [Ottawastart.com]
-LCBO headquarters in Toronto sold to developers for $260 million [Global]
-Boîte Noire video closing after almost 30 years [Montreal: CBC]
-Downtown Guelph is far from dying; it's all about turnover [Guelph Mercury]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Frank & Oak hosts a Warehouse sale in Vancouver with Style Democracy [The Social Life]
-Grocers step up to help Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees [Canadian Grocer]
-RYU Apparel Selected for Goop pop-up and Online Shop [Stockhouse]
-Roots on Vancouver's Robson Street reopens with Taiwanese flair [Straight.com]
-Vancouver's downtown peninsula down to one gas station [Business in Vancouver]
-Edmonton shop Variant Edition makes Free Comic Book Day more inclusive [Edmonton Journal]
-Victoria votes to regulate pot dispensaries; won't ban edibles [CTV Vancouver Island]
Our Previous Articles:
-Superdry Partners with Brokerage to Open Canadian Stores
-AllSaints Opens 1st Montreal Store [Photos]
-Harry Rosen Reveals Overhauled/Expanded Montreal Flagship [Photos]
-CF Don Mills to See Major Redevelopment Investment [Renderings]
-Browns Shoes Opens Two Impressive 'B2' Locations
-Ted Baker to Open 3 Canadian Locations this Year
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