Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 17, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Links of London Opens Impressive 1st Freestanding Canadian Store [Photos]
The beautiful new 'contemporary London townhouse' inspired' boutique is like a jewel box housing the British luxury brand's collections. A second freestanding Canadian store will also open next month.
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Top Stories - National:
-Online grocery shopping expands across Canada [CTV News]
-Canadian retailers watching with hope, unease at Walmart's battle with Visa [CTV] and Goliath vs. Goliath: consumers caught in middle of high-stakes fee fight between Visa and Walmart [CBC]
-Canadian Tire: Canada's Finest Retailer [Seeking Alpha]
-Giving grocers IoT opportunities [Canadian Grocer]
-Lowe’s Canada’s new leadership team includes grocery veterans [Grocery Business]
-Ask Mickey: What Do Millennials Want When Shopping Beauty? [Cosmetics Magazine]
-Toronto Tech Startup Unata Experiences Massive Growth in 2016 [BusinessWire press release]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Ontario Retail Members Need to be Aware of Customer Service Standard Changes in Accessibility [Retail Council of Canada]
-Vaughan Longo's reopens following fire [CTV]
-Instabuggy adds prepared foods delivery [Canadian Grocer]
-Plaza Retail to redevelop, manage 3 properties in joint venture with RioCan [MetroNews]
-Online shoppers look for a system that delivers the goods [Toronto Star]
-Retailer Urban Barn to work with City of Toronto on beautification initiative [NewsWire press release]
-Holman descendant wants to honour store's legacy [PEI: CBC]
-Living and buying local helps the economy and the environment [Kawartha Now]
-Ontario Lottery sees supermarkets as solution to dropping ticket sales [Grocery Business]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Oakridge Centre's $367 million assessment reduction under appeal [Business in Vancouver]
-Chevron weighs selling off Western Canadian assets [630ched.com]
-Hermes shows fall/winter collection at Vancouver store [Blush Vancouver]
-Vancouver pot shops: City prepares another round of injunctions [MetroNews]
-IKEA invests $28M to expand Alberta stores (we already posted separate articles on Calgary and Edmonton expansions this week) [Global News]
-Naming-rights deal puts 'The Brick' name on Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium during Eskimos events [Edmonton Sun]
Our Previous Articles:
-Uniqlo On Track for Canadian Debut
-Can You Afford To Do Nothing As Fraud Increases?
-Canada's Largest Home Improvement Centre to Open Next Week
-Moncler to Open 2nd Freestanding Toronto Store
-F21 RED by Forever 21 Expands into New Canadian Markets
-Sarah Pacini Continues Canada-Wide Expansion, Plans More Locations
-New Child-Friendly Concept Attracts Mall Shoppers [With Video]
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