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Our Articles of the Day:

1) Pusateri's Fine Foods Plans Flagship Re-Opening After Fire [Renderings]

2) MAC Cosmetics Continues Expansion, Opens 100th Canadian Store

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Top Stories - National:

-Retail Council of Canada Salutes the Industry’s Top Achievers at STORE 2016 [Retail Council of Canada]

-Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson lashes out at retailer’s leadership in letter to shareholders [Financial Post] and Lululemon to hold online-only annual meeting as Chip Wilson says it has ‘lost its way’ [Globe & Mail, available only to 'Unlimited' paid subscribers]

-Canada could be in for an even tougher grocery war after European mass disruption [Financial Post]

-Canadians slow to adopt buying groceries online [Toronto Star]

-Canadians embracing ethnic eats (Survey) [Marketing Magazine]

-Apple Pay Expands In Canada [Fortune]

-American Express data shows where retailers are investing [Marketing Magazine]

-Media Advisory: Head of Canadian Convenience Store Association Available to Speak to Impact of Plain Tobacco Packaging on Canadian Retailers [MarketWired press release]

-eBay Sellers in Canada Forced to Wait for Stores Perk [eCommerceBytes]

-Dollarama Inc. Is the Retail Stock for Your Portfolio [Motley]

Canadian News - Regional:

Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes

-Moosehead to open small-batch brewery to experiment, meet demand for greater variety (with retail space, New Brunswick) [Financial Post]

-Raptors in real time: How Sport Chek captured the playoff run [Marketing Magazine]

-Charlotte Jewelers reopens under new owners [Peterborough Examiner]

-Guelph clothing store starts Tampon Tuesdays to help women in need [CBC]

-Newfoundland gas prices to rise by 20 cents per litre [CTV]

-Kensington Market home to new shop that hawks Grk Ygrt Online [Toronto Star]

-Legendary Café Olimpico to Open Second Montreal Coffee Shop [Eater]

-Bystanders help officer take down axe-wielding man at Kitchener mall [Toronto Star]

Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB

-Owners of Vancouver's Oakridge Shopping Centre want second shot at redevelopment [BC Local News]

-McArthurGlen Vancouver Sets Shopper Traffic Record [Bisnow]

-RYU Apparel Wins WGSN Futures Award for 'Best Store' [Vancouver: Yahoo News]

-Former Edmonton Greyhound station to make way for 50-storey tower (with a grocery store at its base, rumoured to be Whole Foods) [Edmonton Journal]

-Rosé wines coming to store shelves and 2015 was a good year [BC: CBC]

-Loblaw welcomes back Fort McMurray residents with store reopenings [NewsWire press release]

Our Previous Articles:

-Kartell Opens 1st Canadian Location [Photos and Video]

-Saks Fifth Avenue to Open Calgary Store

-Sephora Expands Operations with 'Takeover' Initiative

-Dior Opens 1st Canadian Saks Concession [Photos]

-Real-Time Communications Drives Relationships & Business

-Nordstrom on Track for 2 Fall Store Openings

-MEC to Open 1st Tri-Cities Location

-2016 International Retail Design Conference (IRDC) to be Held in Montréal on September 13-15