Our Articles of the Day:

1) Pusateri's Fine Foods Opens at Oakville Place [Photos]

2) Sephora Opens Largest North American Location [Photos]

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Top Stories - National:

-Mail will keep moving Monday as Canada Post drops lockout threat [CBC]

-More big changes in store for Sobeys, says food distribution expert [CBC] after: Empire CEO Marc Poulin exits in wake of $2.9-billion writedown [Globe & Mail]

-InPost providing an alternative to other package delivery services [Toronto Sun]

-How Kris Jenner helped Staples earn 200 million impressions [Marketing Magazine]

-Made-in-Canada men's grooming products gain popularity [Globe & Mail]

-Smoke’s aims to take poutine dominance worldwide [Toronto Star]

-The Strategic Engine Behind the Kit and Ace E-commerce Redesign [Women's Wear Daily, content publicly available]

*Available only to Globe & Mail 'Unlimited' paid subscribers: Retail reckoning: Why the apparel market faces a sea change [Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail]

Canadian News - Regional:

Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes

-Mississauga mayor wants changes to 'outdated' Retail Business Holiday Act [Mississauga.com]

-DFASS Group captures Ottawa International duty free contract [Moodie Report]

-National mattress retailer coming to Chatham (Sleep Country Canada) [Chatham Daily News]

-Businesses bustle downtown [Kingston Whig Standard]

-Little Italy restaurants band together to offer valet parking (strategy for retailers?) [Montreal: CBC]

-Councillor calls for province to crack down on puppy mills [Cambridge Times]

-BDS movement targets St. Clair Ave. store [Toronto Sun]

-Arson at new store in Laval [CTV]

Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB

-Soaring property values push businesses out of Vancouver's west side [Globe & Mail]

-7-Eleven takeover of Esso stations is bad news, say local franchisees [BC: CBC]

-Style Q&A: Jackson Rowe designer opens bricks and mortar location [Vancouver Sun]

-City of Vancouver to file injunctions against 10 more pot shops [CTV]

-Bee-ware of foreign honey influx, consumers warned [Vancouver Sun]

-Winnipeg the Slurpee capital of the world again [Winnipeg Sun]

-High hopes for new pot shop in Winnipeg [MetroNews]

-Penticton pot shops continue to operate in limbo [Penticton Western News]

Our Previous Articles:

-Montreal Friday : Bois & Cuir, and 'The Warehouse' [Photos]

-Place Ville Marie Opens Observatory and 'Made in Montreal' Retail Space [Video]

-What's Happening on Bloor Street West [Expansive Photo Tour]

-Structube Plans Continued Store Expansion into New Markets

-Icebreaker Plans Continued Canadian Expansion, Confirms 2 New Locations

-Local Retailer Launches Canadian Baby Brands E-Commerce Store

-Drake General Store Opens 3-Story Flagship [Photos]

-Cushman & Wakefield Study Ranks Canada's 'Coolest' Retail Streets

-Yorkdale’s Nordstrom Wing Construction Progresses [Photo Tour]