Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: July 28, 2016
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Photo: Chantal Mizerski, Retail Council of Canada.
Our Articles of the Day:
1) Holt Renfrew Opens Square One Flagship [Photos]
2) RioCan Commences Leasing Yonge-Eglinton E-Condos Retail Podium
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Top Stories - National:
-Loblaw second-quarter profit beats expectations [Globe & Mail] and Loblaw Companies Ltd says move to cut grocery prices in top-tier stores starting to pay off [Financial Post]
-It's time to raise the duty-free limit for online shoppers [Macleans] [Retail Council of Canada opinion]
-Aldo ups its fashion game for fall [Marketing Magazine]
-M.A.C’s Rewards Program, M.A.C Select, Is Now Available in Canada [Cosmetics Magazine]
-Retailers let customers try before they buy [Globe & Mail]
-Hillberg & Berk brings sparkle to the Canadian Olympic Team as official jewellery licensee [NewsWire press release]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Ontario taps Hudson’s Bay Co vice-chairman Bonnie Brooks for new LCBO board chair [Financial Post]
-Ontario booze-by-mail challenges liquor delivery business [CBC]
-Montreal-based Gildan Activewear buys sock company Peds Legwear for $55M [Toronto Star]
-Montreal to get a new, largely digital fashion week [CTV] and L’Oréal Brands Announce Sponsorship of Digital Fashion Week Montreal [Cosmetics Magazine]
-PEI retail sales up for 7th straight month [CBC]
-Halifax bakery braces for impending hike in butter prices [CBC]
-Somebody is stealing female mannequins in Belleville, police say [CBC]
-Expanding Family Owned Boutique (Rhumba) Calls Port Stanley Home [London Free Press]
-Inside Little White Sneakers, a designer consignment store for kids [Toronto Life]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Phased opening for Tsawwassen Commons [Delta-Optimist]
-Private liquor store owners not worried about BC selling booze online [News 1130]
-Liquor Mart has plans to offer delivery through website [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Three-storey retail space could replace popular downtown Vancouver atrium (with comment from Retail Insider's Craig Patterson) [CBC]
-Save-On-Foods looking at possibility of downtown location [Saskatoon: 650 News]
-New report shows positive growth for downtown Winnipeg [CTV]
-Battleford on list for integrated or stand alone liquor store [Battlefords New-Optimist]
-Don't blame retailers for long weekend gasoline price spike: analyst [News 770 Calgary]
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