Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: August 11, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Rudsak Announces 3 New Canadian Store Locations
The Canadian leather and fashion retailer is seeing success while others are struggling, as it continues to open locations nationwide.
Top Stories - National:
-Canadian custom suit retailer Surmesur to expand into the United States [Retailing Today]
-Giant Tiger undergoes major revamp amid stiffening retail competition [Global News]
-Canadian vending machines to be fitted with mobile payment technology [Cantech Letter]
-Canadian Tire Loyalty Programs Receiving More Emphasis [Loyalty 360]
*Available only to Globe & Mail 'Unlimited' paid subscribers: Loblaw’s price war spreads through Canada’s grocery sector [Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Rideau Centre grand opening: Five things to get excited for [Ottawa Citizen]
-Nordstrom announces celebrity performers for its store opening galas this fall (in Toronto) [EPR]
-Yorkdale job fair: Why 1000 young people showed up for 250 positions [CBC]
-Sourced: Toronto bakery savours 'every day' scone [Toronto Star]
-Clearwater Seafoods celebrates 40 years of business [Nova Scotia: CBC]
-Back-to-school shopping is big business [Toronto Sun]
-One Bloor East: Podium Levels Take Shape at Yonge and Bloor [Urban Toronto]
-Frank + Oak menswear warehouse sale in Montreal, August 17-21 [Style Democracy]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Beer's Ladies Wear closes in Salmon Arm BC after 95 years in business [Salmon Arm Observer]
-Limits set on City's thrift stores [Langley Advance]
-PetSmart to open in Penticton, BC [Castanet]
-Vancouver's JJ Bean expands to Toronto (coffee concept) [Vancouver Sun]
Our Previous Articles:
-Aritzia to Open Second-Largest Canadian Location this Month
-Christian Louboutin Opens Canadian Flagship, Plans Concession Expansion [Photos]
-One Bloor East Retail Podium Acquired
-Montreal Friday : Off The Hook Opens 2nd Location at William Gray Hotel in Old Montreal
-Retail Construction Challenge: Building Eileen Fisher
-Report Ranks 2 Canadian Retailers Among World’s Top 9 Shoe Stores
-Warby Parker Opens 1st Canadian Location
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