Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: August 2, 2016
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Salvatore Ferragamo Opens Largest Canadian Store [Photos]
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Top Stories - National:
-Department store Simons uses sailboat to import designer goods [Global News]
-Shoppers Drug Mart enters grocery wars, armed with fresh fruit and fish [CBC]
-Ben Moss Jewellers closing stores across Canada [CBC]
-Walmart, Costco muscling into Canada's food retail marketplace [Troy Media]
-The luxury resale market is booming in Canada [Yahoo]
Paywall: Available only to 'Unlimited' paid subscribers: -Men’s wear makers turn to tech to reinvent the dress shirt [Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-After seven decades, Boushey's Fruit Market bids farewell [Ottawa: CBC]
-Elliot Lake to see new section of mall unveiled [CBC]
-Toronto's new sweet spot: culinary connoisseur launches luxe chocolate shop [Wallpaper]
-Who is stealing the mannequins from Belleville's clothing stores? (the mystery continues) [Toronto Star]
-Second coming of Walmart [Guelph Today]
-uBreakiFix Opens In Longueuil [Franchising.com]
-School supplies drive launched at Orillia store [Simcoe.com]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Tsawwassen Mills to be the last new Metro Vancouver mall for a while? [Vancouver Province]
-Retail rebound: 18 months after Target's exodus, Winnipeg's vacancy rate is finally decreasing [Winnipeg Free Press]
-CrossIron Mills mall unveils new food hall [Calgary: Rocky View Weekly]
-City of Chestermere looks to attract more retail [Rocky View Weekly]
-Loblaw closing 'unprofitable' Extra Foods store on Regent [Winnipeg Free Press]
-Shoe repair stores on the rise in Saskatoon as the Cobble Stop opens [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
-Winnipegger's Friday Knights t-shirt business lighting up [Winnipeg Sun]
-This Monkey's Gone to Heaven brings wild and wacky to Vancouver's Riley Park [Straight.com]
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