Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: August 22, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Sephora Opens 1st Canadian 'TIP' Concept Store
The store is one of only four in North America to launch the brand's innovative new concept, featuring enhanced technology and expanded services.
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Top Stories - National:
-Loblaw offers $170M for QHR to bolster Shoppers Drug Mart's medical records business [CBC]
-Couche-Tard boosts status as global player with $3.7-billion CST deal [Globe & Mail]
-Fast fashion isn’t fast enough [Francine Kopun, Toronto Star]
-Inside Aritzia’s plan to dodge Canada’s retail graveyard [BNN]
-Canadians Buying Less Food, Booze As Prices Rise [Huffington Post]
-Canada Post fears retail competition for shipping [Toronto Star]
-Union leaders frustrated after Canada Post annual meeting [CTV]
-Canada's inflation rate slows; retail sales post surprise decline [Globe & Mail] and Canada Consumer Disappoints on Weak Retail Sales [Bloomberg]
-Eddie Bauer customer data hacked (including Canada) [CBC]
-Available only to Globe & Mail 'Unlimited' Paid subscribers: Crushed: Why Second Cup is in the fight of its life [Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail]
-Available only to Globe & Mail 'Unlimited' Paid subscribers Watch for the impact of grocery store price wars on inflation [Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Shoppers camp 14 hours overnight for Kanye West's Toronto pop-up [CBC] and Inside Kanye West's Pablo Pop-Up Shop in Toronto [Now Toronto]
-PEI retail sales hit another record [CBC]
-IGA brings back odd-looking fruits and veggies [Canadian Grocer]
-'Stuff' going strong in Barrie at site of former Goodwill store (Stuff is the name of the new store) [Barrie Examiner]
-Josh Freed: Online convenience and the swath of destruction it has left behind [Montreal Gazette]
-Men in Quebec are avid online shoppers [Marketing Magazine]
-How Toronto's cold-pressed juice bars stay in the green [BlogTO]
-Tony and Debbie Cerasia closing their fashion store after 45 years [North Bay Nugget]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Saskatchewan shoppers tops with 2.1% retail sales increase in June [Regina Leader Post]
-Paula Simons: Edmonton's new Brewery District draws kudos and questions [Edmonton Journal]
-Tupperware opens downtown (5th store in Canada) [Alberta: St. Albert Gazette]
-'We have a passion for it': specialty stores doing business in Lethbridge, AB [Global News]
-Tsawwassen Mills job fair fails to attract hoped-for job seekers [CBC]
-Style Q&A | Backpack talk with Jamie Cormack of Herschel [Vancouver Sun]
-Douglas Todd: Foreign students make a big impact on Vancouver (including retail) [Vancouver Sun]
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-Nordstrom Prepares for GTA Launch with Several Store Events
-Tom & Sawyer Plans Substantial Expansion After Initial Success [Photos]
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