Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: August 26, 2016
/Our Article of the Day:
Once Upon A Child Continues Canadian Expansion
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Top Stories - National:
-Canada Post union gives 72-hour notice of job action [Globe & Mail]
-Gift card scam: information for Canadian consumers [Retail Council of Canada]
-Lightspeed CEO Dax Dasilva Appears At FYF Fest LGBT Arts Activation [POS News]
-Sears Canada adopts understated new logo [Yahoo Finance]
-Available only to Globe & Mail 'Unlimited' paid subscribers: Is Couche-Tard getting to the end of its shopping list? [Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-If a Quebec Inc. jewel is on the podium, the province will want to own it (re: Couche-Tard) [Globe & Mail]
-Quebec hearings begin into who knew what regarding sale of Rona Inc. [CTV]
-What’s new with Instabuggy? [Canadian Grocer]
-5 stores opening soon in Toronto to get excited about [BlogTO]
-Update on plastic bag bans in Montreal and Brossard [Retail Council of Canada]
-Application submitted to bring retail, drive-thru to Mer Bleue and Innes [Ottawa Community News]
-Leslieville vintage shop owner Debbie Facey repatriates pair of children’s moccasins to Huron-Wendat nation [Inside Toronto]
-Quebec City police raid shop, arrest six with selling cannabis [Montreal Gazette]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Food loop will promote locally grown goods near Osler, Sask. (farmers get into retail) [CBC]
-6-year-old autistic boy opens store in Kelowna [CBC]
-Booze delivery app Drizly makes Calgary debut [CBC]
-Ai & Om Knives aims to sharpen Vancouver's cooking community [Straight.com]
-Trail Sports celebrates 25 years at Nordic Centre [Rocky Mountain Outlook]
-Argument for opening up Portage and Main vague, unconvincing [Winnipeg Sun]
Our Previous Articles:
-Penguin Random House Launches 1st Retail Store
-UNIQLO Announces 1st Canadian Store Opening Dates [With Renderings]
-Mayfair Shopping Centre to See Overhaul [Renderings]
-Nordstrom Rack Announces Ottawa Location
-Nordstrom to Expand Designer 'Space' Concept in Canada this Fall
-Urban Decay to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Store
Sephora Opens 1st Canadian 'TIP' Concept Store
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