Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: August 30, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
1) Tommy Bahama Ramps Up Canadian Expansion Plans
2) Only 2 Weeks Until IRDC Montreal Conference
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Top Stories - National:
-eBay urges Trudeau to intervene in Canada Post negotiations, citing ‘negative business implications’ from uncertainty [Financial Post] and Canada Post, workers union agree to extend mediation another 24 hours [Globe & Mail]
-Canada Goose CEO Dani Reiss on how to build an international brand [Canadian Business]
-Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc to buy 53 Cracker Barrel locations, mostly in Baton Rouge area [Financial Post]
-Loblaw expands Naturally Imperfect produce line [Grocery Business]
-Lending to small businesses has proved a good business model for this entrepreneur [Financial Post]
-Toys"R"Us, Inc. Names Melanie Teed-Murch President, Toys"R"Us, Canada [Yahoo]
-Available only to Globe & Mail 'Unlimited' paid subscribers: Chip Wilson hopes charm offensive will repair relationship with Lululemon [Globe & Mail]
-Available only to Globe & Mail 'Unlimited' paid subscribers: PayPal's pay wall: How a crackdown on crime is frustrating some customers [Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Opening soon! Grace in the Kitchen launches Canada's first Zwilling (knife boutique) [Ottawa Magazine]
-Salesfloor adds human touch to online shopping [Montreal Gazette]
-7 Virtues readies for power expansion (fragrance company) [Halifax Chronicle Herald]
-Baby box program, inspired by Finnish tradition, arrives in Ontario [CTV]
-Cape Breton store offers free land, job to Canadians willing to relocate [CBC]
-Toronto Council considers opening souvenir shop at city hall or Nathan Philips Square [Inside Toronto]
-Family business: Cornish's Variety celebrating 100 years [Truro Daily News]
-Stray shopping carts a hot topic at Kitchener council [CTV]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Overwaitea's Darrell Jones to speak at RCC's Retail West conference on October 19 in Vancouver [Grocery Business]
-Lululemon Lab: Activewear brand's fashion-focused incubator sets up shop in Gastown [Vancouver Sun]
-Businesses struggle to balance public access to toilets with drug use, cleanliness [Saskatoon: CBC]
-Developing high-tech, fashionable pyjamas a 'dream job' for Lusomé Founder [Financial Post]
-Union Bridal Launches in Gastown [BLUSH Vancouver]
-Pot shop ordered closed by BC Supreme court, changes name instead [CBC]
-Historic Bowness store set to reopen 3 years after flood [640 News]
Our Previous Articles:
-Le Creuset Opens Montreal Flagship
-Once Upon A Child Continues Canadian Expansion
-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
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