Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: August 31, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
Saks Opens Massive 3-Level Flagship Restaurant [Photos]
The impressive 11,000 square foot art deco 3-storey food & beverage experience anchors a prominent corner in the city and for the first time, provides Saks Fifth Avenue with a Yonge Street entrance.
Top Stories - National:
-Update: Tim Hortons unveils plans to expand into Great Britain [CBC]
-Canada Post reaches tentative deal with union, averting job action [CBC]
-In-Store Sales in Canada Continue Ticking Upward [eMarketer]
-‘A new space for us’: Quebec apparel retailer Simons adds home décor category online [Financial Post]
-The good and the bad of Sears' reinvention plan [Marketing Magazine]
-Alimentation Couche-Tard first-quarter profit rises nine per cent despite revenue drop on lower fuel prices [Financial Post] and After four acquisitions, Couche-Tard is sure it can digest big bites [Globe & Mail]
-Walmart puts food at the centre of back-to-school campaign [Marketing Magazine]
-Melanie Teed-Murch named President, Toys“R”Us, Canada [EPR Retail News]
-Smart brands are turning retail spaces into playgrounds [Marketing Magazine]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-'Definitely a loss': Charlottetown's Jumbo Video is closing [CBC]
-Pot at the LCBO? [CHCH News]
-Penguin Random House gets closer to consumers with retail shop in Toronto [Marketing Magazine]
-Back-to-school shopping more expensive, stressful for Nova Scotia parents [Global News]
-Who will finally fill the World of Maps void in Wellington West? [Ottawa: MetroNews]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-100-year-old Chinatown store up for sale [Vancouver: CBC]
-Giant Tiger to Build New Store in Weyburn, Saskatchewan [MarketWired press release]
-International Avenue BRZ offers popup retail space [Calgary: MetroNews]
-City of Regina approves Islamic prayer centre at strip mall [CBC]
Our Previous Articles:
-Tommy Bahama Ramps Up Canadian Expansion Plans
-Only 2 Weeks Until IRDC Montreal Conference
-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]
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