Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: August 5, 2016
/Our Article of the Day:
1) Retail Construction Challenge: Building Eileen Fisher
2) Montreal Friday : Off The Hook Opens 2nd Location at William Gray Hotel in Old Montreal
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Top Stories - National:
-Canadian Tire to focus on in-house product lines and a digital future [Globe & Mail] and Canadian Tire profit beats as sports gear, apparel sales rise [Financial Post]
-Why stores make sense for Indochino [InternetRetailer.com]
-Why the video store isn't extinct - yet [CBC]
-Want to buy cheap, leftover food? There's an app for that [CBC]
-AutoCanada looks to diversify by geography, brand [Auto Remarketing]
-List of retailers that have recently closed in Canada [Style Democracy]
-Bigger baskets and booze: Inside Urbery’s very good year (grocery delivery) [Canadian Grocer]
-Canada Action launches redesigned online store [BOE Report]
-Ivanhoé Cambridge appoints Nidae Abbas Vice President, Global Development [NewsWire press release]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-It’s official: Quebec will allow the sale of ugly produce in grocery stores [Canadian Grocer]
-Metro grocery store to replace Target at Devonshire Mall [Windsor ON: CBC]
-Walmart emphasizes innovation with second store in Guelph [CTV]
-Noble Grape winery opening store in Kingston [Nova News]
-Yet another car smashes through an Ottawa storefront [Ottawa Citizen]
-Parmalat named Metro Ontario’s Grocery Vendor of the Year [Grocery Business]
-How Weins Canada boosts the consumer experience [Markham ON: Auto Remarketing]
-Pinegrove gas station, store close [Simcoe Reformer]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Calgary customers fuming after Fitz Flooring, Ben Moss store closures [Global News]
-Choices Market opens its 11th store in North Vancouver [Grocery Business]
-AutoCanada Inc. Announces Q2, 2016 Quarterly Earnings [Edmonton Journal]
-Alberni's little library program gets a retail boost [Alberni Valley News]
-Familiar faces at the new Bagheera Boutique in Fort Langley [Maple Ridge News]
-Sobey's dietician in high demand [Winnipeg Sun]
-Strathcona Pop-Up Space ‘Cheesy Pop’ Available On East Hastings, September 1 [Scout Magazine]
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-Canadians Invited to 'Retail Safaris' in New York City, London and Berlin
-Nordstrom Rack Announces 2 More Canadian Locations
-Saks OFF 5TH Announces Next 3 Canadian Store Opening Dates
-Salvatore Ferragamo Opens Largest Canadian Store [Photos]
-Cadillac Fairview Partners with WE Charity for 1st Retail Store
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