Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: September 1, 2016
/Our Article of the Day:
Dutch Fashion Brand Sandwich to Open First Canadian Store
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Top Stories - National:
-Update: Dollarama Inc posts better-than-expected profit after adding 13 new stores [Financial Post]
-Moose Knuckles Is Taking Aim at Canada Goose [Bloomberg]
-'Peace treaty' at Canada Post only delays the inevitable, says business group [CBC]
-Moveable Type: Flying Books, Toronto’s smallest and most portable bookseller, nesting soon near you [National Post]
-Tim Hortons to expand into Great Britain with full-service coffee shops in England, Scotland, Wales [Financial Post]
-Canada Goose Bolsters Team to Fuel Continued Global Growth [CGT]
-J.D. Power says car dealers fall short on customer service [Driving.ca]
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Sports Experts to fill Place Vertu's Target space [The Suburban]
-Uniqlo to open Drake General Store pop-up 2 weeks prior to Toronto openings [Style Democracy]
-Brossard's plastic-bag ban launches Thursday [Montreal Gazette]
-Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon wants Toronto tourism shop at City Hall [CBC]
-Home Depot stores in Scarborough raise money for homeless youth [Inside Toronto]
-General store a pillar of Dorset [Haliburton Echo]
-Value Village hunter turns $3 hockey bobblehead into $10000 [New Brunswick: CBC]
-Garden centre grew with postwar West Island [Montreal: The Suburban]
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Sobeys to unveil "everyday low pricing'' at 26 Saskatchewan stores on Friday [Regina Leader Post]
-U of A’s sustainability office runs mini-market for students to buy second-hand clothes, household goods [Edmonton Examiner]
-New BC e-cig rules take effect [24 Hours Vancouver]
-Photos: Aritzia draws insane lineup on first “unofficial” day of Vancouver warehouse sale [Straight.com]
-Kindersley, Sask., Walmart evacuated after bomb threat [CBC]
-Arc'teryx (Vancouver-based) expands into Chicago [Chicago Business Journal]
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-Saks Opens Massive 3-Level Flagship Restaurant [Photos]
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-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]
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