Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: September 26, 2016
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Ogilvy-Holt Renfrew Luxury Hotel/Condo Identity Revealed
2) Online Canadian Retailer Aims to Recreate In-Store Experience
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Top Stories - National:
-Hudson's Bay Company could buy Neiman Marcus (Dallas News) and (Available only to WWD subscribers: Speculation Grows About Richard Baker’s Chase for Neiman’s [WWD-paywall]
-Private labels a tool in battle with Amazon [Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail]
-Aritzia boosts IPO size on ‘exceptionally strong’ demand (BNN) and Aritzia Inc may raise up to $400 million in IPO after upsizing deal (Financial Post)
-Lululemon targets male customers as chain expands worldwide [Toronto Star]
-Inflation rate slumps to lowest in two years; retail sales slip (Globe & Mail)
-E-commerce's 'big, bold' Shoes.com: Model or a mess? (Vancouver Sun)
-Health Canada saw lab tests showing toxins in retail pot, minister confirms (Globe & Mail)
-Weak inflation, retail data likely an 'eyebrow raiser' for BoC (BNN)
-Jane Jacobs on why cities need ‘holes in the wall’ (Toronto Star)
-2 Ways to Profit from Canada’s Changing Retail Sector (investing Daily)
-Nordstrom opens its doors in Toronto and, in Calgary, gala-goers celebrate with heart (Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada/North: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Two Queen West retailers in bitters dispute (Toronto Star)
-Inside Peace Collective’s Ossington flagship, featuring plenty of ‘Toronto vs. Everybody’ tees (Toronto Life)
-What’s on the menu at Leña, O&B’s new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue (Toronto Life)
-Jardin Mobile is on the move again (Canadian Grocer)
-Mass campaign from Ace Bakery shows mass appeal (Canadian Grocer)
-Southwest borough wants to limit restaurant boom on Notre-Dame Street (CBC Montreal)
-Saks Fifth Avenue in Montreal will be "nice injection": professor (CJAD)
-Computer Store in Toronto Fined for Failing to Comply with an Order for Compensation (Ontario News)
-Hudson Bay to today: NorthMart employee marks 45 years with company (CBC North)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Holt Renfrew opens cafe in Vancouver [Style by Fire]
-Fresh St. Market store set to open at Panorama Village mall in Surrey (Surrey Now)
-Save-on-Foods coming soon (Medicine Hat News)
-Graffiti artists tag store in Bridgeland with permission from police (Calgary: CTV)
-Alberta retail sales fall to lowest level since June 2013 (CBC)
-Privatizing liquor sales proven to be a net loss (Brandon Sun) and A call for private spirits, beer stores (Winnipeg Free Press)
-Gooch's closes its doors after 89 years (Winnipeg: MyToba)
-Fire that destroyed Manitoba reserve’s only grocery store, band office caused by six children (TorStar)
Our Previous Articles:
-Saks Fifth Avenue Announces Massive Montreal Flagship
-Montreal Friday : On the Road in Sherbrooke, Quebec
-Browns Shoes Announces 3 Store Fall 2016 Expansion [With Renderings]
-Holt Renfrew Opens Vancouver Flagship Expansion [Photos]
-Eataly Confirmed to Open in Manulife Centre Expansion
-Innovative Canadian Retailer BRIKA Continues Growth Through Multi-Channel Innovation
-Pennington’s Expands into US Market
-Nordstrom Opens Flagship to Huge Crowds [Photos/Video/Floor Plans]
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