Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: September 30, 2016
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Our Article of the Day:
DNA Tea Seeks Retail Partners
Most Read Article of the Week:
Inside Uniqlo's 1st Canadian Store, at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
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Top Stories - National:
-Japanese retailer Uniqlo dips its toes in Canada's cutthroat retail sector (CBC News), Japanese retailer Uniqlo aims to tap into Toronto's 'unique style' (Video: The Globe & Mail)
-Don’t look now, but it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas downtown at Hudson's Bay (Toronto Star)
-Staples Canada Releases Q2 2016 Sustainability Achievements (NewsWire)
-PRSM Association Releases 2017 Trends Report (PRRocket)
-Canadian food prices dropping for the first time in years, says expert (CBC News)
-Bulk Barn pilot ditches plastic bags (Canadian Grocer)
-Smart REIT: A Smart Way to Invest in Wal-Mart Canada (Motley)
-Entrepreneurs have a key role to play in legalizing marijuana (Financial Post)
Available only to Globe & Mail 'Unlimited' subscribers: Uniqlo founder has confidence in Canadian expansion (Marina Strauss, The Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Uniqlo opens its first Canadian store (Lots of excitement and press coverage for this brand: Toronto Star)
-Holiday shopping allowed in Glebe after OMB rejects labour appeal (Ottawa Citizen)
-Charlottetown H&M brings 'new life to the mall' (P.E.I.: CBC News)
-Farm Boy officially opens in Pickering (Durham Region)
-Men in blue: Why Bay Street will never give up on classic navy, indigo and cobalt suits (Globe & Mail)
-Take a look inside Peace Collective's Toronto flagship store (BlogTO)
-Baby formula worth thousands stolen from Guelph grocery stores (CBC)
-Canary District: Checking in on Toronto's New Neighbourhood (UrbanToronto)
-Brampton, Ontario bets on its downtown (Toronto Sun)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Alberta to introduce tax credit for investments in small businesses up until 2019 (CTV News)
-Entire block for sale in downtown Kelowna (The Daily Courier)
-Prolonged road construction hurting businesses near Chinook LRT station (Calgary: CTV News)
-Final sale for longtime White Rock corner store (Peace Arch News)
-Search is on for Vancouver Island's best family businesses (Victoria News)
-Downtown Mission business owners chase, nab thief (Mission City Record)
-Vancouver's ‘Cavalier’ Is On The Lookout For A Shop Manager & A Stone Setter (Scout Magazine)
-Winnipeg woman boycotts Ivanka Trump clothing line (Manitoba: CBC News)
Our Previous Articles:
-Winmark to Launch Style Encore Chain in Canada
-BRIKA Announces Significant Acquisition
-Inside Uniqlo's 1st Canadian Store, at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
-JYSK Plans Aggressive Canadian Store Expansion
-Yorkville Avenue to See 35,000 Square Foot Luxury Retail Project
-Sandro and Maje to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Stores
-Ogilvy-Holt Renfrew Luxury Hotel/Condo Identity Revealed
-Online Canadian Retailer Aims to Recreate In-Store Experience
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