Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 17, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Study Ranks Canadian Shopping Centres
A new study ranks Canada's top malls based on revenue per square foot, size and footfall, comparing Canada to the US, and discusses key trends seen among leading centres.
2) School of Retailing Accepting New Consulting Projects
Canada's leading retail school is now accepting consulting projects, utilizing some of the brightest minds in the country.
Top Stories - National:
-Canadian Shopping Malls Are Beating The Pants Off U.S. Ones (Huffington Post)
-Grocery prices hike to be modest in 2017 due to ‘very intense’ competition between companies: report (Financial Post)
-Canadian consumer sentiment slides as economic fears grow (The Globe & Mail)
-Rumour: Canada Goose May Soon Start Accepting Bitcoin? (NewsBTC)
-Why subsidizing small businesses doesn’t actually boost innovation (Canadian Business)
-This Is The Best Time Of Year To Almost Buy Anything (StyleDemocracy)
-Merger of eyewear giants Luxottica, Essilor has a Canadian tint (The Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Old Target location in Kingston to be replaced with several stores (CKWS)
-New Ottawa Public Health initiative brings fruit and veggies to corner stores (Ottawa Citizen)
-Popular Toronto event space and furniture store Andrew Richards Design suddenly closes (BlogTO)
-MUN students say new N.L. book tax hitting them hard (CBC News)
-Another prosperous year expected for downtown Dartmouth (The Chronicle Herald)
-Tory vows to end closed shop tax rebate in Toronto (Toronto Sun) and Toronto just did something that will give empty storefronts new life (BlogTO)
-The Best New Fashion Stores in Toronto for 2016 (BlogTO)
-Former Goodwill employees struggle to get back on track (Toronto Sun)
-Hintonburg convenience-store café to close (CBC News)
-uBreakiFix Expands in Toronto, Opens Doors on Danforth Avenue (MarketWired)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Winnipeg to study how suburban retail impacts other areas (CBC News)
-Entrepreneurs open first 3D printing store in Vancouver (Metro Vancouver)
-Proposed development threatens two Chinatown landmarks (News1130)
-Reservations required: Japanese retailer Muji to open pop-up store in Vancouver (CBC News)
-Vancouver's Granville Street's evolution continues with application to redevelop darkened movie theatres (Straight)
-Beloved cookbook store, Barbara-Jo's Books To Cooks, to close (Vancouver Sun)
-Winnipeg businesses repeatedly targeted by thieves breathing a sign of relief (Global News)
Our Previous Articles:
-Footwear Retailer Shumaker Announces Store Expansion
-Nespresso to Expand into Western Canada
-World’s Most Powerful POS Software Expands in Canada
-William Ashley to Relocate Mink Mile Store
-Nordstrom Appoints New Canadian Vice President, Announces 6th Rack Location
-Theory to Enter Canada with Store Locations
-2017 Canadian Retail Forecast [Analysis]
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