Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 18, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Spareparts Continues Rapid Expansion, Announces 3 New Stores
The innovative Canadian retailer opened an impressive eight Canadian locations last year, with more to come for 2017. Its focus is now on Canada’s biggest cities and top malls, as it continues to see remarkable success.
2) First-Ever Retail Competition Includes Free Space at Yorkdale
A unique ‘innovation challenge’ is taking place at the Dx3 Conference in Toronto this year, and the winner may debut their concept at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre, or another premium Oxford mall.
Top Stories - National:
-Indigo Announces Plans to Relocate Corporate Office to Toronto's King Portland Centre in 2019 (NewsWire)
-NeutriSci Adds Sobeys & Safeway to Its List of Canadian Retailers (MarketWired press release)
-Canadian small business lending rose after U.S. election: PayNet (BNN)
-McDonald’s Canada launches Skor McFlurry, warns all products may now come in contact with nuts (Financial Post)
-How this proposed US tax change could seriously hurt the Canadian economy (Global News)
-Canadian small business lending rose after U.S. election: PayNet (BNN)
-5 stocks to buy and hold for the long-term: Olive (Includes retailers: Toronto Star)
-How to win with online shoppers in Canada (Internet Retailer)
-McDonald’s Canada launches Skor McFlurry, warns all products may now come in contact with nuts (Financial Post)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Walmart Canada partners with Penguin Pick-Up (Toronto: Canadian Grocer)
-Lee Valley coming to Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls Review)
-Tokyo Smoke raises $3 million in Series A funding (MarketWired)
-Retail Roundup: Brand new businesses and renos (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-Kredl's rescue confirmed as court hearing for country store cancelled (CBC News: New Brunswick)
-Salvation Army Thrift Store celebrates one-year anniversary of Stoney Creek-area location (Hamilton News)
-Nova Scotia store employee transforms into toy doctor, saves stuffed penguin (Metro Halifax)
-Former Goodwill employees struggle to get back on track (Toronto Sun)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Quebec retailer Simons putting final touches on 95,000-square-foot store in downtown Calgary (Calgary Herald)
-Southgate is one of Top 5 most successful malls in Canada (Edmonton: MetroNews)
-Eyewear merger involves Clearly's parent (Business in Vancouver)
-Downtown Winnipeg mall to get eight new vendors by the end of the month (Global News)
-Impending beer boom? Winnipeg opening door to more brew pubs (Metro Winnipeg)
-Vancouver's Books to Cooks closes its doors (CBC News)
-Law firm considers class-action suit against Walmart for allegedly selling wildfire-contaminated food (CBC News: Edmonton)
-Southgate is one of Top 5 most successful malls in Canada (Metro Edmonton)
-Counclllor questions value of city property acquisition for downtown Kenora parking (Kenora Daily)
-Richmond looks to ban pot dispensaries until Feds legalize (Richmond News)
-Hemlock Coffee Company in Agassiz, SK tranports guests back in time (Agassiz Observer)
Our Previous Articles:
-Study Ranks Canadian Shopping Centres
-School of Retailing Accepting New Consulting Projects
-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
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