Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 20, 2017
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Ottawa's CF Rideau Centre is Canada's 9th most productive shopping centre, as well as the country's 9th busiest, according to Retail Council of Canada's Shopping Centre Study. Photos: GH+A Design.
Top Stories - National:
-Sarah Davis named Loblaw president amid Galen Weston executive shift (Financial Post)
-Galen G. Weston succeeds father as CEO of George Weston Ltd. (BNN)
-Canadian consumer spending up 4.19 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016 (NewsWire)
-Bricks-and-mortar traditions must break to cater to digital-first consumers: Microsoft (With comment from Microsoft's Dave Rodgerson: Luxury Daily)
-RioCan's Sonshine on Retail Real Estate in 2017 (Bloomberg)
-Amid $250M IPO Rumors, Canada Goose Battles Animal Rights Backlash (Forbes)
-Is Dollarama Inc. Still a Great Buy Near All-Time Highs? (Motley)
-How Aldo used Roambi to achieve 90 percent BI adoption – an NRF retail use case (Diginomica)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Shopify’s new R&D office in Toronto points to huge expansion ambitions (TechCrunch)
-Longo’s resolves to stock Weight Watchers bread (Canadian Grocer)
-An empty feeling: closed shops found in Saint John's malls (CBC News)
-Urban Planet opening at Charlottetown Mall (CBC News)
-Group representing some dépanneurs threatens to stop selling milk (Montreal Gazette)
-H&R Reit Sells 50% Non-Managing Interest in Cataraqui Centre (Kingston Herald)
-Late business hours of city businesses make streets safer: Keenan (Toronto Star)
-The Dupe Shop tells the tale of the tape (Toronto Star)
-Raw: Ottawa's newest smoothie place (Charlatan)
-N.S. store owner funding alternative prom for students affected by teachers' dispute (CTV News)
-Private Sector Upgrade Proposed for Yonge-Dundas Square (UrbanToronto)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Marshalls, HomeSense Opening at Kildonan Place (Winnipeg: Chris D) and Official opening date set for new stores at old Kildonan Place Target store (Global News)
-$20 million upgrade to Winnipeg's Northgate Shopping Centre underway (Western Investor)
-Canada Post seeing success with concept store in Vancouver (News 1130)
-Ben Moss jewelry store to reopen in Kelowna (Kelowna Daily Courier)
-Labelling program at CANEX highlights healthy choices (Victoria Lookout)
-A decade later, Walmart rumours persist in Gibsons, B.C. (Coast Reporter)
-LoLo candy store finds sweet spot (North Shore News)
-P+H to expand Alberta ag retail reach (Manitoba Cooperator)
-Thieves get locked inside Manitoba convenience store, shoot out window to escape (CBC News)
-Ambitious proposal sees blocks of residential towers in Edmonton’s Holyrood neighbourhood (With retail: Global News)
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