Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 24, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) MUJI Announces 2 Vancouver stores
The popular Japanese retailer has announced that it will open 2 large Vancouver stores, including a flagship that will be among its largest.
2) Gerry Weber Shutters Canadian Stores
After less than two years, the German women’s fashion brand has closed all of its corporately owned Canadian stores.
Top Stories - National:
-Why ex–Canadian Tire CEO Michael Medline is the man to fix Sobeys (Canadian Business)
-Fashion brand J. Lindernberg brings e-commerce platform in house to drive expansion [to Canada] (Chain Store Age)
-Sit-down restaurants expected to struggle as the food service sector remains tepid (Financial Post)
-Statistics Canada says wholesale sales gained 0.2 per cent in November (Metro) and Canada’s retail sales grow below expectations in November, consumer spending to slow down in 2017 (EconoTimes)
-Freshii boosts range for IPO, could raise $125 million (BNN)
-This Makeup Chain Made Indigenous Customers Give Up Personal Information For Purchases (Buzzfeed Canada)
-Marijuana business expands beyond smoke and rolling papers: Don Pittis (CBC News)
-Study: Retailers need to pay attention to Gen Z (Chain Store Age)
-New offices in Toronto and Waterloo help Shopify support growing verticals and Canadian tech (BetaKit)
-Available to paid 'Unlimited' subscribers, and G&M mobile app users: Steeped in challenges, DavidsTea rejigs its blueprint for the U.S. (The Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-‘The real estate market is so hot right now’: RioCan CEO plots 2017 Toronto projects as home demand spikes (Financial Post)
-Saint John’s uptown mall gets left behind (The Globe & Mail)
-Yorkdale-sized shopping complex coming to Toronto's east side (BlogTO)
-Slick new Yorkville development forces popular sushi joint to close (BlogTO)
-Farm Boy Celebrates 35 Years in Hometown of Cornwall (ChooseCornwall)
-Goodwill on the move in the GTA (Toronto Sun)
-How much would you pay to work out at an Instagram-worthy gym? [SoulCycle opening in Toronto] (Toronto Star)
-Halifax Lole store brings new meaning to 'door crasher' sale after taxi plows through window (Metro Halifax)
-Hull residents fighting for grocery store with petition (Metro Ottawa)
-'Mystery dildo bandit:' St. John's sex shop searches for alleged robber (CBC News)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Market Mall sold to Toronto real estate firm (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)
-Calgary caps tax hike at 5% for thousands of businesses at a cost of $45M (CBC News)
-Calgary records 78% increase in business complaints as more home-based businesses open (Calgary Herald)
-Slayin’ in Sephora at Chinook: How to conquer the makeup giant (The Weal)
-Public hearing on Whyte Avenue rezoning application (Edmonton: CJOB)
-Kelowna, BC, Flooring Store Welcomes Customers to the Red Carpet (Digital Journal)
-Regina investor has a high regard for the cannabis industry (Regina Leader Post)
Our Previous Articles:
-Stefano Ricci Opens 1st Canadian Store [Photos]
-Mink Mile Colonnade Sees New and Expanded Luxury Retailers
-Williams Sonoma Exits Mink Mile Ahead of Hermès Relocation
-Spareparts Continues Rapid Expansion, Announces 3 New Stores
-First-Ever Retail Competition Includes Free Space at Yorkdale
-Study Ranks Canadian Shopping Centres
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