Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 27, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Simons Partners with Cadillac Fairview For South Shore Flagship
Rapidly-expanding La Maison Simons will receive a significant investment to expand a suburban Montreal store, as the retailer continues growing its operations.
Top Stories - National:
-Tip Top Tailors restructuring, with store closures likely (CBC News) and Tip Top Tailors owner gets court protection to deal with cash crunch (Financial Post)
-Canadian eBay shoppers push for hike on duty-free limits (The Globe & Mail) and Retail Council of Canada's contrary opinion (Retail Council of Canada)
-Bring your own containers: Low- and zero-waste food stores try to go green (Metro)
-Metro reaffirms Air Miles tieup after comments from grocery chain’s CEO about loyalty program’s ‘rocky’ times (Financial Post)
-NOTE: You must be a paid Globe 'Unlimited' subscriber, or mobile app user, to view: HMV could face beginning of the end after years of sliding sales (The Globe & Mail)
-Canadian investors’ $575M bid for maker of Bauer hockey gear gets no opposition (Toronto Star)
-Has the Rebound Begun for Hudson’s Bay Co.? (Motley)
-McDonald's, A&W to launch all-day breakfast across Canada (Toronto Sun)
-Cupid Boutique Celebrates Valentine's Day with Their Brand New Stocks on Board (Digital Journal)
-Global specialty apparel retailer partners with SCI (NewsWire)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Giant Tiger Announces Opening of its 16th location in Ottawa/Gatineau (MarketWired)
-Photos From Inside the LUSH Cosmetics Factory Everyone Who’s Bath Bomb-Obsessed Should See (Bustle)
-Now Open: Lululemon stretches out into men-only stores with The Local (Toronto Star)
-Costco confirms move to Galway, staff say could happen in November (CBC News)
-Uniqlo responds to backlash over clothing giveaway (BlogTO) and Uniqlo is giving away free clothing in Toronto this week (BlogTO)
-A&W is taking over Toronto one neighbourhood at a time (BlogTO)
-NCC’s vacancy rates in Ottawa-Gatineau drops to ‘historic’ lows (Ottawa Business Journal)
-Toronto pot dispensaries demand to be licensed, city says it's not possible (CBC News)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Vancouver set to lose more gas stations amid boom in real estate (Globe & Mail)
-Cellphone selfie sticks sales slump as public facility bans bite (Vancouver Sun)
-IKEA Canada to purchase second wind farm in Alberta (NewsWire) and Ikea Canada to buy wind farm from Teck, TransAlta for $119.6M (BNN)
-Burned-out vendors at Symons Valley market hope for a rebuild (Global News)
-New distance for liquor stores proposed (Fort Saskatchewan Record)
-Saskatchewan businesses, farmers criticize carbon tax in letter to Trudeau (Canadian Grocer)
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