Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: January 4, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Filson Announces Canadian Expansion with 1st Store
The American heritage fashion brand will open its first Canadian location in a historical, trendy area, with more expected to follow.
2) Chanel Closes Mink Mile Flagship Ahead of Relocation [Photos]
The French luxury brand has come up with a unique solution to alleviate its temporary ‘homeless’ situation.
Top Stories - National:
-MEC targets city markets with expansion of urban lifestyle apparel (Toronto Star)
-True Brit: London-based Oliver Spencer has set his sights on Canadian expansion (The Globe & Mail)
-Zane Caplansky: Three lessons I’ve learned about building a franchise business (The Globe & Mail)
-Aritzia IPO dominates worst year in decades for Canadian IPOs (Business in Vancouver)
-At your service: How is mobile changing the loyalty program game? (Canadian Grocer)
-InstaBuggy partners with LCBO (Canadian Grocer)
-Supplement King expanding rapidly (The Chronicle Herald)
-Is Kevin O’Leary Right About Canada’s Grocers? (Motley)
-5 new retail technologies coming to a store near you (Toronto Star)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Give me an L! Or is it a D? Why Dominion's signs vary from store to store (CBC News)
-End of an era: Hayward and Warwick shop in Saint John to close (CBC News)
-Montreal’s Off The Hook Store on New Balance (High Snobiety)
-Montreal startup Hexa Foods serves up dog treats with a difference (Montreal Gazette)
-This Toronto band wrote a song out of corny Honest Ed’s jokes (Toronto Life)
-Moosehead calls off plan for St. John small-batch brewery and retail space (CBC News)
-Book tax annoying for readers, 'crushing' for independent Saint John store owner (CBC News)
(Continued from above)
-Inside The Imperative, a new all-vegan boutique in Parkdale (Toronto Life)
-Value Village Moving to New Location in Mississauga (InSauga)
-Coffee shop break-ins on the rise in Toronto's east end (Metro Toronto)
-Perfume maker bottles scents of Montreal for city’s 375th birthday (Life In Quebec)
-GTA man alleges he was sold a dirty T-shirt instead of a Sony headset (CBC News)
-Party City at Kingsway, Barrydowne has finally opened (Sudbury.com)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Tsawwassen Mills adding stores (Business In Vancouver)
-Peace Arch Duty Free posts +20.42% sales growth and plots C$3.5 million renovation (Moodie Report)
-The bag man: Lunch with Herschel co-founder Lyndon Cormack (BC Business)
-Outlook 2017: Major changes in store for Vancouver retail (Business In Vancouver)
-Alberta craft beer boom set to expand in 2017 (CBC News)
-That's the spirit: Local liquor distillers taking off in Edmonton (Metro Edmonton)
-We Chat With Gem Genius David Yurman (New Westminster Record)
-RX Comics in Vancouver is closing at the end of the month (The Beat)
Our Previous Articles:
-Van Cleef & Arpels to open 1st Freestanding Toronto Store
-Swarovski Launches Canada-Wide Store Expansion
-Luxury Men’s Footwear Retailer Launches Unique Concept
-INGLOT Cosmetics to Expand Canadian Store Count for 2017
-New Study Finds ‘Convenience Cravers’ to be a Key Canadian Consumer Demographic
-Lululemon Opens 1st Canadian Men's Store [Photos]
-Christofle Launches Freestanding Canadian Store Expansion [Photos]
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