Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: February 13, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Bizou Continues Store Expansion into 2017
The Quebec-based jewellery and accessories success story has announced that it will continue opening stores this year, both domestically as well as internationally.
Top Stories - National:
-Chip Wilson is antagonizing Lululemon executives again by urging them to buy Under Armour (Financial Post)
-Sleep Country gets injunction blocking Sears Canada from using similar mattress slogan (Financial Post) and Sleep Country Canada Wins Rare Interlocutory Injunction Against Sears Canada re: Slogan [Smart-Biggar.ca]
-eCommerce Force Behind Canada's Warehouse Boom (PYMNTS.com)
-Prairie jewelry designer's earrings going into Grammy swag bags (Brand: Park & Buzz)(CBC)
-A diamond may be forever — for some — but for millennials it’s looking like not so much (Financial Post)
-Ottawa restaurant drops Shopify due to Breitbart affiliation (Ottawa Sun)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-More Luxury Retail Planned for Yorkville Avenue (Urban Toronto)
-This Toronto baker makes cookies that look like everything from Drake to bowls of ramen (Toronto Life)
-Customers, food banks hit by No Frills closures in Toronto (MetroNews)
-Wellington Co-op in PEI may start selling booze (CBC)
-Excavation Readies Heritage Loblaws Site for Mixed-Use Density (Urban Toronto)
-Historicist: Opening the Eaton Centre (Torontoist)
-Capital Facts: The largest IKEA in North America used to be in Ottawa (Ottawa Citizen)
-Walmart pit stop costs Ottawa school bus driver her job (CBC)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-New Arc’teryx GM takes path less travelled (Business in Vancouver)
-Giant Tiger Announces New Winnipeg Store (New Newsledger)
-Sears Home Store On Ellice Closing (Winnipeg: News640)
-Winnipeg grocer wants fresh food to combat hate for newcomers (CBC)
-Two businesses join forces on Main Street in Carlyle (Saskatchewan: the Observer)
-Anthony Gismondi: World of wine walks into a different Vancouver (Vancouver Sun)
-Lawsuit alleges Fort McMurray Walmart sold bad food after fire (Canadian Grocer)
Our Previous Articles:
-Innovative Portuguese Retail Concept Expands into Canada with 1st Store
-Kiehl’s Innovates with Canadian Growth Plans for 2017
-Holt Renfrew Unveils Latest Pacific Centre Expansion, Announces Ladurée Opening [Photos]
-Sugarfina Launches Canadian Store Expansion
-INDOCHINO Announces 8 Stores for 2017
-Retail Thought Leadership Conference, March 10
-Innovative 3D Store Tour Camera Technology Launches for Retailers
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