Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 13, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Adidas Launching Unique-to-Canada Store Expansion
The popular brand is in the process of expanding its Canadian retail operations, which will include new stores as well as a focus on hockey as it prepares to outfit the 2017-2018 NHL Season.
Top Stories - National:
-Four fresh innovation tips Canadian retailers can steal from the food industry (IT Business)
-Canada Goose IPO Expected This Week (WWD.com)
-‘The fastest-growth market is adult incontinence’: Diapers for baby boomers help papermakers absorb print loss (Financial Post)
-Calgary created interactive change room mirror spreads globally (MetroNews)
-Canada Bread enters craft bread market (Food in Canada)
-Is Aritzia Inc. Going to Be Buried in the Canadian Retail Graveyard? (Motley)
-Indigo pulls pro-Hitler and Holocaust-denial books from virtual shelf (Canadian Jewish News)
-Globe editorial: No, retail marijuana is not – yet – legal (Globe & Mail)
Available only to 'Unlimited' paid subscribers and mobile app users: New Sobeys CEO Michael Medline to face earnings scrutiny (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
Available only to 'Unlimited' paid subscribers and mobile app users: Plus-sized men’s wear retailer Destination XL aims for big splash in Canada (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Quebec grocery stores first in Canada to send unused produce to food banks (Global News)
-Clothier AllSaints opens Tuesday at Toronto Premium Outlets (Theifp.com)
-Toronto's iconic Honest Ed's building vandalized (graffiti) (Global)
-Residents speak in support of Sobeys plan for new Foodland supermarket in Cobourg (Northumberland News)
-Can anyone save The Salvage Shop? (Toronto: CBC)
-First pop-up consignment shop heading to Saint John (CBC)
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-New owners for Sportsworld Crossing in south Kitchener (CBC)
-Dollarama will return to its location after renovations (Guardian PEI)
-Montreal sex shop Wega Video thrives among adult video club ruins (Montreal Gazette)
-Dormez-vous Brings Better Sleep to Candiac (NewsWire press release)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Aritzia to Open Larger Store at CF Richmond Centre (Style by Fire)
-Environmentally minded Cortex brings upcycled fashions to downtown Vancouver (Straight.com)
-Vintage bookstore gets ready to close its doors (Winnipeg Sun)
-Mark's on the move but store still locally owned, operated (Delta-Optimist)
-Richmond Centre Will Soon Have A Cactus Club Café & Patio (604 Now)
-Whole Foods nixes Calgary and Edmonton stores (Western Investor)
-Jim Pattison was born to sell (Star Phoenix)
-Optimism among small businesses in Saskatchewan (Yorkton This Week)
-Peter's independent grocer a national winner (Kelowna Capital News)
-Sunrise Records will replace mall's HMV (Medicine Hat News) and Red Deer not on list of revealed Sunrise Records music store locations (Red Deer News) and Sunrise Records taking over two Calgary HMV locations (MetroNews)
Our Previous Articles:
-Saks OFF 5TH Announces 2 More Canadian Stores
-CF Market Mall Announces Expansion
-Outlet Collection Winnipeg Announces Opening Date and List of Tenants
-Canada’s Growing Affluence Supports Expanding Luxury Retail
-RCC 2017 Human Resources Conference Now Open for Registration
-Cutting-Edge Eyewear Retailer Opens 1st Canadian Store
-SuitSupply Opens Montreal Flagship [Photos]
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