Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 14, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Saks Flagship Wins International Design Award [Video/Photos]
Saks Fifth Avenue's Canadian flagship has won a prestigious design award, beating out some exceptional competitors.
2) Yonge Street Hard Rock Cafe to be Replaced with Flagship Shoppers Drug Mart
The iconic restaurant, located in the heart of ‘Canada’s Times Square’, will be replaced with a flagship location for the drug store chain.
Top Stories - National:
-Air Miles makes changes to loyalty program in effort to retain customers (Globe & Mail)
-DAVIDsTEA Appoints Joel Silver as President and Chief Executive Officer (GlobeNewswire)
-DXL Men's Apparel Expands Into Canada, Opens Its First Canadian Store In Ajax, Ontario (NewsWire press release)
-Samuelsohn Owner LMAG Acquires Canada's Lipson Shirtmakers (Mr-Mag.com)
-Canadian beekeepers blame diluted imports for plummeting honey prices (Canadian Grocer)
-Guns, weed, escorts: Shopify sites offering much more than Breitbart (Owen Sound Sun Times)
Available to 'Unlimited' paid subscribers and G&M mobile app users: Tim Hortons franchisees gear up for battle with RBI (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Marshalls set to open on Stavanger Drive Tuesday (St. John's: The Telegram)
-An empty store in downtown Sydney is getting a new lease on life (Nova Scotia: CBC)
-Montreal Store 'Off the Hook' finds inspiration in Montreal's smoked meat sandwiches for new Vans collaboration (Sneaker News)
-Nike's Giant Air Max Bus Is Roaming Around Toronto (Sneaker News)
-New vegan cheese 'flying off the shelves' in PEI (CBC)
-Boston Pizza moving into former LCBO in Ottawa's Glebe (Ottawa Business Journal)
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-The London Food Incubator is helping new companies get off the ground (London Free Press)
-Sydney businessman hopes to see Smart Shop Place back on its feet (Cape Breton Post)
-Police recover goods stolen from Little Mermaid (Thunder Bay: CBC)
-Local food strategy study begins phase one (Thunder Bay: CBC)
-Why Ontario craft distillers are struggling — and what the province can do about it (TVO)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Holland Plaza: From garment factory to chic shopping destination (CBC Edmonton)
-Downtown must embrace winter, not hide from it (Winnipeg Free Press)
-Council to hear Fort Chipewyan grocery store proposal (Ft.Mac Today)
-City to discuss new liquor store application near Calgary Drop-In Centre (Global)
-Province's first factory outlet mall to transform city's retail scene (Winnipeg Free Press)
-National retail chain chooses Comox Centre Mall (re: Motion Specialties) (Comox Valley Echo)
-New technologies are creating new ways to grow fresh produce (Alberta Express)
-Richard Simons shares hottest trends in women's fashion for spring (in anticipation of the Calgary store opening: Calgary Herald)
Our Previous Articles:
-Adidas Launching Unique-to-Canada Store Expansion
-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
-Cutting-Edge Eyewear Retailer Opens 1st Canadian Store
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