Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 20, 2017
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(Photo courtesy of cos/jane gill PR)
Our Articles of the Day:
1) COS Opens 1st Vancouver Store [Photos]
H&M’s upscale sister brand has opened its 4th Canadian store, as it continues to expand with new locations.
2) Uniqlo Launches 'Local' Retailer Partnership in Toronto
The popular Japanese retailer has partnered with a number of local retailers for a unique shop-in-store pop-up initiative.
Top Stories - National:
Update: Oops: Hudson’s Bay exposes Saks Fifth Avenue customer info online (Financial Post)
-How Canada Goose CEO Dani Reiss went from aspiring writer to running a billion-dollar clothing empire (Financial Post) and Canada Goose CEO vows to continue using animal fur, company shares soar in IPO (CTV)
-Investing and protesting: Why PETA bought shares of Canada Goose (CBC)
-Seven Lessons From The Failure Of Shoes.com (Forbes)
-Shopify Announces Strong Financial Results for 2016 (EPR Retail News)
-MUJI makes classic items for 'independent' people (Vancouver Sun)
-Roberta Rich: 'Costco sells more books than any store in Canada' (Globe & Mail)
-'The more I cried, the more they laughed': Rude customers part of the job for retail workers (CBC News)
-Canada Goose to Open First UK Retail Store (TheStreet)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-One dead, one seriously injured after planes collide over Montreal-area mall (CF Promenades St-Bruno) (CTV News)
-Quebec investing almost $5 million to stimulate e-commerce (Montreal Gazette)
-SAQ gives in a little on bilingualism (The Suburban)
-Inside the new GEOX store at Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre (Style Democracy)
-Loblaw gift cards come up empty at checkout (Global News)
-Toronto deli owner sounds off after city orders his accessibility ramp removed (Yahoo News)
-Honest Ed’s signs: Wanted (Toronto Star)
-Look to the Beer Store for how to deal with waste (The Hamilton Spectator)
-Water-damaged Churchill Square buildings could be closed for months (Newfoundland: CBC News)
-New store opening on St. Patrick's Day celebrates Irish culture (PEI: CBC News)
-Down to zero: How this Ottawa entrepreneur plans to change the way you buy food (CBC News)
-Former boutique eyed as potential new restaurant (Simcoe Reformer)
-Couple opening store selling glass pieces for legal herbs and medical marijuana in PEI (The Guardian)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Mixed-use mall redevelopment proposed for Mill Woods (Edmonton: CBC)
-16 B.C. grocery stores now sell wine on shelves (Business in Vancouver)
-Superstore latest grocer to offer wine sales in Langley (Langley Times)
-For members with stores in Alberta – 2017 Alberta Budget (Retail Council of Canada)
-Nike, Nordstrom release limited-edition Vancouver sneaker (Vancouver Sun)
-Tributes to beloved record shop owner Darren Sawchuk pouring in online (CBC News)
Our Previous Articles:
-Simons Opens Five-Level Downtown Calgary Store [Photos]
-Jimmy Choo to Open 2nd Freestanding Toronto Store
-Deciem Opens 1st Mall-Based Store
-Old Navy to Launch 8 Canadian Stores in 2017
-Saks Flagship Wins International Design Award [Video/Photos]
-Yonge Street Hard Rock Cafe to be Replaced with Flagship Shoppers Drug Mart
-Adidas Launching Unique-to-Canada Store Expansion
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