Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 22, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Sears Canada Launches New Off-Price Strategy [Feature]
The company is changing the course of its retail operations and as a result, Canada's off-price market will see Sears go head-to-head with HBC-owned Saks Off 5th, Nordstrom Rack, and TJX-owned banners: Winners, HomeSense and Marshalls.
Top Stories - National:
-Nearly half of online purchases in Canada made at foreign retail sites: report (Financial Post)
-January retail sales post largest gain in seven years, Statistics Canada reports (Toronto Star)
-Freshii founder proposes partnership with Subway and its franchisees in open letter (CTV)
-Shoppers Drug Mart computer crash causes customer confusion and frustration (CBC)
-HBC-Neiman Marcus tie-up a 'train wreck in the making': Former Sears Canada CEO (BNN)
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-Frank + Oak Launches Women’s Line (Style by Fire)
-HMV going out of business, won't honour gift cards (CTV)
-From spaceships to hockey sticks: Craft beer taps are flowing across the country with unique designs (Financial Post)
-Lightspeed celebrates 12th anniversary (NewsWire press release)
-How Shopify Inc. Has Reinvented the Storefront (Motley)
-Tax on sugary drinks could save 13,000 Canadian lives: Study (Canadian Grocer)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Big changes in store for Westgate mall (redevelopment) (Ottawa: CTV)
-Farmer's Daughter gets help connecting to 200K would-be Capers (Nova Scotia: CBC)
-New Beer Store opens in Thunder Bay (CBC)
-Retailer Play Closing After Less Than 6 Months on Ossington (Toronto: Ossington Village)
-How Parkdale is surviving gentrification (Toronto: CityNews)
-Many factors feed into empty storefronts on Queen East (Toronto: Beach Metr)
-Kitchener council wants a shopping cart bylaw (CBC)
-Forty-five new artisans debut at the Quebec Gift Fair (MarketWired press release)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Ritchie Market set to transcend the ordinary (Edmonton: CBC)
-Alberta retail sales up 2.4%, driven mostly by vehicle purchases (CBC)
-Nordstrom Warehouse Sale: The Parking, Lineups, and Hype (Vancouver: Style by Fire)
-Winners to celebrate relocation opening in Kelowna (Daily Courier)
-Peavey Mart offers agricultural grants (Red Deer Advocate)
-Retail sales in province rise for start of 2017 (Manitoba/Winnipeg Free Press)
Our Previous Articles:
-Brunswick House Rexall Opens with Exceptional Heritage Preservation [Photos]
-eTail Canada Launches eCommerce Benchmark Report
-ECCO Opens Largest Canadian Store to Date
-COS Opens 1st Vancouver Store [Photos]
-Uniqlo Launches 'Local' Retailer Partnership in Toronto
-Simons Opens Five-Level Downtown Calgary Store [Photos]
-Jimmy Choo to Open 2nd Freestanding Toronto Store
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