Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: March 27, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Marc Cain Announces Canadian Expansion After Initial Success
The German fashion brand, which entered Canada in the fall of 2015, plans to open 3 more locations in the country this year. It’s also expanding into the US, and will use Canada to fulfill its American operations.
Top Stories - National:
-The great retail churn: Why a string of fashion failures does not signal the death of malls (Financial Post)
-Shoppers Drug Mart rolls out self-checkouts (Canadian Grocer)
-Besieged retail space could drag down Canadian REITs (Wealth Professional)
-Annual pace of inflation lower last month as fruit and vegetable prices drop (CTV) and Canadians are paying less for food, but a lot more for gas (Financial Post)
-Loblaw COO, Grant Froese to retire in April (Grocery Business)
-Le Chateau applying for a listing with the TSX-V and to voluntarily delist from TSX (MarketWired press release)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-First Costco Business Centre in Canada about to open in Scarborough (Inside Toronto)
-Thunder Bay indie record store welcomes Sunrise (CBC)
-Fumes from forklift prompts Rideau Centre evacuation (Ottawa: CBC)
-'We're still hopeful': Why Glebe Video's Peter Senecal is banking on a DVD resurgence (Ottawa: CBC)
-The storied history of ‘that great silent salesman’ — hand-painted storefront signs (re: Honest Ed's: PRI.com)
-Pop-up store new model for Saint John art sales (CBC)
-Bill Zacharkiw: Should Quebec change how wine is sold? (Montreal Gazette)
-Nova Scotia mall to offer training to employees after frantic search for autistic child (Halifax: MetroNews)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Major CF Chinook Centre expansion could include towers, parkade and street-level storefronts (Calgary: CBC)
-Prime retail space available at Broadway and Granville (with a quote from Retail Insider's Craig Patterson: Business in Vancouver)
-Food deflation hits Western Canadian grocers (Business in Vancouver)
-Outlet Collection holds job fair to fill 1300 new positions (Winnipeg: CTV)
-Quality Foods founders step down (Parkville Qualicum Beach News) and Co-founders checking out as Jim Pattison Group takes over Quality Foods (Times Colonist)
-Vancouver men's style star finds big business in thrift store threads (Vancouver Sun)
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-Young, creative entrepreneurs open local shops with support from Futurpreneur Canada (Vancouver: Georgia Straight)
-Ladurée Vancouver opens second location inside Holt Renfrew (Georgia Straight)
-No frills footwear lifts off in North Van (North Shore News)
-Shoppers forced from Dauphin mall by threat Friday afternoon (CBC)
-Pollock's Hardware might have to shutter Osborne location (Winnipeg: CTV)
Our Previous Articles:
-Ecommerce Retailer Sees Explosive Growth, Announces 20x Size Headquarter Relocation
-Why Canadian Retail Independents will Continue to Survive in a Changing Retail Landscape
-Illesteva Opens 1st Canadian Store
-Jean Machine to Remain Open Under New Ownership
-Sears Canada Launches New Off-Price Strategy [Feature]
-Brunswick House Rexall Opens with Exceptional Heritage Preservation [Photos]
-eTail Canada Launches eCommerce Benchmark Report
-ECCO Opens Largest Canadian Store to Date
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