Our Articles of the Day:

1) Bailey Nelson Announces Canadian Corporate Store Expansion

The Australian eyewear retailer is launching its first corporately-operated stores this spring, with plans to expand into major markets across the country.

2) INDOCHINO Launches Impressive West Edmonton Mall Location [Photos]

The world’s largest made-to-measure menswear company has opened a particularly unique new retail space.

Canadian News - Regional:

Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes

-Saks OFF 5TH Celebrates the Grand Opening of Its First Store in Quebec (Place Ste-Foy, April 6: BusinessWire press release)

-LCBO workers could be headed to strike (Sudbury Star)

-BackRoads London, a new running store with a hoppy twist (Canadian Running Magazine)

-Quebec's distillers can now sell their products on-site (CBC)

-Hard at Work: 'Part-time staff being taken advantage of' at Food Basics, claims worker (Toronto: CBC)

-How one chocolate shop sparked a firestorm of small-town politics in Carleton Place (Ottawa Citizen)

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-Moncton clothing store helps needy suit up (CBC)

-Take a Hike to Transform to Take 2 Boutique (Thunder Bay: NetNewsLedger.com)

-Quirky PEI wood artists expanding to include shop (CBC)

-North West River store petitions for approval to sell beer (Newfoundland: CBC)

-Price of beer continues to rise in N.S. (Halifax Chronicle Herald)

Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB

-JP Sears visits Vancouver, finds his spiritual home in a Lululemon store (CBC)

-Amazon delivers five new lockers to Vancouver (Vancouver Courier)

-The end of cash? Canadian retailers, consumers shifting to cards, apps (Vancouver Sun)

-Brochet, Man., loses 'lifeline' after Northern Store burns down (Yahoo News)

-Korean fashion lands at Vancouver’s Nordstrom with selection of gender-defying, avant garde labels (Straight.com)

-Edmonton toy stores to offer 'sensory-friendly shopping hour' for kids with autism (MetroNews)

-Edmonton's doughnut scene something for chef to chew on (Edmonton Journal)

-Photos: Local fashion boutique Woo to See You opens second location on Main Street (Vancouver: Straight.com)

-Interior's first Topshop coming to Kelowna (InfoTel)

-Vancouver's Eco Fashion Week seeks ways to keep clothing from landfills (CBC)

Our Previous Articles:

-SoulCycle Confirms 2 More Canadian Locations as it Launches Studio Expansion

-MUJI Announces Another Store as it Continues Canadian Expansion

-Casper Establishes 1st Physical Retail Presence in Canada

-Shumaker Opens Impressive Kingston Flagship (Photos)

-Kohler Opens First Canadian Signature Store (Photos)

-Richard Mille to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Boutique

-Participants Sought for Annual Retail Stores Compensation Benchmark Survey

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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: April 3, 2017