Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: April 7, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Canadian Design Firm Reveals Innovative Marijuana Dispensary Design
In anticipation of the legalization of marijuana in Canada, a leading design firm has created a thought-out retail space unlike anything this country has seen to date.
Top Stories - National:
-Update ‘Abolish it’: Sears disavows department store model with new pop-up location, merchandise (Financial Post)
-Bankruptcy proceedings filed by the store chain Payless ShoeSource will not impact any Canadian Operations -- says Payless in an email to Truro Daily News.
-Stripes Meet Straps: Hudson’s Bay Partners with Teva for Limited Spring 2017 Collection (Military Technologies)
-Dollarama Inc.: A Great Defensive Play (Investing: Motley)
-Nailer tool recalled at Canadian Tire stores after injury report (CTV)
International: Canada Pension Plan enters India's burgeoning shopping mall market (IP Real Estate)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Presse Internationale Toronto, Bloor Street is the 2016 Magazines Canada Retailer of the Year (Yahoo/MarketWired press release)
-Provigo Le Marché L'Avenue opens its doors across from Montréal's Bell Centre (NewsWire press release)
-Sobeys donating surplus food to Feed Nova Scotia in pilot program (MetroNews)
-Giant Tiger to open 2nd Brampton ON store (NewsWire press release)
-Dresses from Lakefield & Co. attracting followers across Maritimes (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-LCBO union uses government’s rhetoric against it in brewing labour battle (National Post)
-Port au Port hardware store will rebuild after fire, says owner (Newfoundland: CBC)
-Ontario Needs A Strategy To Prevent Consumer Racial Profiling (Huffington Post)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Emerson Duty Free to construct new retail outlet (TRBusiness)
-Sunrise Records to take over HMV stores in Saskatoon (CTV) and -Sunrise Records adds Cornwall Centre to list of future Sask. stores (Regina: CTV)
-Priceless ride: North End Grocery Shuttle offers seniors much more than free trip (Winnipeg: CTV)
-How Tisdale secured a second grocery store (Parkland Review)
-It may not be legal, but marijuana-infused ice cream is now available in Calgary (CBC)
-RCMP bust alleged retail theft ring in Surrey, BC (CBC)
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