Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: May 16, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) MUJI Announces Summer Metrotown Opening [Rendering/Floor Plan]
The minimalist Japanese retailer has provided further details on its first Vancouver flagship, which will become the largest in Canada when it opens.
2) Park Royal Announces Cineplex VIP Cinema
One of Canada’s leading shopping centres is adding an attraction for consumers, as top malls increasingly become ‘retailtainment’ centres.
Top Stories - National:
-Nordstrom launches Canadian credit card with loyalty rewards (Financial Post)
-Lululemon kicks off first global advertising campaign (Globe & Mail)
-Maria Tash Partners With Hudson's Bay (pop-up in Vancouver/Toronto/Montreal) (WWD.com)
-Air Miles top executive cashes in while collectors fume (CBC)
-Canada's Aritzia Opening Second Chicago Location (PYMNTS)
Available to paid 'Unlimited' subscribers and free for mobile app users: PointNorth launches proxy fight at Liquor Stores N.A. (Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Could $15 minimum wage and paid sick days eliminate jobs? Yes, say small business stakeholders (Ontario: CBC)
-JYSK opening store on Hamilton Mountain (Hamilton News)
-Renovations, Expansion Progressing at Yonge Sheppard Centre (Urban Toronto)
-Making way for the Makery: Lunenburg shop expanding operations (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-Nova Scotia author Sheree Fitch to open seasonal bookshop (Quill & Quire)
-Halifax Superstore gives away free groceries (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-Maud Lewis painting found in Ont. thrift shop to be sold this week (CTV)
-Woman spotted trying to steal cart full of items from Fergus Walmart (CBC)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Shipping containers to become trendy retail space in Calgary's East Village (MetroNews)
-SLIDESHOW: Inside London Drugs' first store with an optical clinic (Drug Store News)
-Old sign found during construction on convenience store (Winnipeg: CTV)
Our Previous Articles:
-MINISO Launches Aggressive 500 Store Canadian Expansion
-New Era to Close Queen Street Flagship
-2017 Excellence in Retailing Awards Finalists Announced
-Yorkville Avenue Transitioning to Become a Luxury Retail Street [Feature/Photos]
-London Drugs’ Clint Mahlman Wins Prestigious Canadian Retailer of the Year Award
-Why Retail Should be a Priority in Urban High-Density Developments
-Sleep Country Canada Takes on Casper
-MCM to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Store this Fall
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