Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: May 2, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Structube Announces New 50,000 Square Foot Megastore Concept
The popular Canadian home furnishings retailer is launching a significantly larger retail concept, with the first flagship set to open this fall.
2) Longo Family Honoured with RCC's Canadian Grand Prix 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award
Retail Council of Canada will present the award at its Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Gala on May 31, and tickets are available.
Top Stories - National:
-Can Tim Hortons thrive without its Canadian crutch? (macleans.com)
-A hedge fund is making a big bet on J. Crew, and it could determine whether it avoids bankruptcy (Business Insider)
-Prepare For 'Unbelievably High' Weed Sales After Legalization, says consultant (Huffpost)
-RYU Apparel Reports First Quarter 2017 Results (Stockhouse press release)
-Troubled Kit and Ace Ethics Under Fire (Power Retail)
-Is it Time to Buy the Dips in the Retail REITs? (Investing: Motley)
-Taco Bell to serve alcohol in Canada 'before the end of the year' (Foodbev.com)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-How Toronto's condo boom gives chain stores the upper hand: Hume (MetroNews)
-Sobeys set to demolish Glendale Plaza, tenants prepare for change (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
-Year's worth of diapers for baby born in Halifax grocery store (CBC)
-Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet residents vote on beer and wine stores (CBC)
-Louis Vuitton sues Toronto-area flea market over counterfeit goods (CTV)
-Booming neighbourhood planned for industrial land on Mississauga’s waterfront (will include retail) (Toronto Star)
-Thunder Bay airline purchased by North West Company (TBnewswatch.com)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Designer mall employee fuming over staff parking fees (Vancouver: CBC)
-New Faces: Petra Market dedicated to Middle Eastern foods (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
-Executive hotel proposed for Edward Chapman site (Vancouver: Western Investor)
-BC had Canada's strongest economic growth in 2017: StatsCan (Business in Vancouver)
-Manitoba's economic growth third best in the country (Winnipeg Free Press)
Our Previous Articles:
-Zadig & Voltaire to Open Freestanding Canadian Stores
-INDOCHINO Lands at Metrotown [Photos]
-Canadian Grand Prix Finalists Announced for Outstanding Grocery Products
-JYSK Announces 6 Canadian Stores for 2017
-3 Emerging Retail Trends That Will Improve Canadian Retailers' Online Sales in 2017
-Zvelle Launches Brick-and-Mortar Strategy to Complement eCommerce
-Inside Off-White’s 1st North American Store [3D Phototour]
-Cominar Launches Innovative Multi-Purpose Mall Space
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