Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: May 26, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Retail Opportunities Abound in Ambitious Clairmont Heights Development
The groundbreaking 1,200 acre development will house an estimated 22,000 people, and is the only project of its kind in North America.
Top Stories - National:
-Dollar Tree has goal of 1,000 locations in Canada (BNN)
-Canadians hoarding $16B worth of unused loyalty points (CBC)
-Indigenous activists want Dollarama to stop selling dreamcatchers beside Canada 150 items (CTV)
-At Tim Hortons it’s not business as usual: Profits are up, but so is franchisee discontent (Financial Post)
-Subway Chicken Investigation Was 'Fair And Thorough': CBC (Huffington Post)
International: Amazon opens first brick and mortar New York bookshop (CTV)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Rural northwestern Ontario community looks to develop retail (CBC)
-Rise in inflation flattens NB retail numbers, APEC says (CBC)
-A ‘Nu’ way of looking at grocery retail (Zero waste grocery store in Ottawa) (Canadian Grocer)
-Toronto Longo’s store working with food waste reduction startup Flashfood (Mobile Syrup)
-Unhappy LCBO Workers Set to Picket in Mississauga (InSauga.com) and LCBO workers protest lagging contract talks, privatization concerns (Ottawa Citizen)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Kingsway Mall wins global recognition for helping provide assistance during Fort McMurray fire (Edmonton Journal)
-Metro health-food company flexes retail muscle (re:The Juicery Co.) (Business in Vancouver)
-Walmart pleads not guilty to health charges following 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire (Edmonton Journal)
-Better Winnipeg: New store selling clothing for $1 a pound (Global News)
-RYU Apparel Announces Short Form Prospectus Financing (NewsWire press release)
-Calgary and Edmonton on the Road to Recovery (Benzinga)
Our Previous Articles:
-Belstaff to Open 1st Freestanding Canadian Location
-Henry’s Cameras Launches New Brick-and-Mortar Strategy
-Canada Continues to Attract International Retailers
-La Maison Valmont Opens 4th Global Location — in Vancouver [Photos]
-Square One Reaches $1 Billion Annual Revenue Milestone
-Mastermind Toys Announces Largest Expansion in 33 Year History
-Yorkdale’s CONCEPT Launches Unique 2nd Rotation
-APM Monaco to Open 1st Canadian Store
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