Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: May 5, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Outlet Collection Winnipeg Opens to Huge Crowds [Photos/Floor Plan/Store List]
Thousands lined up for the opening of the region’s first US-style designer outlet mall.
2) Express to Shutter Stores, Exit Canada
The retailer entered Canada in the fall of 2011 amid a pricing controversy. It currently operates 17 Canadian stores in some of the country's leading malls.
3) STORE 2017 Conference Full Agenda now Available
Retail Council of Canada's STORE 2017 Conference takes place on May 30 and May 31st at the Toronto Congress Centre. Tickets are available.
Top Stories - National:
-Sobeys owner announces sweeping overhaul aimed at saving $500 million a year (Financial Post) and Sobeys’ Medline reveals ‘aggressive’ plan to cut costs at troubled grocer (Globe & Mail)
-Loblaw focused on dispensing medical marijuana, open to recreational (CTV)
-Why Hudson's Bay is shopping for a takeover amid 2017's retail bloodbath (Retail Dive)
-What we learned from Loblaw’s quarterly results (Canadian Grocer)
-20VIC Management Properties Kick Off Canada 150 Celebrations with National Art Unveilings and a Contest Launch from Coast to Coast (NewsWire press release)
-Shiseido (Canada) Inc. launches domestic operations of Laura Mercier cosmetics, following 2016 acquisition by Shiseido Americas Corporation (NewsWire press release)
-Freshii Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results (GlobeNewsWire)
-Indigenous people say racial profiling most often felt in stores: Human Rights Commission report (CBC)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Despite Canada's love of online shopping, Devonshire Mall sees record sales (Windsor: CBC)
-Walmart's Only Prototype Store in Mississauga Continues to Change Shape (Insauga.com)
-Supreme Court will hear case on interprovincial alcohol purchases (Toronto Star)
-How pop-up shops bridge the gap between ecommerce and brick-and-mortars (Montreal Gazette)
-Squibb's Stationers celebrates 90 years in Weston Village (Toronto Star)
-Princeton couple reopens small community convenience store (The Packet)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-New Sleep Country Distribution Centre Opens in Calgary (NewsWire press release)
-Lowe's Canada hiring more staff, converting Langford Rona (Victoria Times Colonist)
-Calgary shop owner says he's been unfairly targeted by Facebook (retailer: Knifewear, Calgary: CTV)
-Can a contest help? Yellowknife's downtown just not cutting it for businesses (CBC)
-The Weeknd brings limited-edition Starboy merch to Vancouver this weekend (Georgia Straight)
-Sobeys Liquor announces 2nd Saskatoon location (Global)
-Fire in Heisler's historic downtown leads to emotional loss for business owners (Alberta:CBC)
-Vancouver's Our Town Cafe serves its last customer (Vancouver Courier)
Our Previous Articles:
-Over the Rainbow to Relocate Iconic Yorkville Store
-Brazilian Luxury Designer Boutique Opens 1st Location in Canada, Plans Expansion
-Retail Insider Launches 2 Morning Emails
-Bonnie Brooks Wins Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
-Structube Announces New 50,000 Square Foot Megastore Concept
-Zadig & Voltaire to Open Freestanding Canadian Stores
-INDOCHINO Lands at Metrotown [Photos]
-JYSK Announces 6 Canadian Stores for 2017
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