Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 15, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) LXRandCo Plans Major Expansion Under New Ownership
The vintage luxury accessories retailer plans to grow its retail network to more than 500 stores around the world (article includes interview with Joe Mimran).
2) Van Cleef & Arpels Opens 1st Freestanding Canadian Boutique
One of the world’s most prestigious jewellers has opened its first freestanding Canadian boutique, with a second flagship set to open in several months.
Top Stories - National:
-Midline department stores feel squeeze as shoppers turn to luxury, discount (Toronto Star)
-Sears Canada's future is in doubt. How did it come to this? (CBC) and First Target, now Sears? Why retail jobs will keep disappearing (Global)
-Senior executive transitions at George Weston Ltd., Loblaw (Canadian Grocer)
-Gilles Fortin, de Tristan, annonce son départ (en Francais, LaPresse.ca)
-Canadian Glow-In-The-Dark Toonie Is So Lit (HuffPost)
-Shopify Inc.: Should You Buy the Dip? (Investing: Motley)
-Does Hudson's Bay Co.'s Shopping Spree Still Have Legs? (Investing: Motley)
Available to paid 'Unlimited' subscribers and free for mobile app users: Merchants given right to apply Visa, MasterCard surcharges (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Redevelopment of 40,000 square metre 'eyesore' could transform Dundas and Bloor (Toronto: CBC)
-That dank Couche: Alimentation Couche-Tard keen on selling cannabis in convenience stores (Financial Post)
-Proposed Lowe's store for Guelph appears to be on hold (Guelph Today)
-THE SIX: Hayley Elsaesser makes her pix! (24 Hours Toronto)
-True Fitness bound for downtown Windsor (CBC)
-Thieves cut through walls to rob Thunder Bay jewelry store, police say (CBC)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Out There Adventure Centre closes in downtown Calgary (Global News)
-Internet outage gives Yellowknife grocer an expensive headache (CBC)
-Local Comics Store Spotlight: Another Dimension (Calgary: ComicBook.com)
-City sticking with status quo for liquor store approvals (My Grande Prairie Now)
Our Previous Articles:
-Minotti Launches Canadian Showroom Expansion
-Harry Rosen Completes Oakridge Centre Store Renovation [Photos]
-Yorkville Village Announces Tenants as Overhaul Nears Completion [Photos/Floor Plans]
-Holt Renfrew Vancouver Pacific Centre Flagship Marks 10 Years [Feature]
-Canadian Designers to be Honoured at VMSD’s 2017 International Retail Design Conference [IRDC]
-Retail Insider Kicks Off Retail Real Estate Tours
-Eleventy to Launch North American Store Expansion in Canada [Renderings]
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