Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 19, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Holt Renfrew Unveils Luxurious 2-Level VIP Suites in Vancouver [Photos]
The flagship is now considered to be the ‘best’ Holt Renfrew store in the chain, and more renovated departments will be revealed over the summer and into 2018.
2) Drake Commissary Debuts in Junction Triangle [Photos]
The innovative bakery, bar and larder is a new component of the Drake Hotel properties, which includes producing original food items for the Drake General Store.
Top Stories - National:
Update: Major shareholder in The Bay pushes company to sell off real estate, consider going private (CBC)
-‘Amazon is making a statement’: How the online giant’s Whole Foods deal will force Canadian grocers to change (Hollie Shaw, Financial Post) and Amazon shakes up grocery sector with $13.7-billion Whole Foods deal (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
-The grocery wars: Why Amazon bought Whole Foods (Brandon Donnelly)
-If Sears disappears, it could be a disaster for some malls, a blessing for others (Financial Post)
-Sears Canada moves to calm customers despite warning (Francine Kopun, Toronto Star)
-Retailers see red over brands setting up their own stores (Francine Kopun, Toronto Star)
-Leon's Announces Expansion of Installation and Service Offering (Newswire press release)
-Estée Lauder makes key investment in Canada's Deciem (Trade Arabia)
-Entrepreneur Robert Campeau dies at 93 (once owned Allied/Federated/Macy's/Bloomingdale's)(Obituary, Globe & Mail)
Available to paid 'Unlimited' subscribers and free for mobile app users: Department stores can’t survive with nostalgia as a business model (Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-LCBO workers step up pressure on booze monopoly to settle labour dispute, avert strike (Toronto Star)
-Oshawa’s Five Points Mall to close at the end of August, former Target location sold to Dymon Storage (Durham Region)
-Lee Valley's Niagara Falls store now open (Niagara This Week)
-After almost 50 years, family-run bike shop continues expanding (Montreal Gazette)
-IKEA Play Café brings the fun to downtown Toronto (NewsWire press release)
-Walmart Logistics Recruiting for Cornwall Distribution Centre (Choose Cornwall)
-Montreal bagels and the pollution problem (Montreal Gazette)
-16 Storeys Proposed for Church and Wellesley Beer Store Site (Urban Toronto)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Local outerwear label Arc'teryx opens doors to new downtown Vancouver storefront (Vancouver: Straight.com)
-Job posting for manager suggests Lululemon is coming to Kamloops (Kamloops This Week)
-Saskatoon's Frank Atchison to retire, men's store to close (CBC)
-Vancouver's grocery store liquor policy not restrictive enough, addictions expert says (CBC)
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-Aubade Coffee: Innovation In A Vancouver Antique Store (Sprudge)
-The ship has sailed when it comes to saving Vancouver's Chinatown (Globe & Mail)
-Arson suspected in Abbotsford tire store fire (Vancouver Sun)
-London Drugs helps immigrant families (Lake Cowichan Gazette)
Our Previous Articles:
-Mall Profile: Bayview Village Shopping Centre [Feature/Photos]
-Van Cleef & Arpels Opens 1st Freestanding Canadian Boutique
-LXRandCo Plans Major Expansion Under New Ownership
-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]
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