Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 21, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Vistaprint Opens 1st Global Brick and Mortar Retail Space, in Canada
The well-known Dutch business-focused e-commerce company has opened its very first retail space, and it chose a Canadian city as its launch point, for a number of reasons.
Top Stories - National:
Update: Sears Canada shares plunge on report that it's preparing to seek court protection (Financial Post) and Sears Canada is preparing to seek creditor protection in coming weeks: sources (Globe & Mail)
-Amazon’s appetite for disruption is a warning to Canada’s grocers (Globe & Mail)
-HBC take note: Canadian retail REIT spin-offs outperform parents (Globe & Mail)
-North West Company: The Widest Moat Of Any Retailer (Seeking Alpha)
-More Robin Hood products added to Canada's E. coli flour recall (CBC)
-Canada Wholesale Sales Grew at Double Expected Pace in April (Fox Business)
-Tim Hortons president changing job, Restaurant Brands CEO assumes responsibility (CTV)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Amazon Canada to hire additional 200 workers at Toronto office (CTV) and Wynne embraces Amazon in Canada (Toronto Star)
-La Marque Opens 1st Retail Location, Peel Street Montreal (French/English, Montreal-Weekly)
-Mall management upbeat while department store 'explores options' (North Bay Nugget)
-Historic site at Spadina and Dundas will become a Rexall Drug Store (MetroNews)
-Union Station tenants owe city $10 million (Toronto Star)
-LCBO's Monday strike deadline looms (Canoe)
-Old Quebec City hardware store destroyed by overnight fire (Montreal Gazette)
-Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Starting To Look Like It's a Thing (Urban Toronto)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Shaky Sears could rattle major Metro malls (Business in Vancouver)
-Hillberg & Berk celebrates 10 years of business with a new home (Regina Leader Post)
-High River receives downtown award of merit (High River Times)
-ReDev Properties sells Edmonton shopping centre (Real Estate News EXchange)
-Changes made to Vancouver’s grocery store liquor policy (Canadian Grocer)
-Vancouver to consider ban on retail sale of cats and dogs (GlobalNews.ca)
Our Previous Articles:
-Ladurée to Open 1st Toronto Location
-ALEX AND ANI Launches National Retail Expansion
-Holt Renfrew Unveils Luxurious 2-Level VIP Suites in Vancouver [Photos]
-Drake Commissary Debuts in Junction Triangle [Photos]
-Mall Profile: Bayview Village Shopping Centre [Feature/Photos]
-Van Cleef & Arpels Opens 1st Freestanding Canadian Boutique
-LXRandCo Plans Major Expansion Under New Ownership
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