Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 26, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) INDOCHINO Sees Substantial Growth as it Announces US Expansion [Feature]
We spoke with CEO Drew Green about the company's phenomenal growth, as well as its decision to open 4 more US showrooms in some very prominent locations.
2) ECCO Opens 1st North American Flagship at Yorkdale [Photos]
The new store is the first in North America to be classified as a ‘Prime’ flagship, and only the fifth in the world to achieve such a status.
Top Stories - National:
UPDATES:
-With its 'endless aisle' Walmart Canada takes another swipe at Amazon (Financial Post)
-Amid retail turmoil, Simons stays focused on culture and people, rather than aggressive expansion (Financial Post)
-Mobile retail site visits increasing year-over-year in Canada, desktop traffic decreasing (Mobile Syrup)
-Coming soon to a mall near you: condos and office space (CBC)
-Too little, too late? Sears tries to rebrand by getting hip, hiding name (CBC)
-Sears Canada store closures expected to have little impact on RioCan (CTV)
-Inflation rate cools to 1.3% in May as food prices now cheaper than a year ago (CBC)
-From condoms to caskets: merchandise marks Canada's 150th birthday (CBC)
-Birks Group announces sales growth and net income for fiscal 2017 (NewsWire press release)
Owners of West Edmonton Mall: American Dream Completes $2.77B Construction Financing (NewsWire press release)
Available only to paid 'Unlimited' subscribers, and free for mobile app users: Battle brewing as Sears Canada confirms no severance pay for staff (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Häagen-Dazs pop-up bar opens in Toronto (Canadian Grocer)
-'Eventually, many will run out': How an LCBO strike could impact restaurants and bars (CBC)
-Lowe's Canada announces the opening of new RONA Matériaux in Casselman (EPR Retail News)
-Metro Ontario fined for worker’s meat grinder injury (Canadian Grocer)
-Toronto's Glad Day bookshop is a beacon for pride (Toronto Star)
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-Millennials want to keep their beloved Bloor bike lanes — boomers, not so much (Toronto: CBC)
-One Sobeys store in Nova Scotia pairs beer, cider and groceries (The Guardian)
-Local producers hit grocery store shelves (St. Thomas Times Journal)
-Sears to have significant impact on New Brunswickers, retail analyst says (CBC) and -Closing of Sears Canada store in Corner Brook a blow to the economy (Western Star)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-The new model of Lowe's stores opens in Canada (In Edmonton: EPR Retail News)
-Fire guts string of stores in Vancouver's Kerrisdale neighbourhood (Vancouver Sun)
-Yaletown streets get free Wi-Fi; other districts wait (Business in Vancouver)
-Where is the best thrift store in Alberta? (CBC)
-Rexall sold to Rx Drug Mart (BC: Coast Reporter)
-Saskatchewan's minimum wage to rise to $10.96 per hour in October (CBC)
-Concern for workers as Sears closing (Medicine Hat Mall) and Sears closures makes impact in Moose Jaw (Global)
Our Previous Articles:
-La Maison Simons Prepares to Open Innovative Londonderry Location [Renderings]
-Mark McEwan Grocery Store to Anchor Yonge-Bloor Transformation [Feature]
-Vistaprint Opens 1st Global Brick and Mortar Retail Space, in Canada
-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]
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