Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 28, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Saje Natural Wellness Continues Rapid Growth as it Marks Milestones
The Canadian company is one of the fastest growing retailers in the country. It’s marking 25 years in business, as well as its 50th Canadian location — and it plans to conquer new markets as it expands.
2) Woolrich Secures 1st Canadian Retail Space
America’s oldest outdoor clothing company will open this winter in Canada’s most productive shopping centre.
Top Stories - National:
Update: Sobeys sees first signs of improvement in 17 quarters, but ‘not out of the woods yet’ (Financial Post)
-Canada's housing boom shelters Home Depot and Lowe from web onslaught — for now (Financial Post)
-Sears closures a ‘positive break’ for some owners (REMI Network)
-How Jeff Bezos made Michael Medline's Sobeys turnaround plan more difficult (BNN)
-Canadian Tire Money Gets A Patriotic Redesign For Canada 150 (HuffPost)
-Competition Bureau of Canada gives $4.4B Couche-Tard deal green light (CTV)
-Newest Nordstrom Pop-In shop looks like the inside of a computer and features tech-focused gear (coming to Vancouver and Toronto)
-Is It Time To Cap Credit Card Fees? (HuffPost)
-Is it Time to Throw in the Towel on Canada's Grocers? (Investing: Motley)
-Foonie? As loonie turns 30, it's time to think of a name for a $5 coin: Don Pittis (CBC)
-Nasdaq is dumping Sears Canada in wake of bankruptcy protection (Financial Post)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Bring the brew to you: Beer Store launches home delivery in Ottawa, Scarborough (CTV)
-Aging mall in cottage country finds new life (Real Estate News EXchange)
-Elmvale Acres mall redevelopment plan gets committee approval (Ottawa: CBC)
-Algoma suspends mall sale due to Sears closures (Real Estate News EXchange)
-White spirits: The LCBO’s selection isn’t diverse enough for a multicultural Ontario (TVO)
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-Sobeys to open temporary Foodland in Minto by mid-August (New Brunswick: CBC)
-Theft reduction or more red tape? London wants pawn shops to photograph items (London: CBC)
-Farmer fears future after Sobeys rejects $24K worth of strawberries (CBC)
-Reitmans customer 'disappointed' by closure of New Minas location (Nova Scotia: The Register)
-Inside the Rec Room, Cineplex’s new Playdium-style arcade for adults in Roundhouse Park (Toronto Life)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-High office vacancy hits Calgary's downtown retail market (With comment from Retail Insider's Craig Patterson) (Real Estate News EXchange)
-Venture Kamloops keeping close eye on retail sector pending Sears closure (cfjctoday.com)
-Canada 150 means big business for Saskatoon retailers (Global)
-Vancouver electric carmaker delivers first vehicle (Business in Vancouver)
-Price of steak is still sizzling, but relief may be on the way (Calgary Herald)
-Three Sask. owned liquor stores sold to private businesses (620 CKRM)
Our Previous Articles:
-Jean-Paul Fortin Launches National Expansion [Includes Renderings]
-Digitizing Your Customers' Experience – 4 Ways Companies Can do it Successfully
-INDOCHINO Sees Substantial Growth as it Announces US Expansion [Feature]
-ECCO Opens 1st North American Flagship at Yorkdale [Photos]
-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
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