Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 30, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Premium Children’s Retailer DBbabies Expands from Dubai to Canada
The retailer plans to open stores across the country over the next several years.
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Top Stories - National:
-Online thrift store ThredUp expanding to Canada (CTV)
-Shopify joins forces with BuzzFeed to increase merchant visibility (Globe & Mail)
-Shopping On Amazon Is Making Us A Little Less Human (HuffPost)
-Column: Sobeys sees early signs of improvement (Canadian Grocer)
-32% of Canadians overwhelmed by amount of loyalty programs (BNN)
-Retailers put their own spin on Canada 150 celebrations (Toronto Sun)
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-Poutine doughnut on Tim Hortons' Canada Day menu — for American customers only (CBC)
-Celebrate Canada's 150th With These 3 Canadian Retail Greats (Investing: Motley)
-nanopay launches retail payment platform as part of MintChip ecosystem expansion (Mobile Syrup)
-While Canada celebrates 150, Sobeys marks 110 (Toronto Sun)
Available only to 'Unlimited' paid subscribers, and free for mobile app users: Sobeys CEO eyes e-commerce as Amazon enters grocery fray (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Crosstown construction puts the hurt on businesses along Eglinton (Inside Toronto)
-Pioneers in Montreal's Organic Movement (The Suburban)
-Simple Craft Company is a cute, aromatic food nook in The Beach (Toronto Star)
-Notre-Dame St. butcher targeted by vegetarian vandals (CTV)
-Canada Goose inaugurates first Quebec factory in Boisbriand (Montreal Gazette)
-Another Beer Store Set to Bite the Dust on Dundas West (Urban Toronto)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Langley's largest mall plans to grow (Willowbrook Mall: Langley Advance)
-New vegetarian grocery with rental homes above proposed in Vancouver’s Punjabi Market area (Straight.com)
-Swiss skincare label La Maison Valmont opens first North American location in Vancouver (Straight.com)
-Regina chocolate tasting nights a delicious learning experience (Regina Leader Post)
-Burcu's Angels finding a home amongst the misfits in Hastings Sunrise (beatroute.ca)
-Canadian Smoked Salmon Retail Pioneer Cheena Celebrates Canada’s 150th (globenewswire.com)
-Chilliwack artist comes up with a Coast Salish design for Canada’s 150th (Chilliwack Progress)
-ParcelPal Begins Cannabis on Demand Delivery (Stockhouse press release)
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