Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 5, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) SEE Eyewear to Enter Canada with 1st Store
An unprecedented number of international optical/eyewear retailers are entering the country.
2) Study Reveals Importance of In-Store Tech and Social Media ‘Likes’ for GenZ/Millennials
The HRC Retail Advisory study found a generational shift in how the groups shop beauty trends.
Top Stories - National:
Update: Off-price apparel stores are booming, but are they a bricks-and-mortar saviour or symptom of decline? (Financial Post)
-In Canada, Luxury Retailers Rule as Inequality Rises (with comment from Retail Insider's Craig Patterson) (The Tyee)
-Canada Goose sees ‘very large opportunity’ to expand its luxury parka business in China (Financial Post)
-3 keys for Dollarama’s success: Pricing power, plastic and plans to expand (BNN)
-Lululemon cost itself 'billions' not answering my questions: Chip Wilson (includes video: BNN)
-Trading into the Canadian eCommerce market – a sleeping giant? (Essential Retail)
-Recap: Retail Council of Canada STORE Conference, and Toronto tour by Retail Insider (Dave Rodgerson/Microsoft via LinkedIn)
-Opinion: McGill can help retail sector thrive amid change (New retail school: Montreal Gazette)
-'Boosting the economy from the bottom up': Why minimum wage hikes are a good thing (CBC)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Lululemon's first running exclusive shop hits Montreal's Mile End (Running Magazine)
-Minimum wage hike a bad deal for business, grocers say (Canadian Grocer)
-How Bazaar opens first location outside of P.E.I. in Halifax (The Guardian)
-Stellarton woman eager to turn fortunes around for P.E.I. business (New Glasgow News)
-Q&A: Why Jordan Brand picked Toronto for second North American store (SportsNet)
-Racer Tagliani greets students at London Lowes store (Our London)
-Woman berates Chinese grocery employees because they don’t speak English (Toronto: CTV)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Vancouver bike shops aren't happy with Mobi's Stanley Park expansion (Vancouver Sun)
-Where Can I Get That? — DaVinci Gelato brings high-quality sweets to Edmonton eateries (Edmonton Journal)
-Slick new Tom Lee Music opens (Vancouver Weekly)
Our Previous Articles:
-High-End Fashion Boutique MC2520 Opens in Laval [Photos]
-Drake’s OVO 'October’s Very Own' to Open at Yorkdale
-Genesis Motors Launches Canadian Retail Expansion [Photos]
-WANT Apothecary Focuses on Tasteful 'Neighbourhood Retail'
-KandJu Announces Significant Retail Expansion
-Ambitious ICE District Development Aims to Transform Downtown Edmonton
-Design Studio Burdifilek Wins 7 Retail Design Institute Awards [Photos]
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