Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: June 9, 2017
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Top Stories - National:
Hudson's Bay Company Announces Job Cuts:
-Hudson’s Bay Company Announces 2,000 Job Cuts, Including Senior Management (Business of Fashion)
-Hudson’s Bay Co to cut 2,000 jobs throughout North America by end of 2018 fiscal year (Hollie Shaw, Financial Post)
-Hudson’s Bay to cut 2,000 jobs as losses mount in tough retail climate (Marina Strauss, Globe & Mail)
-HBC's job cuts driven by slow death of malls: analyst (CTV)
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Other National News:
-Sport Chek puts a new face on its ads (Strategy)
-Genesis Motors is selling cars in ways almost no one else is (Autofocus)
-Customer loyalty: An experience beyond rewards programs (Food in Canada)
-Shopify Inc. Hits a New High: Time to Buy? (Investing: Motley)
With stores in Canada: Nordstrom family exploring taking retailer private (BNN)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-IKEA Canada Breaks Ground on Quebec City store (NewsWire press release)
-Super C launches money-saving mobile app (Canadian Grocer)
-Hayley Elsaesser celebrates the intellectual side of fashion (Toronto: NOW Magazine)
-Gatineau skateboard apparel merchant on quite a roll (Ottawa Business Journal)
-Music store changing ownership (North Bay: Bay Today)
-North American Development Group Reimagines Agincourt Mall (Urban Toronto)
-Woman says pricey vitamin bottle from Shoppers Drug Mart was filled with dried pasta (Toronto: CityNews)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Vancouver's Pirate Joe's shuts down, ending legal battle with Trader Joe's (CTV)
-Spirit Halloween – Seeking Temporary Leases Throughout Western Canada (Sitings)
-Gordon Clark: Richmond's regrettable return to Chinese signs issue (The Province)
-New Castlegar clothing store Swish all about figure-friendly fashion (Rossland News)
Our Previous Articles:
-Eleventy to Launch North American Store Expansion in Canada [Renderings]
-COS Announces Square One Store
CF Galeries d’Anjou Announces Target Space Replacement
-Inside Michael Jordan's 2nd North American Store [3D Phototour]
-How Italian Plasters are Increasingly Used in Canadian Retail Spaces [Feature/Photos]
-SEE Eyewear to Enter Canada with 1st Store
-High-End Fashion Boutique MC2520 Opens in Laval [Photos]
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