Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: July 25, 2017
/Our Articles of the Day:
1) Why Adding More Luxury Retail to Toronto's Pearson Airport Makes Sense [Feature]
An expert goes in-depth and discusses the benefits of capitalizing on an already exceptional asset.
2) SoulCycle Continues Canadian Expansion [Profile/Tour]
Two more locations have opened over the summer, with more to be announced as the concept gains a following.
3) Have Retailers Lost Their Minds and Stopped Caring About Sales?
-- Sales should be #1.
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-Former President and CEO of Hudson's Bay Co., Bonnie Brooks joins Smooth Commerce Advisory Group (News Wire)
-Canadian Wholesale Sales Enter Longest Expansion Since 1995 (Bloomberg)
-Canadian dollar tops 80 cents US for 1st time in 2 years (CBC)
#BoycottSearsCanada doesn’t help Sears workers who still have jobs, experts warn (Global News)
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-SeaChoice Canada changes mission to become more government and industry oriented (Seafood Source)
-Canadians Should Demand A More Eco-Friendly Cup Of Coffee (Huff Post)
-Trump uses Canadian company to sell ‘Made in America’ merchandise (Daily Dot)
-A New Life in Strangers’ Clothes for Syrian Refugees in Canada (Racked)
-Cannabis executive says producers unlikely to meet demands of consumer market (CBC)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-Automation Nation: Amazon's Brampton facility putting robotics to the ultimate test (Toronto Sun)
-Skylights, Eateries, Shops Highlights of Union Station Work (Urban Toronto)
-Costco is Opening in Vaughan and Orillia (AM Other World)
-Kitchener's Rona store to become a Lowe's by the end of 2017 (570 News)
-Cavendish Farms getting major storage upgrades (PEI: CBC News)
-Sex shop departure latest blow for near-empty plaza (Windsor Star)
-Grilled Cheese Store MLT DWN Could Be Melting Down — And Other Closures (Eater Montreal)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-'If you build it, they will come': Retail development boom good now, could falter later (Saskatoon StarPheonix)
-Prince Rupert thrift store worker chances upon late mother's letter in donated book (CBC News)
-Yankee businesses celebrate recovering Canuck buck (Vancouver Sun)
-SODA wins third-best thrift shop in Alberta (Vulcan Advocate)
Our Previous Articles:
-Change Lingerie Unveils Plans for 25 More Canadian Stores
-Inside Hublot’s 1st Canadian Store [Title]
-Grab-and-go Food Concept 'Picnic' Opening Multiple Locations [Photos]
-Canada Post Wins Prestigious ‘Retail Innovation’ Award
-Experts Predict 2018 to be ‘Year of the Pop-Up’ [Feature]
-Yorkville Avenue Luxury Complex Secures Upstairs Anchor [Renderings]
-Downtown Oakville Innovates with Temporary Retail Space Initiative
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