Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: July 6, 2017
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Our Articles of the Day:
1) Opatra London Launches Canadian Retail Expansion
The UK-based skincare brand, known for its ’non-surgical facelift’, plans to open 50 Canadian stores in five years. Its first Canadian store opened yesterday.
2) Why Landlords Should Add Rental Apartment Buildings to Mall Properties
An expert explains why adding rental apartment buildings to mall properties is the best development opportunity in Canada today.
Top Stories - National:
-Laid-off workers 'very, very upset' as Sears restructuring cuts off severance pay (CBC News)
-Amfil Technologies Inc. Provides Update on Expanding Snakes & Lattes Inc. Operations and Projected Revenues increases (MarketWired)
-IKEA's new cookbook cooks your food for you (Inhabitat)
-Lowe's Canada takes part in Habitat for Humanity Canada's biggest build project ever (EPR Retail News)
-As Canada moves to legalize pot, questions about advertising take spotlight (Toronto Star)
-Texas-based CH Guenther & Son, Inc. Acquires Canada's Les Plats Du Chef (Business Wire)
With operations in Canada: U.S. denim retailer True Religion files for bankruptcy protection (Reuters)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-ARI awarded new 7.5-year duty free Quebec contract (TRBusiness)
-Molson Coors will spend $500M to build a new Montreal brewery instead of modernizing old one (Financial Post)
-Metro hosting job fair for new Windsor store (CTV News)
-Amore celebrates 6th anniversary with grand re-opening (SooToday)
-NatureFresh Farms mobile greenhouse impacting purchasing decisions (Fresh Plaza)
-Thistle Do Nicely a Canadian artisan shop (Manitoulin Expositor)
-Hotel, rental tower planned for former Alterna Savings site in west Centretown (includes proposed 30,000 sq ft grocery store) (Ottawa Business Journal)
-$15 Minimum Wage Should Be Something All Ontarians Can Agree On (HuffPost)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Herschel breaks boundaries with avant-garde pop-up (Business in Vancouver)
-High Road BMW Ducati opens second store (DealerNews.com)
-Inglewood's singing saleswoman to perform at Stampede western showcase (Calgary: CBC)
-Oh La La Boutique opens in Duncan (Cowichan Valley Citizen)
-Clothing store offers Stampede fashion (660 News)
-OPINION: Why Not Privatize Liquor Sales In Manitoba? (MyToba)
-Why your business should rethink its relationship with plastic packaging (BC Business)
Our Previous Articles:
-Danier Launches Canada-Wide Store Expansion
-New Look Vision Group Agrees to Acquire Iris, Le Groupe Visuel
-Lipault Paris Opens 1st Freestanding North American Boutique
-Premium Children’s Retailer DBbabies Expands from Dubai to Canada
-Canada Seeing Unprecedented Growth in Luxury Jewellery and Watch Retailers [Feature]
-Henry Singer to Open ‘Next Generation’ Flagship [Renderings]
-Woolrich Secures 1st Canadian Retail Space
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