Canadian Retail News From Around The Web: August 4, 2017
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Our Article of the Day:
Saks OFF 5TH Opens 2 Canadian Locations to Crowds [Photos]
HBC's off-price concept is looking to dominate the Canadian market, with its first new locations in Montreal and West Vancouver.
Top Stories - National:
-RYU Respect Your Universe Updates New Retail Store Openings (Toronto and Burnaby locations opening: NewsWire)
-High-end furniture business is sitting pretty (Globe and Mail)
-Sears Mess Shows How Little Liberals Think Of Working Canadians (Opinion: Huff Post)
-Now it's considered 'fear mongering' to show how $15 minimum wages hurt workers (Financial Post)
-Freshii stock plunges after company posts loss (Nation's Restaurant News)
-Long Island Iced Tea Corp. Continues Expansion in Canada with Sobeys Partnership (MarketWired)
-Is it possible to make 'ethical' food available to all, not just the rich? (National Post)
-Is online shopping killing local economies? (Assiniboia Times)
-Custom Shoes Made Accessible (Re: Poppy Barley: VueWeekly)
-Fatburger plans to go public (IPO: BNN Canada)
-Lowe's 'Holoroom How-to' pilots seek value of VR for bricks-and-mortar retail (IT World Canada)
-Hudson's Bay Co. Is Facing a Potential Coup: Should Investors Stand Pat? (Investing: Motley)
-American Apparel Brand Returns to Retail (Advertising Specialty Institute)
-Gilla Completes Acquisition of Leading Canadian Vape Company (MarketWired)
Canadian News - Regional:
Central Canada: ON/QC/Maritimes
-First Saks Off 5th store in Montreal region opens at Galeries d'Anjou (Montreal Gazette, with comment from Retail Insider's Craig Patterson)
-'No one can afford' 100% property tax increase, Yonge Street business owner says (Toronto: CBC) and Retail, rents and taxes. The House Of Lords bids farewell (South Bayview Bulldog)
-Windsor businesses tour Detroit's Z Parking Garage for inspiration (CBC.ca)
-MLA, development corp. help find new digs for Summerside Free Store (PEI: CBC News)
-Dundas General is a hip hangout for the 'hood (Toronto Star)
-OpenAire brings unique year-round patio to an uptown Toronto property (GlobeNewsWire)
Western Canada: BC/AB/SK/MB
-Owners of Sears Hometown stores slated for closure plan to fight for compensation (CBC News)
-Two Canadian developments selected as ULI finalists (REMI Network)
-Local brews coming soon to Alberta farmer's markets (MetroNews)
-Amazing Brentwood goes upscale in partnership with Louis Vuitton (urbanYVR)
-Layoffs coming for liquor stores, including Humboldt (Humboldt Journal)
-Indigenous man ejected from Regina Canadian Tire says he's ready for apology (Saskatchewan: CBC News)
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-Canada’s Luxury Department Store Wars [Feature]
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-Babaton Launches National Store Expansion
-SHAPE Announces L Catterton Partnership for Groundbreaking 'The Amazing Brentwood' Redevelopment
-Joe Fresh Expands Size Ranges [Brief/Photos]
-Seriously? Still focused only on Email and not Mobile Acquisition?
-Holt Renfrew Unveils Impressive New Vancouver Beauty Hall [Photos]
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