Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For January 18th, 2024

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Retail Insider is streamlining its Canadian retail news from around the web to include a handful of top news stories that can be viewed quickly during the day. Here are the top stories from the past 24 hours.

Canadian grocers join forces with Circular Innovation Council to tackle single-use plastic waste (Grocery Business)

Loblaw ending 50% discount on some food items raises concerns about anti-competitive behaviour (CBC)

More hardship ahead for Canada’s restaurant sector, warns global credit rating agency (Financial Post)

CEBA pandemic loan repayment deadline is Thursday. What Canadian businesses need to know (Toronto Star)

Banff Avenue ped zone moving ahead this summer (RM Outlook)

Up to 13K small businesses in Atlantic Canada unlikely to meet CEBA loan repayment deadline: CFIB (CTV)

Victoria’s Secret shutters downtown Vancouver store on Robson Street (Vancouver Sun)

Small biz owner predicts ‘chaos’ after CEBA loan repayment deadline (Toronto Sun)

Wahlburgers’ Toronto location shut down for good (Toronto Sun)

Loblaw seeks regulatory changes for cannabis sales in Ontario (Grocery Business)

Melanie Auld’s Vancouver Store Embodies Refined Minimalism (Hospitality Design)

‘Very ignorant’: Local man irate after Walmart holds him ‘hostage’ (Orillia Matters)

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