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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For April 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 several days.

The Body Shop Canada explores sale as demand outpaces inventory: court filing (The Canadian Press)

Feds targeting a dozen foreign grocery chains for expansion in attempt to increase competition (CityNews)

What Australia and U.K.’s grocery codes can teach us about Canada’s food fight (CityNews)

‘Won’t be a quick fix’: Indigo needs turnaround as privatization nears, experts say (The Canadian Press)

Lululemon to shutter Washington distribution center, lay off 128 employees (Reuters)

A novel experience: Why small bookstores are thriving in Canada (The Toronto Observer)

Quebec business community pens open letter denouncing French-language commercial signage rules (CBC)

Vancouver Hudson’s Bay store suffering months-long maintenance issues (Daily Hive)

Toronto airport gold heist loot was melted in a forge in local jewelry store’s basement (National Post)

This Toronto thrift store sells items by the pound (CTV)

Calgary Co-op breaks ground on new location coming to Cochrane (Calgary Herald)

Shopping infrastructure highlights food-choice differences in Beaches/East York vs. Scarborough (The Toronto Observer)

‘A BIT OBSCENE’: People encouraged to ‘steal from Loblaws’ (Toronto Sun)

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