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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For February 19, 2025

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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.

‘Made in Quebec’ shop sales exploding after Amazon closures, tariff threats (CTV)

GameStop looking to sell Canadian and French operations (CTV)

Michaels taps former CEO of Staples Canada as new leader (Chain Store Age)

Major retailers say Ontario families could pay hundreds more for groceries as new recycling costs balloon (Toronto Star)

Farmers’ markets: vital but overlooked part of fixing Canada’s struggling food system (Greenhouse Canada)

Montreal can’t quit Amazon just yet (Montreal Gazette)

Workers at Shopper Drug Mart on Douglas Street will soon wear body cameras: Loblaws (Victoria Times Colonist)

‘Business development needs’ closes two Richmond Japanese convenience store locations (VIA)

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