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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For June 10, 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 24 hours.

A B.C. billionaire bought up Hudson’s Bay leases. Her plan to rename them New Bay carries legal risk (Globe & Mail / subscriber paywall)

Shoppers are wary of digital shelf labels, but a study found they don’t lead to price surges (CityNews)

Vancouver lingerie brand Understance sets sights on more Canadian stores (Vancouver Sun)

Competition Bureau sues DoorDash for alleged misleading prices (Grocery Business)

Birks secures financing for jewelry store acquisition (Fashion Network)

Beer Store announces 10 additional locations set to close this summer (Toronto Sun)

Sault Ste. Marie Duty Free owner laments near 40% drop in revenue, blames ‘tariff war’ (CBC)

Kamloops Hudson’s Bay workers left without jobs not optimistic in fight for severance pay (Castanet)

West Vancouver thrift shop puts $1M in senior centre’s pocket (North Shore News)

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