Retail Insider’s latest articles highlight notable shifts in Canadian retail spaces and strategic growth moves. Brookfield Properties is proposing to convert upper floors of Toronto’s former Hudson’s Bay Centre into self-storage, aiming to modernize retail real estate use. Meanwhile, La Maison Simons plans its first downtown Vancouver store at CF Pacific Centre, investing $55 million to deepen its presence in British Columbia. Also, luxury brand Alice + Olivia will open its inaugural Canadian store in Toronto’s Yorkville, further reinforcing the area’s upscale retail profile. These developments and others underscore ongoing adaptation and targeted expansion in Canada’s retail landscape. Below are the full articles followed by Canadian Retail News From Around the Web.
🗞️ The Day’s Retail Insider Article List
- Lululemon Resets Leadership Amid Rising Competition – Lee Rivett
- Self-Storage Proposed for Former Hudson’s Bay Centre in Toronto – Craig Patterson
- Sales in food services and drinking place rise: Statistics Canada – Mario Toneguzzi
- La Maison Simons Announces Downtown Vancouver store at CF Pacific Centre – Mario Toneguzzi
- Alice + Olivia to Open First Canadian Store in Yorkville – Craig Patterson
- National roadshows strengthening business ties with China – Mario Toneguzzi
- Canadian consumer still under pressure with food prices: Dalhousie report – Mario Toneguzzi
- The Brick Chick grows with LEGO popularity – Mario Toneguzzi
- Coast Appliances Files for CCAA After Leadership Exit – Lee Rivett
🌐 Canadian Retail News From Around the Web
- What is surveillance pricing and is it coming to a grocery store near you? (Financial Post)
- Women in Business: Making Maguire (Elle Magazine)
- He allegedly committed at least 6 heists and is still at large. Today his ‘world just got smaller,’ Toronto police say (Re: CF Fairview Mall jewellery store shooter, MSN)
- ‘Quebec’s furniture manufacturing sector is in jeopardy’: a second factory is closing (CTV)
- Woodmere Capital sells pharmacy-anchored plaza near Toronto (Green Street News/paywall)
- Quebec economy shrank from January 2025 to 2026, statistics show (Montreal Gazette)
- Vancouver’s Iconic Donut Shop Is Opening Across From Langara College (Noms Magazine)
- Osborne Village businesses have mixed feelings on police efforts to curb crime (CityNews Winnipeg)
- RCMP searching for suspects after jewellery store fraud in Swift Current (Swift Current Online)
