Top Stories: National
- Hudson’s Bay permanently laying off more than 600 workers across Canada (CTV)
- Holt Renfrew goes agency-side for new marketing head – Cossette Media’s Wes Wolch will be joining the luxury retailer as SVP, marketing (Strategy)
- How Lush Cosmetics ramped up delivery when COVID-19 hit (Yahoo)
- Preliminary GDP data suggests 2020 was worst year on record (CTV)
- The Faceoff: Lululemon and Nike have thrived through the pandemic, and will reap more benefits once COVID-19 is behind us (Toronto Star)
- Samuelsohn Bridging Sportswear and Tailored in New Vue Line (Yahoo/WWD)
- Chief public health officer urges provinces to keep COVID restrictions in place (CityNews)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Toronto businessman and menswear fashion icon Saul Korman dies (CityNews)
- Quebec may ease restrictions on stores as of Feb. 8, Legault says (Montreal Gazette)
- 59 per cent compliance rate found during safety blitz at Ontario big-box stores (CTV)
- More than 25 Starbucks shops in T.O. set to close by Monday (Toronto Sun)
- Shifting to e-commerce? Consider Shopify, now powering over 1 million online shops (Toronto Sun)
- BRAUN: How many pot shops is too many? (Toronto Sun)
- Kitchener music store out thousands in case of credit card fraud (CTV)
- Anti-masker freaks out in Toronto variety store, causing damage (o.Canada.com)
Western Canada News
- With eased restrictions on the horizon, servers and retail workers plead for compliance (CBC Alberta)
- Quality Foods plans new Royal Bay store, boosts employee wages (Victoria Times Colonist)
- Alberta gyms, restaurants can open starting Feb. 8 (Edmonton Journal)
- At least five businesses damaged in New Westminster strip mall fire (Global News)
- Winnipeg man charged after 15 stores, restaurants robbed since December (Global News)
- Edmonton gym owner hoped for more leeway as government allows one-on-one training (Edmonton Journal)
