Top Stories: National
- Strong get stronger: Retailers scout COVID-age property opportunities (BNN)
- Retail shakeup here to stay (The Star)
- For Some Canadian Retailers, 2020 Was a Very Good Year (Financial Post)
- Bricks-and-mortar stores dominate in surging retail market (Western Investor)
- Retail sales rise 1.3 per cent to $55.2 billion in November as online shopping surges (CTV)
- 5 Canadian businesses on how they pivoted to online platforms (Global News)
- After failed Carrefour bid, Couche-Tard seeks to reassure befuddled shareholders (Financial Post)
- Reitmans (Canada) Limited Provides Further Update on CCAA Process (Press release)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- ‘Expect delivery delays’ amid COVID outbreak at Mississauga, Ont., Canada Post site (Yahoo News)
- Doug Ford says sick-pay legislation isn’t necessary — but how many GTA retailers provide paid sick days without it? We asked. (Star)
- 14-day lockdown imposed in northern N.B. region to stop spread of COVID-19 (Yahoo News)
- Halifax couple say Walmart employee was racially profiling when they couldn’t leave store with purchase (Journal Pioneer)
- Starbucks closing ByWard Market location in Ottawa; other businesses look to survive during pandemic (CTV)
- Package-free bulk store opens second location in downtown Dartmouth (HalifaxToday.ca)
- A Jamaican grocery store became a vibrant community hub. How a proud daughter kept her parents’ legacy alive (Toronto Star)
Western Canada News
- Retail returns: Winnipeggers line up as non-essential items back on shelves (CBC)
- B.C.’s recovery economy: Slow and steady no longer winning retail retooling race (Business in Vancouver)
- Flooring company offers to buy last Nygard retail store up for sale in Winnipeg (CBC)
- ‘What he’s doing is awesome’: Independent Calgary grocery store paying it forward (CTV)
- $85K found inside Value Village donation bag in Vancouver, money returned to family (CBC)
- Calgary grocer gives back with pay-what-you-can promotion (CBC)
- IKEA Winnipeg re-opens with limited capacity (Press release)
- Richmondites petition Starbucks to keep its Terra Nova location open (Richmond-News.com)
