Top Stories: National
- Pandemic forces rethink of ground-floor, podium retail leasing (RENX.ca)
- 7-Eleven Canada working on in-store ‘consumption areas’ for beer and wine (Yahoo)
- Tim Hortons’ ‘Roll Up The Rim’ Ditches The Rim, Goes All Digital (HuffPost)
- In Canada, ecommerce will continue to be boosted by necessity (emarketer.com)
- Race is on for grocery and pharmacy chains to prepare for possible role in vaccine rollout (O.Canada.com)
- 75% of shoppers to stick to new habits post-COVID: Report (Grocery Business)
- Have a UV disinfecting device? Most don’t live up to claims and can be harmful (CBC)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- A ‘lifeline’ for many local businesses last year, CafeTO program set to return this spring (Toronto Star)
- Online grocer GoodFood secures $21M for further expansion (Grocery Business)
- Best Buy shuts Yonge & Eglinton store in Toronto (BlogTO)
- Waterloo Region has entered back into the red tier. Here’s what that means (CTV)
- Ontario Expands Eligibility for Main Street Relief Grant (Ontario News)
- Pizzaiolo hires marketing vet to fuel expansion (Strategy)
Western Canada News
- Zero cap on Calgary biz property tax tentatively approved by city committee (RENX.ca)
- Pop up consignment store in Kensington supporting victims of human trafficking in Calgary (CTV)
- Save-On-Foods named one of the top B.C. employers (Grocery Business)
- Hinshaw explains why restaurants don’t have capacity limits, but retail spaces do (Discover Airdrie)
- Quantum 1 Cannabis to Open Flagship Location near Oakridge Centre, Vancouver’s Largest Retail and Residential Development (The Newswire)
