Top Stories: National
- Canadian small businesses rack up $135 billion in debt to survive pandemic: report (CTV)
- Loblaw’s discount stores on upswing after ‘flight to conventional’ stores: president (VIA/Canadian Press)
- Loblaw’s ecomm sales jumped 160% in Q4 (Strategy)
- Best Buy Canada sheds 750 store jobs as customers move online (CP24)
- Loblaw ready to call on pharmacists, supply chain to help COVID-19 vaccine rollout (CBC)
- Canadian Retail Rents Are Dropping (Betterdwelling.com)
- Seven in 10 Canadians plan to buy an EV within 10 years (Strategy)
- People want more than TV for downtime. Businesses fulfilling that desire are booming (TorStar)
- OMERS says its portfolio lost 2.7 per cent, net of expenses, in 2020 (VIA)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Lift lockdown outside St. John’s, urge business owners across N.L. (CBC)
- Opinion: Quebec’s small businesses are suffering needlessly (Montreal Gazette)
- Popular Scarborough bakery to close after plaza is sold to developers (CTV)
- Emma Teitel: Don’t blame ‘suburban wine moms’ for that scary lineup at HomeSense. Blame the provincial government (insidehalton.com)
- As more and more cannabis stores open, some ask: How many can stay in business? (CTV)
Western Canada News
- Pressed for business: Calgary dry cleaners say demand has fallen by 80 per cent (CTV)
- Red Deer pharmacies prepare to be part of COVID-19 immunization plan (Red Deer Advocate)
- Shop Local “Loot” Campaign Starts Monday (Strathmore Now)
- Pop-up bakeshop opening in downtown Penticton (Salmon Arm Observer)
