Top Stories: National

• Hudson’s Bay to take on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Google via new marketplace (Chain Store Age)
• Costco January comp sales in Canada up 15.2% (Grocery Business)
• PC Optimum cracks top 10 most influential brands list (Strategy)
• Walmart Media Group Accelerates Expansion and Greatly Enhances Business Offering (Press release)
• ‘Times Up Nygard’ plans protest, calls federal justice minister to recommend bail be denied for former fashion mogul (Winnipeg Sun)

Central/Eastern Canada News

• Ford hints announcement could be coming next week on eventual reopening of the economy (CTV)
• ‘Waiting and waiting’: Thousands of Ontario small business looking for grant money to keep lights on (CTV)
• More than half of smaller businesses weren’t following COVID-19 rules during blitz, city of Hamilton says (CBC)
• Stingray Business, Le Panier Bleu, and Aliments du Québec announce partnership to encourage buying local from Quebec businesses (press release)
• Limited store reopenings offer Quebec businesses a fresh lifeline (Montreal Gazette)
• No sad violins here: N.L. music stores hold steady despite pandemic pressures (CBC)
• Outaouais businesses hope to bounce back with eased restrictions (CBC)
• Goodfood Launches Unlimited Same-Day Delivery Service in Toronto (Press release)
• Tribute, Secure acquire Pickering retail, development lands (RENX)

Western Canada News

• Save-On-Foods opens new store in Kimberley BC (Grocery Business)
• B.C. Liquor Stores selling $75,000 scotch in an Aston Martin piston (Vancouver Sun)
• MCC Thrift Shop Founders Recognized As Trailblazers (Pembina Valley Online)
• B.C. Amazon customer fights for refund after buying counterfeit product (Q107)
• Salmon Arm trio open unique retail store with big city feel (Salmon Arm Observer)
• The Establishment Brewing Company and Duchess Bakeshop Release Cut the Cake Imperial Stout (Canadian Beer News)