Top Stories: National
- Indigo Q3 profits grow 19 per cent despite revenue hit from forced store closures (Canadian Press)
- Small businesses were forced online because of the pandemic — now a quarter say they’ve experienced a cyber attack (Toronto Star)
- Canada Goose Returns to Growth, Despite Significant Store Closures (Sourcing Journal)
- 70% of Canadians say they like to try new products: Survey (Grocery Business)
- Roots and Révolutionnaire Announce Upcoming Collaboration with the Release of Limited-Edition Dreams Fuel Revolutions T-Shirt (Press release)
- Saputo reports uptick in third-quarter profit amid strong retail sales (Pique)
- LFL, Canada’s Largest Home Furnishings Retailer, Announces Redemption and Delisting of 3% Convertible Unsecured Debentures due March 28, 2023 (Press release)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- St. Lawrence Market partners with Inabuggy for delivery in Toronto (Grocery Business)
- Bright idea comes to light with Halifax candle company (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
- Toronto entrepreneur gives Black owned businesses platform for success (Venture)
- Dryden Store Owner Stresses Lockdown Threatening Businesses (ckdr.net)
- Toronto’s Stardust Convenience Reopens with New Name (BlogTO)
- Montreal woman’s Uber Eats account hacked as $300 in food orders sent to addresses in other cities (CTV)
Western Canada News
- New program offers B.C. businesses grants up to $7,500 to build or expand online stores (CBC)
- Fresh St. Market lives up to its name as it prepares to celebrate first anniversary in Vancouver (Straight.com)
- After provincial cap, popular food delivery app quietly adds ‘B.C. fee’ to bills (CTV)
- Gibsons Trading Post to make way for Coho Collective rental kitchen (Coast Reporter)
- More businesses could reopen in Manitoba under new proposed public health orders (CTV)
- Vancouver office complex to feature plant based meat in ‘smart’ vending machine (Vending Times)
- Red River Co-op Opens New Food Store in St. Norbert (ChrisD)
- Sask. farm diversifies into clothing business (Producer.com)
