Top Stories: National
- Sleep Country shares surge as sales withstand lockdown measures (BNN)
- A retailer’s role in the push for sustainable packaging (Strategy)
- Some unexpected categories are boosting online share (Strategy)
- Disney to close at least 60 Disney Stores in US and Canada, as shopping shifts to online (USA Today)
- Canada Goose & NBA launching multi-year partnership with epic RHUDE collab — an interview with Rhuigi Villaseñor (Vancouver Sun)
- Bed Bath & Beyond goes with something new to revive brand (VIA)
- Canadian cities’ big bets on downtown living shift to the suburbs (BNN)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Toronto’s top doctor asks for city to be placed in grey zone to allow retail stores to reopen (CTV)
- Oshawa City Council says no to bars in convenience stores amid 7-Eleven proposal (Toronto Star)
- Spec poll: Shoppers feel safer in grocery stores, small retail businesses (Hamilton Spectator)
- Farm Boy launches private label coupon book (Grocery Business)
- Quebec to begin offering COVID-19 vaccines in pharmacies (Yahoo)
- New platform aims to support Toronto businesses offering their own delivery service (Daily Hive)
- Jollibee Opening at Toronto’s Centerpoint Mall (Newswire)
- Peace by Chocolate expands to Halifax with signature store along the waterfront (Halifax Today)
Western Canada News
- Cactus Club restaurant pulls out of ‘The Amazing Brentwood’ mall expansion project near Vancouver (Burnaby Now)
- Save-On-Foods opens new store in Chilliwack, B.C. (Grocery Business)
- ‘Pirate devices’: Edmonton TV company seeks injunction blocking Best Buy, other retailers from selling streaming boxes (Edmonton Journal)
- Hoping for a post-pandemic recovery — one pizza, coffee and ice cream at a time in Calgary (CBC)
- Vegan Grocery Store ‘Vegan Supply’ in BC Now Accepts Bitcoin As Payment (livekindly.co)
- Federated Co-operatives Limited financial report (Grocery Business)
- One Stop Shop: Lordco Auto Parts opens new store in Edmonton (collisionrepairmag.com)
