Top Stories: National
- CFIB, business owners call for regional and national reopening plans (CTV)
- Business leaders ask Trudeau for a nationwide reopening plan (Toronto Star)
- Apparel sales expected to soar as consumers trade sweats for jeans (Canadian Press)
- Inside Foodtastic’s plans to become a leading restaurant franchisor (Strategy)
- Google announces e-commerce partnership with Shopify (BNN)
- The Retail Payment Activities Act: a step towards regulating payment service providers (jdsupra.com)
- Toronto E-commerce company Knix Wear raises $53-million after CEO nixes involvement of any investor who questioned her pregnancy (Globe & Mail, subscribers only)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Downtown Ottawa retailers waiting for the workers to return (OBJ)
- Quebec to end curfew, reopen restaurants with crisis easing (BNN)
- Microsoft buying GTA land and retail? What’s up with that? (Renx.ca)
- 7 new outbreaks in Hamilton include store at Lime Ridge Mall, daycares (CBC)
- Committee supports $2.9M tax break for Porsche dealership in Ottawa (CBC)
- A look inside Farm Boy’s new 20,000-square-foot Harbourfront store (Toronto Life)
- Are There Too Many Fast-Casual Restaurants on St-Viateur Street Right Now? (Eater Montreal)
- Smart Tech Features Maximize Efficiency for Landmark at 10 Dundas East (Urban Toronto)
Western Canada News
- Premium Sausage to open store in Medicine Hat (chatnewstoday.ca)
- How B.C. retailers can better serve today’s sustainability-focused consumer (Business in Vancouver)
- Cannabis shops facing unique situation during COVID-19 in Alberta (Airdrie Today)
- Broadway will be narrowed to a four-lane road after the subway is built (Urbanized)
