Top Stories: National
- Retail sales rose 3.6% in March, drop in April expected: StatCan (Canadian Press)
- Canadians are buying more jeans again — are you ready for a wardrobe refresh? (CBC)
- Sneakers and beard oil: Luxury retailer Harry Rosen’s bespoke fix for pandemic woes (CTV)
- Decathlon Canada includes warehouse robots in holiday prep (Chain Store Age)
- Pricer bags Best Buy Canada electronic shelf labels deal (Retail Tech Innovation Hub)
- Canada Post segment reports $77-million loss before tax in first quarter (Newswire press release)
- Black market in Google reviews means you can’t believe everything you read (CBC)
- 6 retailers expanding in Canada by opening stores (Narcity)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Quebec to lift curfew, allow outdoor dining as of May 28 in first steps of reopening plan (CBC)
- Treated like ‘disposable garbage’: Indigo CEO blasts Ford government (BNN)
- Brownstein: Montreal’s Cheap Thrills record store still spinning 50 years later (Montreal Gazette)
- Province Increases Support for Businesses (novascotia.ca)
- New Westboro store owner shattered by vandals’ attack (o.canada.com)
- Pivot, adapt, change-up: Doing what it takes for businesses to stay open in Waterloo region (CBC)
- P.E.I. retail roars into 2021, with March figures continuing trend (CBC)
- Jewellery store worker exposes cheater after he bought two rings for different women in Montreal (Honey)
- ‘COVID-19 in our stores’: New cases at Walmart, No Frills in Burlington under investigation (Toronto Star)
- Farmers turn to roadside stands to reach customers during pandemic in Nova Scotia (CBC)
Western Canada News
- New shopping area approved for northeast Calgary (CBC)
- Capacity limits at retail stores, restaurants and bars to be lifted June 20 in Saskatchewan (panow.com)
- Orchard Park Shopping Centre in Kelowna celebrates 50 years (VIFD)
- Retail workers call for tighter enforcement of public health orders in CF Polo Park in Winnipeg (CBC)
- Eagle Creek Village shopping and residential complex in View Royal sold to Pattison Group (Victoria Times Colonist)
- West Kelowna corner store demonstrates how community can be built in unexpected spaces (Infotel)
- 2 Greater Victoria retailers fall prey to ‘sophisticated’ Bitcoin scam: VicPD (CTV)
- Aburi To-Go: Elevated specialty grocery shop to open in Vancouver (Dished)
- Phoning it in: Alleged thief in Regina leaves cell at scene of crime (CBC)
- Calgarians drawn to new store offering delicious delights (CTV)
- Red Deer Walmart security guard stabbed by shoplifter: RCMP (CTV)
