Top Stories: National
- Many retail stores are at the end of their runway: Retail Council of Canada CEO (BNN)
- Forever 21 returns to Canada with collections in Hudson’s Bay stores (CityNews)
- DavidsTea creditors approve plan to split $18M owed by insolvent beverage company (Canadian Press)
- Roots reports $4.9M Q1 loss, sales up nearly 25% (BNN)
- Is a summer hiring spree coming as COVID restrictions ease? Depends on who you ask (CBC)
- Netflix opening online retail store in Canada (Daily Hive)
- Restaurants press to keep delivery app caps as they rebound from pandemic (CTV)
- How Golf Town is getting back on course (Strategy)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Retailers reopen under provincial COVID-19 plan, customers queue up (Global)
- Oakville, Ont. is getting its second Farm Boy store (Canadian Grocer)
- ‘Happy they gave us more than 6 hours notice’: Ontario restaurant owners ready patios (BNN)
- A new beginning for London, Ont. businesses as province allows reopening of patios, retail (Global)
- Windsor woman outraged after dessert store refuses to make custom cake featuring drag queen (CBC)
- Montreal Street Collective set to open doors to Kingston community (Kingstonist)
- Recognize these Halifax corner stores? Download prints from Jon Claytor’s comic series (CBC)
Western Canada News
- Walmart getting rid of human cashiers at B.C. store as part of pilot project (Surrey Now Leader)
- Windows of former Winnipeg Bay building, once boarded up, now feature Indigenous art (CBC)
- Click-and-collect boosts Calgary retail (Western Investor)
- Al Fresco outdoor market back for 2nd year in downtown Edmonton (Global)
- Store owners want answers as Market Mall remains closed after June 2 fire in Saskatoon (CBC)
- Appetite for grocery store in Okanagan Falls attracts Little Falls Foods (Global)
- Clothing store in Edmonton offering privacy to LGTBQ2S+ shoppers (Global)
- B.C. small-business optimism stays buoyant (Business in Vancouver)
- Women suspected of ripping off stores in three provinces (Victoria Times Colonist)
