Top Stories: National
- In a post-pandemic world, will Canadians ever go back to shopping malls? (Global)
- Pop-up shops can help revitalize hard-hit business districts and main streets (Policy Options)
- Hudson’s Bay Foundation Spotlights Inspirational Canadians in Window Takeover Calling for Racial Equity and Change (Financial Post)
- Le Chateau Inc. sells assets to Suzy’s Inc., after filing for CCAA last year (BNN)
- 7-Eleven Ordered to Sell 293 Stores Acquired in Speedway Deal (BNN)
- Aritzia: Meme Stock or Just a Great Company? (Motley Fool)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- BRAUN: Malls to re-open, but some of their stores will not (Toronto Sun, featuring Retail Insider’s Craig Patterson)
- Ontario judge orders Hudson’s Bay Co. to pay outstanding rent to landlord Oxford Properties (Canadian Press)
- Hanes: Royalmount project is a bad idea no matter what it looks like (Montreal Gazette)
- WARMINGTON: Shopkeeper’s eviction delayed but St. Lawrence Market still kicking her out (Toronto Sun)
- New campaign launched in Gananoque and Leeds and The Thousand Islands to promote new business opportunities (CTV)
- Former Walmart becomes one of Canada’s largest murals (CTV)
- Taiwanese Croissanterie Hazukido Enters the Shaughnessy Village Fold (Eater Montreal)
- Solato, a Toronto gelato shop founded in Israel, hit with deluge of negative reviews (National Post)
- David Bowie painting found at Ontario thrift store sold for record-setting $108K (CBC)
Western Canada News
- Edmonton City Centre Mall, Hudson’s Bay Co. in lawsuit over rent, COVID measures (Edmonton Journal)
- Banff is packed, but lack of international visitors leaves many businesses struggling (CTV)
- Edmonton votes to end mask bylaw for indoor public places on Canada Day (CityNews)
- New Horizon Mall offers new indoor place for children to play (CTV)
- Family-owned sneaker store ‘Wpgsneaker’ hits stride in Winnipeg (Winnipeg Free Press)
- Quality Foods, Cascadia Liquor confirmed for Royal Bay development in Colwood (Vancouver Island Free Daily)
- RIP The Only, Hastings Street’s landmark cafe (Vancouver Sun)
