Top Stories: National
- Walmart Canada’s accelerated omnichannel access teams recognized recognized for innovation and leadership (Grocery Business)
- Walmart expands made-in-Canada, South Asian-inspired food offerings (Grocery Business)
- More Shoppers Drug Mart customers complain they were pushed to use self-checkout (CBC)
- Supply chain issues hit retail CRE development, operations (renx.ca)
- Shuttered Brands That Have Now Re-Entered Canada: Forever 21, Mexx, Lucky Brand (Style Democracy)
- Moose Knuckles Canada Supports International Growth with Teamwork Commerce (prnewswire.com)
- Making restaurants work through a global pandemic (ohscanada.com)
- Pinterest introduces Shopping List feature (Retail Dive)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Ontario will enter first step of reopening plan on Friday, allowing retail and patios to open (CP24)
- As patios and stores get set to reopen Friday — hair salons and gyms ask ‘why not us?’ (Toronto Star)
- BRAUN: Shop local to save small businesses (Toronto Sun)
- Popular comic book store Silver Snail moves back to Queen West near Trinity Bellwoods (trnto.com)
- Dragon Flowers reproaches Montreal-based Frank And Oak for appropriating their image (Montreal Gazette)
- Montreal Plots ‘Charm Offensive’ to Lure Workers Downtown (Bloomberg)
- Wine Rack unionized employees begin strike in Toronto area after talks fail (Global)
- Metro shows support for local (Grocery Business)
- New Hamilton popcorn store to shine light on what happens when people go to prison (CBC)
- Petsave thrift shop moves to bigger location in Sudbury (CTV)
- Bubble tea and tasty treats coming to Downtown Guelph (Guelph Today)
Western Canada News
- Mayfair Shopping Centre in Victoria under new ownership with long-term plans for redevelopment (Victoriabuzz.com)
- Manitoba Duty Free Store Owner Says Closed Border, Prospect of Lost Financial Help ‘Very Scare’ (West Island Blog)
- Save-On-Foods, industry brands top B.C.’s most loved brands list (Grocery Business)
- City of Nanaimo commits to July 1 single-use plastic bag ban (CFJC)
- COVID-19 exposures: Here’s how many B.C. grocery stores, pharmacies posted warnings in the past week (CTV)
- Sick of restaurant work, skateboarder launches clothing line inspired by Japanese fashion (Venture)
