Top Stories: National
- Ecommerce in Canada has nearly doubled since 2019 (emarketer.com)
- Small business advocates call on Ottawa to halt ‘phase out’ of wage and rent subsidies (CTV)
- Amazon cancels Prime Day in Canada in 2021 due to COVID-19 after postponing in 2020 (Canadian Press)
- Circle K to Expand Bitcoin ATM Network (CPS)
- Roots Announces Results of Voting at Fiscal 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Newswire)
- Canadian companies tackle plastic packaging waste with the Golden Design Rules supported by the Canada Plastics Pact (Financial Post)
- Top anti-food waste app Too Good To Go comes to Canada (restobiz.com)
- Canada Goose is Suing Goose Country Over its “Confusingly Similar” Name, Lookalike Wares (thefashionlaw.com)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Ontario online list of vaxxed businesses forced to shut down over backlash (Ottawa Citizen)
- Hart Stores to open location in Cambrian Mall (Soo Today)
- A look inside The Apartment, a millennial-pink vintage shop in Moss Park (Toronto Life)
- Inabuggy brings VR shopping to St. Lawrence Market (Strategy)
- Can visual art save empty storefronts downtown? Montreal is betting on it (Montreal Gazette)
- Decathlon helps Dartmouth sports enthusiasts find the right fit (Saltwire)
- RC Coffee deploys a second Robo Café in trendy Toronto neighborhood (Vending Market Watch)
- General Assembly Pizza signs retail deal, expands presence to 80 locations (Pizza Marketplace)
- Shoppers Drug Mart locations host 24-hour VAX-A-THON in Ontario (Newswire)
- ‘It’s a shame’: Iqaluit thrift store forced to move as food centre eyes expansion (CBC)
Western Canada News
- Businesses see more customers since Sask. reopening, but not yet at pre-pandemic levels (CBC)
- Developer Starlight gets 3 more months to find federal cash for Portage Place purchase, renovation (CBC)
- West African village inspires Matombré Jewellers in Midtown Plaza (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
- Inside Calgary’s first-ever Pablo Cheese Tart shop before it opens (Dished)
- Metro Vancouver pet store owner says they’ve been yelled at, stolen from due to mask policy (Daily Hive)
- Homegrown Vancouver meal kit company is helping customers shop local (Vancouver Sun)
- Teriyaki Madness Arrives in Canada with New Store in Alberta (Restaurant News)
- After another street-related incident, Tim Hortons closes its doors indefinitely in Kamloops (The Star)
- BC’s minimum working age being raised to 16 (My Prince George Now)
