Top Stories: National
- Canadian retail sales jumped in June with COVID cases receding (BNN)
- Hudson’s Bay provides uniforms for Canadian Olympic team (Chain Store Age)
- Canadian businesses say it’s too soon for the government to take them off life support (Financial Post)
- Canadian grocers commit to exclusive Fairtrade bananas (Grocery Business)
- Partial border reopening signals ‘progress’ to duty free store owners (The Sault Star)
- The founder of Balzac’s Coffee left the brand she built — to create an entirely new retail business during COVID (Women of Influence)
- Loblaw Companies Limited moves forward with plans to electrify fleet with the introduction of Freightliner eCascadia (Newswire)
- Mall makeover: Retailers confront long-term challenges as pandemic restrictions are lifted (Subscribers: Globe & Mail)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Maple Leaf Place offers Market on the River retail and food experience in Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls Review)
- Stretch of Avenue Road in Toronto struggles following pandemic lockdowns (BlogTO)
- Carelessly parked e-scooters hurting Ottawa business (CBC)
- New project converts Montreal’s vacant storefronts into artist studios (CBC)
- Zero waste doesn’t mean zero fun: owner of local eco-friendly store (Orillia Matters)
- ‘I can only laugh’: Montreal barbers seek kissing couple who smashed their storefront (CTV)
Western Canada News
- Tk’emlups Grocery Store set to open in 2023 (Kamloops This Week)
- Stampede visitors give Calgary businesses much-needed boost (Calgary Herald)
- Edmonton International Airport optimistic despite restaurant closures (Global)
- Italian Centre says ‘benvenuti’ to Sherwood Park (Sherwood Park News)
- Fabric ‘snobs’ open new shop in Oak Bluff (Winnipeg Free Press)
- HAL’S KITCHEN: Pandemic hits downtown restaurants hardest (Winnipeg Sun)
- Business notes: New home decor store opens in downtown Duncan (Cowichan Valley Citizen)
- Co-op opens ninth store near outlet mall (Winnipeg Free Press)
- For Yukon store owners, end to mandatory masking brings mixed reactions (CBC)
