Top Stories: National
- 7-Eleven Canada hires Marc Goodman as senior director of operations (Canadian Grocer)
- Inflation rate spikes to highest level in a decade, at 3.7% in July (CBC)
- lululemon Partners with Leading Sustainable Materials Innovator Genomatica to Bring Bio-Nylon to Products (Montreal Gazette)
- How shopper marketing has been shaped by the pandemic this year (Strategy)
- Canada Drives Raises $100M to Bring Online Car Purchasing and Delivery Experience Across Canada (Press release)
- Walmart Canada hosts first-ever “Vax-a-thon” (Grocery Business)
- MadeGood launches first brand platform to ‘un-wreck the future’ (Strategy)
- Mastercard is getting rid of its credit cards’ magnetic stripes (CTV)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Montreal announces ban on single-use plastics in retail, restaurants (CBC)
- 10 luxe hot spots to shop in Bloor-Yorkville (Toronto Life)
- Loblaw Companies launches the PC Santé app in Quebec (Grocery Business)
- Food prices at an all time high at Ottawa grocery stores (CTV)
- A New Specialty Pasta Shop From Two Montreal Fine Dining Alums Is Coming to Westmount (Eater Montreal)
- Air Canada’s Aeroplan and LCBO launch new loyalty partnership (Grocery Business)
- Winemaker Arterra ramps up its supermarket strategy (Strategy)
- Shoplifter banned from nine Simcoe stores (Simcoe Reformer)
Western Canada News
- Broadway businesses hope short-term construction pain will pay off with long-term gains (CBC Vancouver)
- Salmon Arm clothier celebrates a century in business (Vernon Morning Star)
- Mall security guard accused of pocketing thousands in lost cash turned in by shopper at North Hill Shopping Centre in Calgary (CBC)
- The Source Bulk Foods: Australian retailer now open in Vancouver (Dished)
- Sidney Mayor Cliff McNeil-Smith praises arrival of Amazon (Vancouver Island Free Daily)
- The sweet taste of success for a pandemic-born business – Dank Mart in Vancouver (CTV)
- High business licence fees for Edmonton cannabis retail shops to be slashed by 90 per cent in 2022 (Edmonton Journal)
