Top Stories: National
- ‘A huge issue’: Canadian merchants plead for cut to credit-card fees (TorStar)
- Majority of Canadian small businesses plan to make vaccines mandatory: Poll (BNN)
- HBC lets customers decide what makes something stylish (Strategy)
- Amazon reportedly plans to launch department stores (TorStar)
- Flow Beverage Corp. Announces Distribution Agreement with Industry Leader, Honickman (Businesswire)
- Massively popular Chinese fast-food chain Bingz Crispy Burger announces opening of first store in North America, unveils big plans for expansion (Global Newswire)
- Old Navy ending plus size clothing sections (CityNews)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Consumers say they face sticker-shock in grocery aisles (Toronto Sun)
- Paradies Lagardère opens speciality and travel essentials stores as Ottawa International Airport upgrades airside retailing (Moodie Davitt Report)
- Drake’s OVO Launches Merch Collaboration with University of Toronto (Exclaim!)
- ‘We feel we belong here’: Mom brings wooden toy store to downtown Newmarket (Newmarket Today)
- Walmart Canada breaks ground on new distribution centre in New Brunswick (Newswire press release)
- Sip ‘N’ Smoke: Superette Opens First “Express” Cannabis Retail Concept in Toronto (Design Milk)
Western Canada News
- Sister stores expand shopping options in Virden (Empire Advance)
- ‘Mutual shock and grief’: Osborne Village mourns shopkeeper killed in fire police say was arson (CBC)
- Aritzia cancels popular Warehouse Sale over COVID-19 concerns (Daily Hive)
- Shopping local: how the City is supporting Calgary rooted companies (Calgary Journal)
- Righteous Gelato hires Tracey Myers as VP of sales (Canadian Grocer)
