Top Stories: National
- Retailers bank on robust back-to-school shopping as students return to classrooms (BNN)
- Workers at two more Indigo stores vote to unionize. Is a wave of unionization in retail upon us? (thestar.com)
- Canadian Tire’s second quarter e-comm sales accelerate 34% to $857 million (fibre2fashion.com)
- lululemon Continues to Expand Employee Benefits, Raising Minimum Base Pay (Financial Post)
- Cobs Bread bakes up a new loyalty program (Strategy)
- What retail executives are saying about widespread supply chain bottlenecks (RetailDive)
- Neighbourhood Pharmacies launches 2021 federal election platform (Grocery Business)
- Starbucks has reintroduced reusable mugs; Tim Hortons still evaluating the idea (CTV)
- Eaton’s catalogue was ahead of it’s time (Burns Lake News)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Landmark downtown fashion store CC Fashions celebrating 50 years of business in Orillia (Orillia Matters)
- Hundreds line up for BT Line Friends pop-up at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre (BlogTO)
- The Drake Commissary has closed to the public in Toronto (NOW)
- Owner of Corner Brook car dealership wins prestigious award (Saltwire)
- BMW dealership parks plans to pave over neighbouring forest in Ottawa (CBC)
- Toronto’s St. Lawrence Sunday Antique Market is finally back (trnto.com)
- Inventory at P.E.I. liquor stores being affected by the pandemic (CBC)
- Cannabis N.B. to let local producers set up retail shops (CBC)
Western Canada News
- Grand opening for Save-On-Foods Guildford Village (Grocery Business)
- Christine Scott brings literary treasures to Regina buyers at Centennial Books (o.canada.com)
- Some Sask. coffee shops return to reusable mugs after pandemic restrictions lift (CTV)
- Vancouver drone store opens as drone economy to reach $54 billion (Newswire)
- 20 per cent sales tax will be added to vape products on Sept. 1 in Saskatchewan (CTV)
- Retail cannabis store acquires 5 new locations in Regina (CBC)
