Top Stories: National

• Loblaw expands private label offering with plant-based rollout (Grocery Business)
• Retailers should prioritize digital strategy to prepare for new era of online shopping (o.canada.com)
• Graydon Skincare targets conscious buyers at Hudson’s Bay (Strategy)
• Canadian grocers rank tops in first animal welfare scoreboard (Grocery Business)
• Inflation rate spikes to 4.1% in August, highest since 2003 (CBC)
• Food retailers big winners at Excellence in Retailing Awards (Canadian Grocer)
• Neo Financial eyes move into mortgages after $64M funding round (BNN)

Central/Eastern Canada News

• How Organic Garage is succeeding as a one-stop, all-natural grocer (Strategy)
• Kingston customer returns rented movie nine years late and incurs $2,700 in late fees (CTV)
• Vintage retail meets Toronto nightlife at King East’s newest streetwear shop (trnto.com)
• Ontario now has 1,000 cannabis retail stores (London Free Press)
• P.E.I. reimposing indoor public space mask requirements (CBC)
• Murray Street business owners decry increase in area crime (Ottawa Citizen)
• Nova Scotia directs businesses to develop their own employee vaccine policy (Global)
• This stunning vintage furniture shop in small-town Ontario was on a Netflix show (Curiosity)

Western Canada News

• West Edmonton Mall’s larger-than-life vision still attracts shoppers, stores 40 years after opening (Global)
• Government of Alberta releases another round of COVID-19 protocols, declares state of emergency (Ft. Mac Today)
• Victoria cigar shops handle increased demand amid supply limitations (Victoria News)
• West Kelowna Walmart remains closed after fire (Vernon Morning Star)
• Local Laundry: This Calgary-based clothing company is selling apparel for social good (Venture)