Top Stories: National
- Cost of dairy products could spike as Canadian commission recommends price increase (CTV)
- HBC apologizes after creating BIPOC advisory board with no Indigenous members (CTV)
- Temporary couches and no paint: Supply chain woes dog new homeowners (BNN)
- DavidsTea expands product offering at select Loblaw stores (Canadian Grocer)
- Canada’s grocery chains stocked with tomato products connected to Chinese forced labour (CBC)
- How Halloween pop-ups bring zombie stores back from the dead (CBC)
- Retail sales are normalizing and ecomm has reached its peak (Strategy)
- Knix goes against the flow in new unapologetic campaign (Strategy)
- Shopify falls after missing expectations for first time since 2015 market debut (Financial Post)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Vintage vendors bring sustainability, high-priced nostalgia to Ontario’s biggest mall (CityNews)
- Amazon Canada opens landmark sort centre in Quebec (Canadian Grocer)
- The Toronto Christmas Market Is Returning As A Starlit Winter Village (Narcity)
- How Ontario is killing cannabis retail (NOW)
- Fred Brokenshire, founder of Fred’s Records in Newfoundland, dead at 69 (CBC)
Western Canada News
- Hudson’s Bay Company argues Victoria mall blocked lease assignment in unpaid rent case (CBC)
- ‘Very emotional’: Nanaimo, B.C. party shop closes doors, citing impact of COVID-19 (Global)
- ‘It’s tough:’ Sask. businesses face labour shortage, lack of experienced applicants (CBC)
- This B.C. village has not had a grocery store for 5 years. That could be about to change (CBC)
- How British Columbians are tackling rising food costs with coupons, apps, bulk buying groups (CBC)
- BC’s largest Christmas store, Potters Nursery, spans 28,000 square feet (604 Now)
