Top Stories: National
- Purolator hiring 2,400 workers to deal with record number of packages this holiday (BNN)
- Freshii acquires majority stake in online health and wellness retailer Natura Market (BNN)
- Aritzia sales top pre-pandemic levels on strong U.S., e-commerce growth (Financial Post)
- Pattison Food Group acquires Roth’s Fresh Market, first buy outside of Canada (Grocery Business)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Instacart grows its footprint in Quebec (Canadian Grocer)
- Cambridge pharmacy owner believes shop was vandalized by anti vaxxers (CityNews)
- Windsor’s retail rent, reno costs push some new businesses to set up shop in the county (CBC)
- Major retailers to be announced soon for revamped Truro Mall (Saltwire)
- Downtown Montreal continues to attract development dollars (renx.ca)
- Ontario gym and restaurant owners want COVID-19 restrictions lifted ASAP — but health experts urge caution (Toronto Star)
Western Canada News
- Anthem building two Calgary shopping centres (renx.ca)
- Mixed-use remaking awakens Calgary’s ‘Red Mile’ (Western Investor)
- A new Japanese specialty food market is opening in West Vancouver (VIA)
- Chamber Encouraging Residents to Shop Local (Discover Weyburn)
- The Source bulk foods opens 2nd Canadian location in Vancouver (betheboss.ca)
- Saskatoon’s economy 80 per cent back from pandemic plunge, study says (Star Phoenix)
- M&M Food Market franchise opportunity now available in Fort St. John (Alaska Highway News)