Top Stories: National
- Sleep Country’s digital revolution during the pandemic (Financial Post)
- George Weston to sell bakery business for $1.2 billion (CBC)
- Innovation driving transformation of retail (Globe & Mail)
- Empire makes changes to the C-suite (Canadian Grocer)
- RYU Apparel Provides Omni-Channel Strategy Update (Newswire)
- Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers recognizes the best in merchandising (Grocery Business)
- GM to install 4,000 electric car charging stations across Canada (CBC)
- Shopify’s third-quarter results already eclipsed by Q4 supply chain fears (BNN)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Even businesses are OK with losing on-street parking. So why would Toronto undo curbside patios? (Toronto Star)
- Laura Jane’s Pet Food & Supplies wins independent retailer award for Ontario and the Maritimes (Inside Ottawa Valley)
- New Renfrew sign promotes shopping local (Inside Ottawa Valley)
- Down the aisle, past the pet food is Cape Breton’s first bitcoin ATM (CBC)
- Kitchener woman was blackout drunk when she lit fire at Walmart, causing $3 million in smoke damage (The Record)
- Pot Sales Drift Higher At Nova Scotia Liquor Stores (Huddle.Today)
Western Canada News
- Calgary Co-op marks 65 years in November (Calgary Co-op)
- Oakridge Centre: 5 years in planning; $5 billion in costs, and counting (Western Investor)
- Winnipeg’s core facing an exodus (Western Investor)
- Independent Vancouver grocery store shutting down permanently soon (VIA)
- Supply chain problems put squeeze on Manitoba winemaker (Global)
- Halloween Drive-In Movie at Garden City Shopping Centre (Access Winnipeg)