News at a Glance
Retail Insider is streamlining its Canadian retail news from around the web to include a handful of top news stories that can be viewed quickly during the day. Here are the top stories from the past 24 hours.
- Retail sales climbed 0.7 per cent in November to $58.1B, Statistics Canada says (CTV)
- Canadians flocking to food rescue apps to reduce grocery bills and waste (CTV)
- Metro supports employees with recognition bonuses (Grocery Business) ****
- Quebec retailers worry new vaccine passport rule will cause tension (Montreal Gazette)
- Fresh vs frozen: Circle K, On The Run parents face off in convenience store food fight (BNN)
- Canadian Tire has created a candle that smells just like the store (Curiosity)
- Loblaws City Market grocery store in Edmonton’s Ice District forging ahead after delays (Global)
- Instacart adds Michaels to its delivery options (Strategy)
- In the face of food price inflation, can Loblaw’s CEO sustain its success? (Toronto Star) ****
- Why some analysts are still bullish on Shopify despite 48% plunge (BNN)
- Got an unexpected package? It could be part of a brushing scam (CBC)
- Canadian Trucking Alliance condemns protests by unvaccinated truckers (CTV)
- ‘A major realignment’: More than 200,000 restaurant workers left the industry during the pandemic. Here’s where they went (Toronto Star)
- The fight for Kingsway: Small working-class businesses versus residential redevelopment (Vancouver Sun)
- Grocery stores in Alberta continue to see more empty shelves as supply chain issues persist (Global) ****
- Kingston, Ont. business owners eager to reopen their doors (Global)
- Her Toronto bookstore unionized in the middle of a pandemic. Now, she hopes others will join her (CBC)
