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.
- Canada’s inflation rate rises to 5.1% — highest since 1991 (CBC)
- Toronto’s downtown core hit hardest by Omicron restrictions with spending down by 44% (Toronto Star)
- Do Empty Shelves Really Mean There’s a Grocery Shortage in Canada? (Chatelaine)
- Editorial: Is chronic downtown decay our destiny? (Business in Vancouver)
- N.L. to eliminate COVID-19 restrictions, move out of pandemic phase by March 14 (CBC)
- Two Co-ops Purchase Northeast Saskatchewan Ag Retailer (CJW)
- What matters to today’s grocery consumer is smooth fulfillment (Strategy)
- Shopify shares plunge after lowering 2022 revenue growth guidance on Q4 loss (CTV)
- Justin Bieber almost single-handedly turned around Tim Hortons (CTV)
- Lay’s is bringing joy to Chinese Canadian shoppers (Strategy)
- ‘Outrageous’ move as Granville Island newsstand owner forced to vacate (Vancouver Sun)
- Introducing ‘Passport by Pusateri’s’ bringing international foods to Toronto (Grocery Business)
- Calgary shopper suffers head wounds when fitting room mirror topples in Canada Goose store at CF Chinook Centre (CTV)
