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.
- Lululemon debuts first sneakers as it takes on Nike, Adidas (Financial Post)
- Chip Wilson commits $100 million to fight the disease FSHD as his own condition deteriorates (BIV)
- Surging wheat prices amid Russian invasion of Ukraine could worsen food inflation (CTV)
- ‘War on Chips’ yet another consequence of Canada’s supply-chain disruption (Pique)
- As it opens its first store, Smythe looks at other firsts (Strategy)
- Why Aren’t Designer Brands Coming To Ottawa? (Faces Magazine)
- Shopify joins corporate exodus from Russia, pledges to give Ukrainian companies free access to platform (Financial Post)
- Where’s the money? Ontario small business owners waiting for latest round of provincial pandemic relief funds to arrive (Toronto Star, subscribers)
- Your steak is more expensive, but Ontario beef farmers aren’t getting the biggest cut (CBC)
- Newly renovated Rona in Salmon Arm to open April 1 with new owners (Vernon Morning Star)
- Meet the Walmart associate who’s brought a smile to work for 58 years (Walmart Canada)
