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 several days.
- Statistics Canada says retail sales virtually unchanged in March (CTV)
- Costco reports double-digit sales growth but freight, labour costs impact margins (Grocery Business)
- Job vacancies hit record high of more than 1 million in March: StatCan (CP24)
- Grocery store self-checkouts now more popular than cashiers (CTV)
- Grocers in Manitoba may soon be able to sell more types of liquor (Grocery Business)
- Fresh St. Market wins gold, 2021 Shop! Design Awards (Grocery Business)
- Global sports fashion chain JD Sports coming to Hamilton ON (Insauga)
- Hoarding, panic buying concerns lead some B.C. stores to temporarily limit baby formula sales (CBC)
- A cannabis store in every strip mall might be too much for Alberta (CBC)
