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 rose 1.1 per cent in June to $63.1 billion (CTV)
- Retailers sitting on ‘mountains’ of excess inventory in need of liquidation: expert (CTV)
- Back-to-school shoppers return to stores, hunt for deals amid mounting prices (BNN)
- Grocery store sales dip in June: Statistics Canada (Canadian Grocer)
- Club Z points and affordable lunches: CBC readers share their memories of Zellers (CBC)
- Uptick in business bankruptcies just the tip of the iceberg: CFIB (CTV)’
- A Randomized Vinyl Vending Machine Is Now at Toronto’s Sonic Boom Records (Exclaim)
- Chinese retailer Miniso is no longer calling itself a “Japanese-designed” brand (Daily Hive) ********
- Manitoba’s minimum wage will rise to $15 per hour by October 2023 (CBC)
- Richmond Centre aims to bring back shoppers with 90s-themed interactive rooms (CBC)
- Back-to-school shoppers in Saskatchewan facing inflation prices (Global)
- The Front Street jewel that still shines bright after 110 years (Thorold Today)
- Pharmacists urge parents not to stockpile children’s fever, pain medication amid shortages across B.C. (CBC)
- Sleep Country opens store in St. Thomas Ontario (Newswire)
