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.
- Canadian online furniture company Article laying off 216 people — 17% of staff (CBC)
- Direct to consumer startups not immune to downturns as Article and Mejuri lay off staff (Betakit)
- ‘Paycheque to paycheque.’ Inflation is hitting low-income Canadians hard — and its effects are likely to be long-lasting (TorStar)
- Alimentation Couche-Tard Stock Could Soar if it Acquires Suncor’s Retail Business (Motley Fool)
- What Is the Cost of a Cashless Society? (The Walrus)
- Tim Hortons’ sales in Canada top pre-pandemic levels for first time (Financial Post)
- Nissan Canada debuts a ‘multiverse’ in marketing strategy shift (Strategy)
- The Helm opens bigger flagship downtown while others shy away (Taproot Edmonton) ********
- Victorian balusters pattern surfaces at Aesop Yorkville store by Odami (Dezeen)
- Staples brings new, enhanced retail experience to Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls Review)
- Ice cream shop wants Ontario’s milk rules to change (CBC)
