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.
- Sales of iconic Hudson’s Bay blankets will now support fund for Indigenous initiatives (CBC)
- McCafé launches retail packaged coffee range in Canada (World Coffee Portal)
- Using a credit card could soon cost you more as retailers allowed to pass on ‘swipe’ fees to customers (Toronto Star)
- ‘Huge demand’ could haunt Halloween supply issues amid trick-or-treating rebound (CTV)
- Lululemon settles lawsuit against Peloton over alleged patent infringement (Global)
- How Canopy Growth’s retail exit drives home ‘very, very difficult’ pot economics (BNN)
- Metro latest Canadian grocer to eliminate single-use plastic bags (Toronto Sun)
- Ontario’s labour shortage continues to worsen as retail sector braces for busy holiday season (CBC)
- Shut down and facing demolition, this family-owned Montreal dépanneur won’t go down quietly (CBC)
- Pukatawagan residents celebrate opening of First Nation’s new community-owned grocery store (CBC)
- Cannabis retailers urge OCS to give up same-day delivery (Leader Post)
- B.C. car buyers get post-sticker sticker shock with new ‘market adjustment’ fees (Vancouver Sun)
- Minimum wage up by 50 cents in N.L., but workers say a further increase is needed (CBC)
- Sask. minimum wage hike to $13 goes into effect (CTV)
- With border restrictions eased, Canadians are returning to Western New York to shop (The Buffalo News)
