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 three days.
- Dollarama, Winners among retailers driving up occupancy rates: RioCan CEO (Global)
- Sleep Country sees Q3 sales, earnings fall as consumers tighten their purse strings (BNN)
- Why stores are struggling to find extra staff to help with the holiday rush (CTV)
- “The days of just browsing bookshelves are behind us”: a Q&A with Indigo CEO Peter Ruis (Toronto Life)
- Small businesses welcome Ottawa’s promised action on credit card fees (BNN)
- Economy added 108,000 new jobs last month — but cost of living still leaving many workers behind (CBC)
- McDonald’s is curating a pop-up to mark its contributions (Strategy)
- Lockdown 2.0? Cabbagetown construction feels like height of pandemic, shop owners say (CBC Toronto)
- Metro’s Super C opens 100th store in Quebec (Grocery Business)
- ‘It’s been pretty tough’: Winnipeg music store closing after decades in business (CTV)
- British Columbia becomes first province to cap fees from food delivery companies (Financial Post)
- Island grocers attempt to lick ice-cream theft by hiding the product (Vancouver Sun)
- Need mukluks? Head to Manitobah, Southcentre’s new pop-up with an Indigenous twist (CTV)
- Northern Alberta farm operation exploring meat subscription service (CBC)
