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 24 hours.
- Amazon and Microsoft announce thousands of layoffs, Canada impacted (Standard)
- $42 Sobeys salad, $14.99 PC maple syrup draws anger from Ontario grocery shoppers (Yahoo)
- ‘I couldn’t stay closed’: How Canadian Tire helped Port Colborne citizens through the storm (Niagara Falls Review)
- Eau Claire Market to be demolished to make room for Green Line station (Calgary Herald)
- Ikea offering discounts to drivers but not transit riders and Toronto isn’t impressed (Daily Hive Toronto)
- Nettleton’s Jewellery store closing after more than a century of business in Ottawa (Ottawa Citizen)
- Bad weather, supply chain problems lead to high prices, quality issues at Winnipeg grocery stores (Global)
- Series of Pointe-Saint-Charles break-ins has small business owners worried (CBC Montreal) ****
- Rising costs force Sydney Mines witchcraft storefront to close (Saltwire)
- Sign denying status cards as ‘suitable’ ID at Port Hardy liquor store sparks uproar (The Similkameen Spotlight)
- Red Deer neighbourhood IGA grocery store reopens with fresh new look (Postmedia)
