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.

• Sycamore Partners Completes Acquisition of Lowe’s Canadian Retail Business (Newswire)

DAVIDsTEA has ‘temporarily’ laid off 15% of its head office staff (CTV)

Food prices are only going up: Grocers accused of hiking prices faster than necessary and profiting from food inflation (Chronicle Journal)

Style Q&A: Section 35 founder talks Foot Locker Canada launch (Postmedia)

Indigo mugs, houseware items recalled over possible mould contamination (CBC)

Canadian Tire’s plans for Kelowna reflect broader market shifts (Western Investor)

Waterloo shoppers share what they’re giving up to make ends meet (CBC)

Seven bucks for a latte? Coffee prices soar to ‘silly’ levels in the GTA – but consumers keep paying (Toronto Star)

Woman stabbed in the neck inside Red Deer grocery store (MSN)

Video rental store in small Sask. town still going because ‘I’m stubborn,’ says owner (CBC)

Curved, $25M footbridge planned at Carbonleo’s Royalmount (Real Estate News EXchange)

Brampton’s Southgate Plaza To Be Redeveloped As Mixed-Use Towers (Urban Toronto)

N.S. minimum wage to rise to $15 in October, 6 months earlier than planned (Global)