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.

Vacuum left by Sears closing yet to be filled, retail industry insiders say (Globe & Mail)

Thrift store usage up, donations down across Canada (CTV)

When population falls, the food industry feeds fewer mouths – and customers (Globe & Mail)

Walmart pulls pro-environment T-shirt in Canada after customers find hidden swear word: report (Fox)

Staples Canada is hiring for over 800 new sales positions through new Bell partnership (Daily Hive)

I’d Never Heard Of Zellers Before Moving To Canada Last Year & Here’s Why I’m Now Hooked (Narcity)

Juggling bricks and mortar as Nordstrom abandons space (Western Investor/Vancouver)

Mixed-use menu: housing, work, shops – and social objective (BIV)

Manitoba Targets Retail Sales Workers In New Canada Immigration Draw (Immigration.ca)

Sounds of gunshots at Yorkdale ‘possibly fireworks,’ police say (CTV)