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.

Loblaw names new president and CEO to replace Galen Weston (CTV)

Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo makes successful entry into Canadian market (BIV)

Costco executive tells MPs it has not sought to increase profits amid inflation (BNN) ********

These are the grocery items that saw the biggest price increases in March (CTV) ****

Inflation: Here’s how much food prices went up in Canada in March (Yahoo)

Lululemon unveils first shirts featuring plant-based nylon (Financial Post)

Almost two-thirds of products in these 4 key grocery store departments come in plastic packaging: report (CTV)

Ikea Canada expands its EV charging footprint by 25 stations at five locations (Electric Autonomy)

Parkland teams up with Aeroplan for new loyalty partnership (Canadian Grocer)

Take a look inside the former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown Winnipeg (CTV)

Vinfast opens 1st Vancouver location at Park Royal (Marketscreener)

Thousands of dollars in cosmetics stolen from Fergus store in distraction theft: OPP (Global)

Downtown Edmonton businesses hoping to profit from Oilers playoff push (CityNews)