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 several days.

Retail sales fall in Canada with higher interest rates pinching consumers (Financial Post)

Canadian Tire stores in B.C. broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says (CBC)

Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection (CTV)

What browsing in a store offers that online algorithms just can’t (CBC)

Outdoor store MEC commits to cutting carbon emissions from products, supply chain (Pique)

Zellers returns with nostalgic flair to competitive Canadian discount retail market (Capital Current) Sephora launches national take-back program Beauty (Re)purposed (Glossy)

Calgary Co-op sales up 7+% vs. YA (Grocery Business)

‘The math simply doesn’t add up’: Canada’s first package-free grocer closing Vancouver storefront (VIA)

In Seal Cove, this grocery store is staying true to the past while looking to the future (CBC)

Mississauga Council Opts in for Retail Cannabis Stores (City of Mississauga)

Hundreds line up for new Daan Go Cake Lab opening in Richmond (VIA)