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.
Are retail stores doing enough to prevent shoplifting? Canadians split in poll (Global)
Profits at Metro surge as grocery chain sees higher sales (CBC)
Leon’s says after declines in Q2, second half is looking better (Furniture Today)
Amazon’s Canada expansion ‘really paying off,’ VP says (BNN)
Reimagining health & beauty in grocery (Grocery Business)
‘It’s already affecting us’: Merchants fearful about Ste-Catherine roadwork (Montreal Gazette)
Employees ‘collateral damage’ in labour dispute: Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries president (CBC)
Ikea store at Scarborough Town Centre will open this month (Toronto.com)
Could East Vancouver’s iconic Kingsgate Mall be sold for development? (Global)
Calgary Co-op launches petition to save compostable bags (Calgary Herald)
Meet Lauren and Matt, co-owners of Market Price (Downtown Halifax Business Commission)
The push to make Verdun’s Wellington Street pedestrian-only year round (CBC)
Biggest retro game store in Canada opens third location in Whitby (InSauga)
Laval jewelry store robber granted full parole (Montreal Gazette)
Queen Street West coffee shop frustrated by repeated robberies, suspect in custody (Global)
