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.
Economists expect rise in inflation as price-growth fight enters new phase (CTV)
Is Value Village marking up new products? Some shoppers in Canada say so (Yahoo)
Twice as many Canadians are making dedicated back-to-school shops (Strategy)
Largest Chinese jewelry brand makes entry to Canada with Richmond store (Business in Vancouver)
Banning plastic packaging may compromise food safety (Daily Herald)
Shoppers Drug Mart launches beauty products with less plastic packaging (Grocery Business)
New retail brand rooms + spaces set to open 24 stores across Canada (Hardlines)
HAL’S KITCHEN: Top Canadian food market in Winnipeg (Winnipeg Sun)
N.S. floods: Shop owner says Bedford Place Mall is ‘doing nothing’ for its stores (Global)
Granville Island Brewing strike continues, as more sectors see labour disputes in B.C. (CBC)
Zellers pop-up store opens in Windsor (CTV)
Calgary store adopts more puppies than it counted on (CTV)
Daycare boom drives Alberta retail space race as tenant costs rise (Western Investor)
Calgary’s launches new #ExploreDowntownYYC initiative (Livewire)