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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For August 3rd, 2023

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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 48 hours

Stores risk losing younger shoppers with anti-theft measures targeting self-checkouts: retail expert (CTV)

Did company profits fuel inflation? Bank of Canada researchers say no (Global)

‘They want the $2 back’: Metro must reinstate pandemic hero pay to end strike, says union (Financial Post)

Metro halting striking workers’ access to benefits during the labour dispute (CityNews)

Metro donates perishables to food banks as GTA workers strike citing affordability issues (Postmedia)

Canada sets sights on next plastic waste target: food packaging (Global)

Retail Real Estate: Grocers are Good, Fashion is Bad (Morningstar)

Hudson’s Bay closing Lougheed mall location in December (Burnaby Now)

Amazon to open robotics-backed fulfilment centre in Ontario, hire over 1,000 employees (Financial Post)

Grocery store worker finds customer’s $100 but loses job (Canadian HR Reporter)

Quebecers turn to Costco, Maxi in quest for savings: report (Montreal Gazette)

Walmart tests ‘full service’ self-checkout plan at Ottawa location (CTV)

Liquor Mart inventories drying up on shelves as labour dispute drags on (CBC)

Trudeau under fire for huge line at Brampton grocery store job fair (Toronto Sun)

These dangerous health products were supposed to be pulled from shelves. A popular Ontario retailer sold them to us anyway (Toronto Star)

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