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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For August 8th, 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 several days.

Canada Goose sees $85M net loss in Q1 as it opens more international stores (Postmedia)

Costco voted most respected grocery store in Canada, while Loblaw falls in survey ranking (Financial Post)

Here’s why food prices in Canada remain high (CTV)

B.C. port workers vote in favour of accepting contract offer (CityNews)

Robots could soon be stocking Canadian grocery store shelves (CityNews)

Shopify adds new merchant tools and loses long-time VP (Betakit)

Scarborough neighbourhood becomes food desert after closure of grocery stores(CityNews)

An ode to Montreal’s old-school dépanneurs, ‘part of our heritage’ (Montreal Gazette)

Loblaw expands appliance purchasing program with B.C. pilot (Grocery Business)

Small-scale retail boosts livability in Calgary neighbourhoods (Globe & Mail)

‘Huge victory’: Workers at Calgary Starbucks store become first in Alberta to land contract (Calgary Herald)

Safeway and Shoppers Drug Mart open in Calgary suburb of Okatoks (Grocery Business)

Rising rents are putting the squeeze on small businesses in Verdun (CBC)

New Main Street Newmarket store honours Doak family legacy (Newmarket Today)

Queer literature takes centre stage at new East Vancouver bookstore (CBC)

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