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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For October 31st, 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.

Smoke’s Poutinerie founder and CEO Ryan Smolkin dead at 50 (CP24)

Fate of Canada’s first grocery code of conduct in doubt with 2 big players on the fence (Financial Post)

Pearson: Self-checkout not living up to its promise of efficiency (London Free Press) ********

Lululemon among Canada’s most valuable brands (Chain Store Age)

Food Basics launches Click and Collect, uses AI-generated imagery (Grocery Business) ********

Inside Canada’s Obsession with Shoppers Drug Mart (BeautyMatter)

Awards ceremony celebrates independents across Canada (Grocery Business)

Amazon Canada Shines a Light on Six Canadian Fashion Designers with the Return of its Designer Spotlight Campaign (Financial Post)

Nature’s Emporium teams up with Chef Lauren Toyota to Debut New Vegan Signature Sub (Newswire)

As Royalmount takes shape, its creator offers a peek at Phase 1 (Montreal Gazette)

‘Fair prices’ as first farmer-owned grocery store opens in Montreal (Global)

Hundreds arrested for shoplifting in latest Vancouver police blitz (Vancouver Sun)

Winnipeg’s skywalk system a ‘microcosm’ of issues in downtown (CTV)

Loblaw’s Maxi banner opens 150th store in Quebec (Grocery Business)

Retailers so key to Lansdowne Park, GoodLife could temporarily take over heritage building (CBC)

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