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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For December 19th, 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 24 hours.

Canadian retail sales increase faster than inflation (BIV)

Primaris wants more after two large retail 2023 acquisitions (Real Estate News EXchange)

Tim Hortons to revive beloved dutchie, other favourites to mark 60th anniversary (Financial Post)

Here’s a timeline of Tim Hortons’ 60-year history (CTV)

Ontario court approves sale of Mastermind Toys chain (Globe & Mail)

As the holidays approach, Canadians say they’re being tipped over the edge (CBC)

Hudson’s Bay digs into the archives for new tote bag release (Postmedia)

Buying time: Slow grocery checkouts boost connection in a hurried world (Globe & Mail)

Flagship Loblaws City Market at The Post in downtown Vancouver set to open in early 2024 (Daily Hive)

Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it’s going through a reckoning (Toronto Sun)

‘Support local’: Winnipeg shoppers flocking to small businesses this holiday season (CBC)

Here’s how people in N.L. feel about a long year of ballooning prices (for just about everything) CBC)

How two local toy stores are staying afloat during tough times for the industry (Ottawa Business Journal)

Woody the talking Christmas tree delights and terrifies visitors at a Nova Scotia mall (Globe & Mail / subscribers)

Play De Record Doc ‘Drop the Needle’ Amplifies a Toronto Institution (Exclaim!)

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