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.
Grocery prices in Canada: How the supply chain works (CTV)
Remembering Sam the Record Man as the last store closes (Global)
Canada’s unemployment rate fell to 5.7% in January, first decline since December 2022 (CityNews)
Indigo faced ‘challenging’ 2023 and will take some time to recover: CEO (BNN)
Shopify hikes Plus plan subscription by 25 per cent (Globe & Mail / subscriber paywall)
Kelowna Gospel Mission thrift store adds online option (Castanet)
Retailing rebound: There’s growing evidence we’re spending again — despite inflation (Toronto Star)
Maple Ridge jewellery store closing shop due to open drug use, threats (Global)
Edmonton Mill Woods Town Centre’s First Phase Plans Revealed (Storeys)
Ontario will continue freeze on beer and wine tax increases (CP24)
Insider allure: Etiket founder Simon Tooley bets big on in-person encounters (Globe & Mail)
Merci Bakery is Now Open for Business in Vancouver (Scout Magazine)
‘It felt like home’: Beloved Pickle Barrel location shutters after more than 50 years (Toronto Star)
Prescott, Ont. to install 35 surveillance cameras to stop crime (CTV)
Barrie bong shop among 7 in OPP raid, nabbing $600K in drugs (Orillia Matters)
