Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For February 8th, 2024

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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.

How Lee Valley Tools combines newfangled technology with old-fashioned people skills to create experiential retail (Ottawa Business Journal)

Bell to close The Source headquarters, lay off employees following Best Buy Express rebrand (Mobile Syrup)

Whole Foods Canada offers same-day delivery with Instacart partnership (Grocery Business)

Mandatory grocery code of conduct essential, industry expert tells Ottawa committee (Grocery Business)

Specsavers surpasses 100-store milestone in Canada (Newswire)

Amazon offers packaging waste reduction program to Canadian small businesses (Canadian Grocer)

Opinion: Ottawa’s bid to woo a foreign grocer to Canada is a nothingburger (Globe & Mail / subscriber paywall)

Ottawa boosting funding for food price increase investigations (National News Watch)

First Phase Of Cloverdale Mall Redevelopment Gets The Green Light From City Council (Toronto Storeys)

‘Onerous’: Slow uptake on B.C. grant for businesses targeted by crime, vandalism (Global)

There’s a new Kensington vintage shop and it’s a time portal to the ’70s (Streets of Toronto)

B.C. to remove nicotine pouches from convenience stores (CTV)

Alberta wine clubs, retailers feeling short-poured over B.C. wine war (Global)

Quebec closing cannabis store in Montreal (StratCann)

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Mondetta Expands Modern Ambition with Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver Stores

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Mondetta is expanding its Modern Ambition menswear brand with new stores in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, while evaluating additional opportunities across Canada, the United States and Europe.
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Dollarama Surpasses 1,700 Stores in Canada, With Hundreds More Planned

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Roots reports Q1 sales growth of 6.5% to $42.6 million

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Net loss totaled ($10.1) million, as compared to ($7.9) million in Q1 2025.
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SportChek opens Canada’s first-ever floating futsal pitch on Toronto Waterfront

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Good Earth Coffeehouse opens at University of Alberta Hospital

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Chanel Opens Largest Store in Canada at Oakridge Park in Vancouver

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Chanel has opened its largest store in Canada at Oakridge Park in Vancouver. The 13,000-square-foot location is the brand's first full-concept store in Canada and a key addition to the development's luxury retail lineup.
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Dollarama sees more than 21% year-over-year sales growth in Q1, surpassing $1.8 billion

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lululemon Returns to Oakridge Park with New Store Concept

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