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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For May 27th, 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 several days.

Canada March retail sales down 0.2% on furniture; seen up 0.7% in April (Reuters)

Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct (CBC)

RONA announces more store conversions (Hardlines)

Canada’s milk supply still clear of bird flu amid growing problem in U.S. (Global)

Restaurants Canada says price increases coming to B.C. chicken ‘unsustainable’ (CityNews)

Businesses at Westmount Shopping Centre served end of tenancy notice (Edmonton Journal)

Alcohol sales coming to Ontario corner stores by September, will pay $225m to Beer Store for early rollout (CBC)

Dollarama, Costco, Metro and other companies face class-action over recyclable bags in Quebec (Toronto Star)

Opinion: London Drugs’ response to cyberattack a case study in crisis management (BIV)

Exclusive: Canadian liquor retailer LCBO upgrades e-commerce with AI (Chain Store Age)

SHEIN clothing sale is happening for a short period of time in Mississauga (InSauga)

Calgary halal business allowed to reopen (CTV)

Vancouver shopper’s video goes viral for showing underweight bag of frozen No Name veggies (Yahoo)

Burnaby liquor store offers below government prices (Burnaby Now)

Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn development in former downtown Winnipeg Bay building gets another $31M from feds (CBC)

Mourning ‘Mr. Gananoque,’ a small-town fixture for nearly 100 years (CBC)

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