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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For July 2nd, 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 groceries: Loblaw’s new anti-theft tactic of locking carts riles up Canadian shoppers — ‘I just left’ (Yahoo)

Indigenous-owned online department store wants to do more than sell T-shirts (Globe & Mail)

After quietly closing stores, Rooms + Spaces merchandise creeping into Toys “R” Us (The Canadian Press)

Quebec businesses ask for financial help to meet French-language rules (Montreal Gazette)

Edmonton Army and Navy building on Whyte Ave sold (Global)

Co-op resumes some services across Western Canada in wake of cyberattack (CBC)

Manitoba small businesses concerned over changes to retail sales tax collectiom (CFIB)

How downtown Edmonton retail is getting its groove back (CBC)

Vancouver’s former Nordstrom space could linger empty (BIV)

Loblaw opens 12th No Frills store in Atlantic Canada with new location in Newfoundland and Labrador (Grocery Business)

Parking rates expected to rise in busier retail areas (Ottawa Citizen)

‘No weakness’ in Ottawa Train Yards’ tenants or location, veteran retail broker says (Ottawa Business Journal)

Meet Walmart Canada’s most northern store: Store #3121, Yellowknife (Walmart Canada)

Video captures struggle between store employees and robber with loaded gun on Queen Street West (CTV)

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