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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For August 2, 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.

Reitmans appoints Isabelle Leclerc as chief people officer (Fibre2Fashion)

Canada Goose boosts sales on Asia strength, lightweight apparel (BNN)

Canada Goose CEO sees eyewear and luggage as ‘natural extensions’ for brand (Financial Post)

“Getting out of hand”: Canadians call out Loblaw stores for selling moldy, expired food (Daily Hive)

Richard Horn, general counsel at Pattison Food Group, on leading a legal department in retail (Lexpert)

Rabba opens 37th location at corner of Bay and Gerrard in downtown Toronto (Canadian Franchise)

Roche Bobois opens 2nd Toronto location in the Castlefield Design District (Designlines)

Craig’s Cookies making downtown Burlington a sweeter place to eat (Burlington News)

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