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 several days.
What a shorter holiday shopping season means for consumers and retailers (Global)
CN Rail mechanics, clerks vote overwhelmingly to approve strike mandate on January 1 (CBC)
Rieker Shoe Canada putting best foot forward in Bradford (Bradford Today)
Freeland says the two-month GST holiday is meant to tackle the ‘vibecession’ (CTV)
Court docs show what sparked Competition Bureau probe into Leon’s, The Brick (CTV)
Levi’s hits 50-store milestone in Canada (Chain Store Age)
Mastercard Testing Special Shopping Experience in Canada Before Rollout (Fintech.ca)
Clothing brands make and sell clothes. Should they pay to deal with the old ones? (CBC)
Calgarians shopping locally at International Christmas Market amid Canada Post strike (CityNews)
Alberta economists predict Canadian consumers will be ‘cautious’ with holiday spending (CTV)
Halifax Walmart death: Store will not reopen for ‘weeks’ as remodelling continues (Global)
Chipotle opens 50th Canadian store in Markham: 3 key rights for employees (Global)
Passerby stabbed by shoplifting suspect at Vancouver liquor store: police (CBC)
