Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For December 11, 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.

Business owner says customer behaviour is changing, and it’s led to two stores closing (CBC)

B.C. retailers in throes of one-of-a-kind holiday season (BIV)

Northern stores ‘absolutely not’ hiking food costs when federal funding arrives: CEO (Town and Country)

Manitoba Retailers Grapple to Adapt to Federal GST Holiday (ChrisD)

New clothing store Stella + Rose brings European-inspired elevated casual to Osoyoos (Castanet)

Krispy Kreme craze: 1st Edmonton shop has doughnut lovers lining up for hours (Global)

Henry Zavriyev of Leyad Announces Strategic Acquisition of South Hill Mall in Prince Albert, SK (Yahoo)

Small border shop, big social impact: Sault Ste. Marie Duty Free’s digital success story (Global Travel Retail)

‘A pretty big hit’: Sask. gun store loses $40K in inventory, following federal gun ban (CTV)

Montreal school board launches butchery program to alleviate Quebec labour shortages (CityNews)

Waterloo Region mistakenly applied $13.7M discount to Amazon build in Blair (CTV)

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Canadian employers respond to economic pressures with hiring freezes, layoffs and increased automation: Littler

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Primaris REIT Advances Hudson’s Bay Leasing as Mall Redevelopment Program Moves Forward

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Retail trade rebounds in August on widespread strengths across most subsectors: Statistics Canada

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Real Canadian Superstore to open new Buffalo Run location Nov. 26

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The 102,300-square-foot Calgary-area store was developed in consultation with Tsuut’ina Nation and will feature artwork by four local Indigenous artists.
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Food World Plus to open 176,000-square-foot multicultural grocery store in Mississauga

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Food World Plus opens Oct. 30 at a former Highland Farms site in Mississauga, offering international groceries, fresh food departments and prepared meals.
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