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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For December 16, 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.

Court approves The Body Shop Canada sale, over 600 jobs to lose as some stores close (Financial Post)

Loblaw’s Superstore reimagines the shopping journey with store redesign launch (Grocery Business)

The Canadian retailer that may become the next Costco or Walmart [Dollarama] (Livewire)

FreshCo opens first small format store, Empire says plans to expand store network overall (Grocery Business)

Will ‘tax holiday’ spur more Canadians to spend? Why some stores doubt it (Global)

Butter, cheese are hot commodities on black market (Global)

Canadian shopper claims Loblaw store is ripping people off on donation bags (BlogTO)

Canadian Retailer Haven Taps Levi’s for Premium Denim (Sourcing Journal)

Holiday tax break is a ‘pain in the butt’ for some Ontario retailers (CP24)

Farm Boy expands into household cleaning products with new and largest Toronto store (Grocery Business)

Improvements needed to plan for Place Versailles redevelopment, OCPM says (Montreal Gazette)

In an era of big box and online sales, Town of Carlyle shows how small biz can thrive (CBC)

Toronto influencer Allegra Shaw’s ‘it’ brand is making Ossington even cooler (Streets of Toronto)

Critics fear zoning change will bring bars, pot shops into neighbourhoods (Toronto Sun)

Patkau Architects branches into selling high-end furniture (Glacier Media)

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