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.
Canadian retailers are facing a $9.1-billion problem: Organized theft (Globe & Mail)
Why ‘buying Canadian’ isn’t as easy as it sounds (CBC)
Canadian dollar gets a boost from strong retail sales (Marketpulse)
Why more shoppers are turning to food rescue apps to save on groceries (CTV)
Why a unionized warehouse in Quebec posed a threat to Amazon (CBC)
Calls for Amazon boycott grow after online retail giant pulls out of Quebec (CTV)
What Amazon’s Quebec exit means for shoppers, workers, landlords and government (Financial Post)
Edmonton’s old army & navy building will soon be a Whyte Ave. social space (CityNews)
Walmart to open new store in Oakville, Ont. (Grocery Business)
Business, Vancouver International Wine Festival could be hit if BC bans US alcohol (BIV)
Retail Trade Remains Strong in Saskatchewan (Government of Saskatchewan)
Scarborough plaza business owners frustrated by illegal garbage dumping (CBC)
2 men charged with $1.4-million Ajax jewelry store robbery (Toronto Sun)
