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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For March 14, 2025

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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.

Hudson’s Bay focused more on real estate than retail, expert says (CTV)

Court documents reveal Hudson’s Bay owes $950 million to landlords, fashion brands, banks and government (Toronto Star)

Hudson’s Bay anchors London’s two major malls. Can the stores survive? (London Free Press)

Winnipeg shoppers ‘heartbroken’ as future uncertain for Hudson’s Bay Co. (CBC)

Hudson’s Bay Cape Breton location open after one-day closure (PNI News)

Here’s the full and updated list of U.S. products Canada is placing a tariff on (CTV)

Could supporting Canadian at the grocery store come at a price? (CTV)

After pleas from Manitoba, Walmart decides to pull machetes from website, stores across Canada (CBC)

Swan song: After 57 years, Canada’s largest music store, Cosmo Music, is shutting down (Village Report)

Longo’s creates a culinary innovation centre (Grocery Business)

Legal practice preventing competition near existing Manitoba grocery stores might come to an end (CBC)

Deachman: ‘We’ve had a really good run’ — ByWard Fruit Market to close this spring (Ottawa Citizen)

‘A 10 cent premium on a can of beer:’ Toronto brewery says it expects to raise prices as a result of tariffs (CTV)

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