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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For April 21, 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 several days.

Hudson’s Bay looks to auction off royal charter that launched company 355 years ago (CBC/Canadian Press)

Hudson’s Bay Co. prepares for more job cuts, asking court for new legal counsel for employees (Globe & Mail / subscriber paywall)

$500-million bread price-fixing settlement, largest in Canadian history, gets closer with hearing set for May (Financial Post)

International retail spending in US could fall $20 billion in 2025, as tourism plummets (Travel Tomorrow)

This friendly vintage store sells the city’s coolest retro Toronto merch (Toronto Star)

Vegemite returns to Toronto cafe’s shelves after food agency backs down on non-compliance order (Village Reporter)

Suspicious fire at commercial mall in Hamilton causes $1million in damage (CTV)

Rabba Fine Foods makes Easter season donation to Food Banks Mississauga (Grocery Business)

Premier says talk of booze in N.S. corner stores ‘intriguing’ but early (CBC)

VPD arrests man wanted Canada-wide for several violent retail thefts (CityNews)

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