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 48 hours.

Hudson’s Bay wants to sell leases to billionaire to appease lender’s cash demands, landlords charge (CBC/The Canadian Press)

Venessa Yates, president and CEO of Walmart Canada talks supply chain resiliency, vendor partnerships (Grocery Business)

Nunavut retail sales growth outpaced the rest of Canada in June (Nunavut News)

Ontario has no plans to sell U.S. booze amid call from group to return American liquor to Canadian store shelves (CTV)

Canada lifting tariffs on U.S. goods offer relief to Ottawa retailers (CTV)

More ‘big-box’ retail spaces sitting empty in Ottawa, CBRE says (Ottawa Business Journal)

This Toronto typewriter store is one of the last in Canada: ‘It’s like an art gallery that nobody knows about’ (Toronto Star)

Why are B.C.’s used cars the most expensive in Canada? (CBC)

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is bringing his burger restaurant to Canada with a flagship in Toronto (Toronto.com)

Love in print: Vancouver bookstore gives romance readers a room of their own (Vancouver Sun)