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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For August 29, 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 48 hours.

Hudson’s Bay battle over sale of leases to B.C. billionaire underway at Toronto court (CBC)

Best Buy Canada far outpaces U.S. parent in sales growth (BIV)

Will Canada Goose Go Private, and What Would That Look Like? (RetailWire)

Montreal-based clothing brand SSENSE to file for creditor protection (CTV)

As Ontario Beer Stores close, returning empties gets harder (CP24)

Food Basics brings first ‘urban concept’ store to Queen St. in bid to expand beyond suburbs (Ottawa Business Journal)

Sask. parents, non-profits noticing increasing school supply prices (CTV)

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