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 24 hours.

Dollarama Growth Spurs Momentum For Canada’s S and P TSX Index (Kalkin Media)

Australia’s Eagers takes big stake in CanadaOne Auto (Canadian Auto Dealer)

Rooty Turns 50: A&W Fans Can Join the Celebration with Limited-Time Meal Deal (To Do Canada)

Convenience store shoppers increasingly buying food or beverages: Acosta study (Grocery Business)

Paris Baguette targets 1,000 North America stores by 2030 – CHOSUNBIZ

Jewels Under The Kilt launches in Canadian travel retail with maple-roasted nuts (Moodie Davit Report)

All B.C. government liquor and cannabis stores now behind workers’ pickets (CBC)

Stores next to schools say the teachers’ strike is cratering business (CBC Calgary)

Former Bay store on Rideau Street to go on sale ‘in short order,’ broker says (Ottawa Business Journal)

B.C. businesses walk tightrope between fraud prevention and lost sales (Delta Optimist)

‘It was so convenient,’ Shoppers are reacting to IKEA store shutting down in Scarborough; retailer says low sales to blame (NOW)

Winnipeg judge stays charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard (CHVN)

Firefighters battle two-alarm blaze at Montreal mattress store (CTV)