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.
Ocado suffers blow as Canadian partner shuts distribution centre (Financial Post)
Grocery prices top housing as Canadians’ biggest cost concern: Nanos (CTV)
ARI North America unveils new Salon Du Vin concept in Canadian doors (TB Business)
BIRKS GROUP REPORTS FY2026 HOLIDAY PERIOD SALES RESULTS (Newswire)
Hullmark Buys Spadina Road Retail Property For $21.7M (Storeys)
Efforts ongoing to backfill vacant HBC stores: JLL report (RENX)
Honeymoon Suite are chosen as Record Store Day Canada Ambassadors for 2026 (Goldmine Canada)
TTC shelves plan for merch store after retailers take a pass (Toronto Today)
Downtown Ottawa continues to ‘struggle’ with retail vacancies as civil service layoffs loom (Ottawa Business Journal)
10 essential local shops to visit in the Annex (Streets of Toronto)
British Columbians continue to ‘Buy Canadian,’ but for how long? (CTV)



