Today’s Retail Insider articles cover key developments including Montreal-based Cozey accelerating its brick-and-mortar footprint with the opening of its largest store to date on Calgary’s 17th Avenue. CT REIT reported robust 2025 financial results with strong occupancy and significant retail space growth. Meanwhile, rising construction and labour costs are reshaping Canadian retail development strategies. Below, find these stories and more followed by Canadian Retail News From Around the Web.
🗞️ The Day’s Retail Insider Article List
- Canadian Tire expands Microsoft partnership to scale AI-driven retail intelligence platform – Mario Toneguzzi
- Tim Hortons brings back Roll Up The Rim on cups for 40th anniversary contest – Mario Toneguzzi
- Study Reveals 70% of Shoppers Use AI to Seek Promotions – Lee Rivett
- Cozey opens largest store yet on Calgary’s 17th Avenue as brick-and-mortar expansion accelerates (Photos) – Mario Toneguzzi
- RioCan REIT reports ‘strong year’ for 2025 with 5 million square feet of leasing activity – Mario Toneguzzi
- KITS issues first-quarter guidance, projects revenue of up to $60 million – Mario Toneguzzi
- CT REIT reports Q4 and 2025 annual financial results, portfolio continues to expand – Mario Toneguzzi
- Rising Costs Reshape Canadian Retail Development – Craig Patterson
🌐 Canadian Retail News From Around the Web
- Retail landscape strong despite Toys “R” Us, Hudson’s Bay failures: RioCan (The Canadian Press)
- Luxury Retailer Ssense’s Founders Get Buyout Approval, Deal Closes (Business of Fashion)
- MCoBeauty expands in North America with Canadian retail launch at Walmart (Premium Beauty Brands)
- How this beauty supply store became a hub for Surrey’s Black community (CBC)
- Carole Taylor’s Journal talks with London Drugs CEO Clint Mahlman about closure of Vancouver store due to safety concerns (Grocery Business)
- Northern store in Fond du Lac closes (Battlefords Now)
- From pizza to ramen: Toronto Pearson Airport will have new dining options this year (Toronto.com)
- Can Broadview and Gerrard Become a Destination? Hugh’s Room Is Betting on It (6ix Retail)
- ‘A kid’s wonderland’: Saskatchewan remembers the magic of Toys “R” Us (Regina Leader Post)
- BMW Motorrad Canada welcomes Apex Cycle Sports as newest authorized retailer partner. (BMW Group)
- 10 suspects sought for allegedly stealing $20,000 in merchandise from Queen Street store (CityNews Toronto)
