The latest Retail Insider articles cover key developments including federal changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program welcomed by business groups, and Happy Belly Food Group’s ambitious plan to open up to 50 new restaurants in 2026 amid strong same-store sales. Additionally, the evolving luxury retail market emphasizes emotional relationships over transactions. These stories, along with others listed below and Canadian Retail News From Around the Web, highlight the ongoing strategic and workforce challenges shaping Canada’s retail landscape.
🗞️ The Day’s Retail Insider Article List
- From The Desk: Canadian Retail Reinvention amid Expansion and Rising Costs – Craig Patterson
- Changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Program applauded by business groups – Mario Toneguzzi
- BAM BAM arrives April 1 in downtown Vancouver – Mario Toneguzzi
- Canada loses 84,000 jobs in February, unemployment rate increases: Statistics Canada – Mario Toneguzzi
- Happy Belly Food Group targets up to 50 new restaurant openings as same-store sales remain strong: Sean Black interview – Mario Toneguzzi
- Small businesses call for stronger domestic energy supply amid global uncertainty: CFIB – Mario Toneguzzi
- The New Luxury Client in a Relationship Era – Craig Patterson
🌐 Canadian Retail News From Around the Web
- Opinion | Roots’ brand familiarity seems to be breeding contempt. Here’s how to rescue the tired Canadian icon (The Star)
- SmartCentres REIT Stock (ISIN: CA8056031024) Faces Headwinds Amid Canadian Retail Slowdown (Ad Hock News)
- Ontario to give retailers the option of opening on Family Day and Victoria Day (CTV)
- Court favours Beedie in Kingsgate Mall lease fight with Vancouver School Board (Business in Vancouver)
- LILLEY: City-run grocery store not the solution to food inflation (Toronto Sun)
- Where to Find the Best Vintage Jewellery in Toronto (Elle Canada)
- How this Toronto coffee and skate shop turned into a queer community hub (Toronto Today)
- Quebec’s first sovereigntist-themed coffee shop opens in Montreal (CityNews)
- Montreal community gathers for candlelight vigil to honour murdered shop owner (CBC)
- Brampton man charged after police seize $30K in booze, butter and ghee (CityNews)
