Today’s Retail Insider articles are listed below, followed by Canadian Retail News From Around the Web. Coverage includes Canada’s retail job market decline with 18,000 fewer positions in February amid tightening inventories, Shake Shack’s expansion into Western Canada with a Calgary opening, and the accelerating trend of converting retail properties into residential spaces to address housing shortages.
🗞️ The Day’s Retail Insider Article List
- Retail Jobs Decline in Canada as Sector Adjusts – Craig Patterson
- Canada Still Leads G7 as Grocery Inflation Outpaces Wages – Sylvain Charlebois
- Shake Shack to Open First Calgary Location – Craig Patterson
- Apple Launches AirPods Max 2 with Enhanced Features in Toronto – Lee Rivett
- New motor vehicle sales on the decline in January but annual sales in 2025 up: Statistics Canada – Mario Toneguzzi
- Annual inflation cools to 1.8% in February: Statistics Canada – Mario Toneguzzi
- LSD°R expands with new Toronto location – Mario Toneguzzi
- GoodLeaf Farms launches mobile tour to promote indoor-grown greens in Ontario, Atlantic Canada – Mario Toneguzzi
- IOPE debuts in Canada through exclusive Sephora retail partnership – Mario Toneguzzi
- Retail-to-Residential Conversions Gain Momentum in Canada – Lee Rivett
- Inside Canada’s Growing Liquidation “Binz” Store Economy – Retail Insider
🌐 Canadian Retail News From Around the Web
- Danier isn’t done. Catching up with the Canadian leather brand (Vancouver Sun)
- Judge says HBC landlords should get $2.4M in costs after company’s failed lease sale (Canadian Press)
- Per Bank and Loblaw management team open market at Toronto Stock Exchange (Grocery Business)
- RH-ISAC and Retail Council of Canada partner on retail cybersecurity (Retail Insights Network)
- A Toronto councillor wants to create public grocery stores to tackle rising food costs. Would that work here? (Toronto Star)
- B.C. weed sales see record month, still trail unlikely province (Daily Hive)
- Counterfeit bills on the rise in Canada (CCentral)
- T&T Supermarket set to open new Mississauga store ahead of schedule (Grocery Business)
- New Loblaws-owned grocery store to open in Vancouver this month (Daily Hive)
