The most recent Retail Insider articles are listed below, followed by Canadian Retail News From Around the Web. Highlights include Reitmans’ mixed financial results alongside strategic store and digital upgrades, FreshCo’s entry into Atlantic Canada with three new discount grocery locations, and Pet Valu’s milestone 50 years marked by steady franchise expansion across Canada. Together, these developments illustrate a sector focused on balancing growth ambitions with operational resilience and consumer-centric innovation.
🗞️ The Day’s Retail Insider Article List
- From The Desk: Strategic Expansion and Evolving Consumer Engagement Define Retail in April 2026 – Craig Patterson
- Lunching with Lady Eaton Returns to Toronto May 17 – Craig Patterson
- No Name Launches ‘Grocery Goss’ Activations in Canada – Craig Patterson
- Reinvention and the Luxury Career Journey – Craig Patterson
- Reitmans reports Q4 and year-end results – Mario Toneguzzi
- FreshCo Expands East with First Atlantic Canada Locations – Craig Patterson
- Righteous Gelato enters $900M frozen novelty category with national Sorbetto Bar launch across premium Canadian grocers – Mario Toneguzzi
- Pet Valu celebrating 50 years in business – Mario Toneguzzi
- RUDSAK Expands into Europe and Asia Markets – Lee Rivett
- Cake Beauty expands retail footprint in Canada with Walmart and Shoppers Drug Mart rollout – Mario Toneguzzi
- Angels Wear Preloved Launches Canada’s Largest Resale Event – Craig Patterson
🌐 Canadian Retail News From Around the Web
- How a Canadian auction house unravelled a Hudson’s Bay art collection mystery (The Canadian Press)
- Maple Leaf among suppliers introducing fuel surcharges set to put pressure on grocery prices (Globe & Mail / paywall)
- Canada’s First Indigenous-Owned Department Store Has Closed (Chatelaine)
- How these Canadian newlyweds are spending just $160 a month on food (CTV)
- Quebec hobby shop wants exemption from French-language rule hurting business (CTV)
- Province (Ontario) seeking feedback on proposal to allow cannabis shops to open as early as 7 a.m. (CityNews)
- ‘Not just a job, it’s family,’ Hamilton’s Miller Shoes store turns 100-years-old (CBC)
- Toronto Barber and Beauty Supply (TBBS) shuts Toronto location after almost 90 years (blogTO)
- Montreal’s viral donut shop is making its way to Scarborough this April (NOW Toronto)
- Two former Toronto Raptors employees forced to close their groundbreaking women’s sneaker shop (Streets of Toronto)
