Retail Insider’s latest articles are listed below, followed by Canadian Retail News From Around the Web. Highlights include Freed & Freed’s Fall Winter 2026 fashion shoot that intricately links storytelling and craftsmanship to position the brand as a leader in Canadian-made luxury fashion. We also see Armco Capital’s significant acquisition in downtown Calgary boosting integrated urban retail and office space. These developments and others below underscore how brand narratives and strategic real estate moves shape retail’s evolution.
🗞️ The Day’s Retail Insider Article List
- CAFA Moves to Montréal as Industry Celebrates 2026 Winners – Lee Rivett
- From The Desk: Retail Revitalization and Strategic Expansion in Canada – Craig Patterson
- Retail Leaders Outline Strategy Shifts at Rotman Event – Craig Patterson
- Inside the Fashion Shoot Shaping Freed & Freed’s Next Chapter – Craig Patterson
- Armco Capital acquires Stephen Avenue Place and adjacent buildings in downtown Calgary – Mario Toneguzzi
- Retail sales surpass $72 billion in February: Statistics Canada – Mario Toneguzzi
- Retail security measures driving customers away: DALBAR study – Mario Toneguzzi
- Gen Z: Balancing Treats and Budgets – Mario Toneguzzi
- Amazon focused on protecting the shopping experience – Mario Toneguzzi
- DoorDash launching unique Mother’s Day experience – Mario Toneguzzi
- American Express Canada and DMZ’s grant program returns to support Canadian small business – Mario Toneguzzi
- Lunching with Lady Eaton Returns to Toronto May 17 – Craig Patterson
🌐 Canadian Retail News From Around the Web
- Canada’s February retail sales up but miss expectations (BNN)
- Copycats are frustrating but hard to stop in fashion business: experts (The Canadian Press)
- Can incoming CEO Heidi O’Neill breathe new life into Lululemon brand? (Financial Post)
- 10 core memories from Zellers every Canadian Millennial has and it’ll make you nostalgic AF (MTL Blog)
- On a roll: Empire Company opens two FreshCo stores in one day (Grocery Business)
- Quebec store owner ordered to post to Facebook in French (CTV)
- I did my grocery shopping at Safeway, Superstore, and Choices — the costs were so different (Narcity)
- Quebec’s minimum wage set to increase to $16.60 an hour (The Canadian Press)
- Manitoba to expand PST cut to ready-made foods sold at mom-and-pop shops, convenience stores (CBC)
- N.S. bookshops keep pages turning on Indie Bookstore Day despite budget cuts (CP24)
- Tires missing for many customers who left them at GTA shop that went out of business (CTV)
- Judge denies Sunterra’s request to appeal $35M cheque kiting decision (CBC)
- Organized pickpocket groups targeting shoppers at Toronto Premium Outlets: police (CTV)
- Toronto gets a new smoothie bowl spot as Heal opens on Queen West (Stock Titan)
- Canadian Goodwill dealing with string of break-ins, thefts in Winnipeg (CTV)
- New Ottawa police project focuses on Rideau Centre theft (CBC)
