This week’s retail focus highlights strategic Canadian expansions, heritage retail innovation, and the evolving synergy between value and luxury amid shifting consumers, as well as many other topics.
This week’s coverage highlights Canadian retailers doubling down on urban growth and discount formats amid persistent grocery inflation outpacing wages.
Sephora's Canadian expansion, AI reshaping shopping, and retail bifurcation highlight evolving strategies amid market pressure and consumer shifts in 2026.
Canadian retail enters 2026 amid strategic recalibration, as brands balance flagship investment, store optimization, AI adoption, and shifting consumer demand.
Retail openings and closings for the week as well as happenings and observations in the industry. Be sure to follow these reports as we're announcing things no one else is.