This week Craig & Lee talk about Gucci opening a standalone store in West Edmonton Mall and HBC’s The Room shifting strategy by adding menswear in the Vancouver location.
The loss of the last department store in downtown Edmonton is a blow to the city’s core which saw Holt Renfrew exit earlier this year, as well as Woodward’s and Eaton’s in years past.
Carl Boutet explains how brands establishing direct relationships with consumers has had a profound impact on the industry both in Canada and beyond. He discusses ‘winners and losers’ as well as what is in store for the 2020’s.
Canada's Hudson's Bay department store's website has, as of Thursday February 28th 2013, formally introduced its new name font along with its simplified store name 'Hudson's Bay' (see image screenshot from their website, above).
Gone are the stylized 'B' and...