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Shorter holiday shopping season ups pressure on retailers and consumers
Canadians waiting for Black Friday to kick-start their holiday shopping have less time to pick up gifts. There are five fewer days between Black Friday on Nov. 29 and Christmas Eve because U.S. Thanksgiving is later this year.
Nov 25, 2024 1:00 AM
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West Coast retailers place stock in potential of AI
From chatbots to inventory, artificial intelligence is increasingly having an impact on an evolving industry
Nov 22, 2024 4:00 PM
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Walmart Canada axing some property controls amid grocery competition scrutiny
Walmart Canada says it's getting rid of property controls relating to retail competition across the country.
Nov 22, 2024 2:34 PM
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Statistics Canada says retail sales up 0.4% at $66.9 billion in September
OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales rose 0.4 per cent to $66.9 billion in September from a month earlier, boosted by gains at supermarkets and other grocery stores, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Nov 22, 2024 8:59 AM
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Retail industry praises GST holiday but says it may be 'laborious' for some
A temporary pause on charging the federal sales tax on many items has retailers excited, even though they say preparing for the relief will mean a lot of extra work in a short period of time.
Nov 21, 2024 2:52 PM
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Vancouver pant seller Duer opens eighth North American store
Wholesales to a wide range of retailers and e-commerce sales remain the brand's dominant sales sources
Nov 6, 2024 8:30 AM
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More than a quarter of Canadians will spend at least 100 bones on Halloween: poll
A new poll suggests more than a quarter of Canadians will spend $100 or more on Halloween, with roughly 70 per cent of respondents saying they'll fork over as much money as they did last year on candy and costumes.
Oct 30, 2024 1:02 AM
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Apparel retailers like Arc'teryx see in-store repair centres as 'the future'
TORONTO — In a nook of the gleaming new Arc'teryx store on Toronto's Bloor Street West, Jesse Chan and Yamel Zacarias rifled through a rack of jackets most would consider misfits one October afternoon.
Oct 30, 2024 1:00 AM
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New brands, global names adding life to Vancouver’s West 4th Avenue
Strip is known for smaller shops and as a place to open first-in-North-America stores
Oct 25, 2024 4:00 PM
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With listeria top of mind, manufacturers are upping testing protocols: food experts
From frozen waffles and pancakes to beef jelly tongue, recent listeria recalls may have consumers concerned that more of the bacteria is infiltrating the food chain, but experts say that's not the case.
Oct 25, 2024 8:34 AM
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