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Ottawa’s Rideau Shopping Centre to Expand

Retail Insider has the flu, so we're going to post text to an existing article and bring you some new content hopefully tomorrow. We've just got confirmation that, after two Sears Canada execs resigned today, the road may be paved...

Will Canadian Nordstroms Include Wedding Dresses?

Wedding Suite at Nordstrom, Chicago Michigan Avenue. Photo: William Deshazer via Chicago Tribune Despite the potential demand, no Vancouver (or Canadian?) department stores include bridal departments. We're specifically referring to where a bride-to-be can buy dresses. That might change when Nordstrom...

Vancouver’s Hudson’s Bay Company Men’s Store: More Changes in Store

Skylight ceiling for men's 'White Space' designer dept at The Bay, Downtown Vancouver.  Today we visited Vancouver's new 70,500 square foot sixth-floor men's store at The Hudson's Bay Company ("The Bay"). Merchandise is still being organized, and some designer merchandise...

Retail Insider Visits Giorgio Armani Black Label Men’s Boutique in Vancouver

Giorgio Armani Boutique at Harry Rosen, Pacific Centre, Vancouver. Image: Harry Rosen Today Retail Insider visited the new Giorgio Armani Black Label men's shop inside of Harry Rosen at Pacific Centre in Vancouver, BC. Well it's sort of new: it...

Floorplan Revealed: Hudson’s Bay Company Men’s Floor, Downtown Vancouver

Sixth Floor plan. Image: Hudson's Bay Company We got a lovely gift from Vancouver's Hudson's Bay Company today; a floorplan of their new men's store on the sixth-floor. We're going to provide some 'zoom images' of the floorplan likely tomorrow....

Nordstrom Continues Canadian Location Search For Six-to-Nine Stores

Nordstrom is working with Cadillac Fairview to secure a total of between six and nine Canadian locations. As we previously reported, Nordstrom will open four Canadian stores in conjunction with Cadillac Fairview in Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto. A...

Natural Light to Wash New Vancouver Nordstrom

Designer Handbags at Nordstrom, Santa Monica California. Image: Callison Architects Are you a fan of natural light in department stores? It's becoming a trend, and a good one if you ask us. A recent visit to Neiman Marcus in Beverly...

TopShop/TopMan Opens in Vancouver, BC, October 18th 2012

Granville Street entrance to TopShop/TopMan - Courtesy Hudson's Bay Company Planning & Design TopShop/TopMan opens its 33,000 square foot Downtown Vancouver store on October 18th. It is allegedly the largest TopShop store outside of Great Britain (we're not sure if this...

Pacific Centre Nordstrom Expansion Floorplans Revealed

Pacific Centre Lease Plan: 48K expansion below Nordstrom. Image: www.725Granville.com - Cadillac Fairview Today Cadillac Fairview revealed the floorplan for the retail level located directly below the new Nordstrom store. The retail will be one level and will keep with...

Nordstrom’s Canadian Headquarters will be in Toronto

Looking up Dundas St. W from Yonge Street in Toronto.  We have received confirmation that Nordstrom's Canadian headquarters will be located in Toronto. Nordstrom and Cadillac Fairview are working out an office tenancy agreement in an office tower connected to...
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