Various media sources report that 15 Canadian Staples stores have recently closed. However, they don't mention which locations. Here's a list of recently closed Staples stores.
Sell, sell, sell; the mantra that’s heard in board rooms, back offices and shop floors the world over. The corollary question by most sales associates tasked with achieving those sales targets is, where do these sales goals come from?
British lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur has opened a flagship store at Canada's most luxurious retail plaza. The store occupies just over 1,250 square feet, next to upscale German women's brand, Escada.
The conventional wisdom is that it takes months or years to create a product of value but with creativity, intensity and a sleepless night or two, Toronto’s Tulip Retail shortened that process to less than 48 hours at last year’s MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge. At this year’s version of the MasterCard hackathon, scores of other developers will get their shot at $30,000 worth of prizes and, more importantly, a chance to convince one of the world’s preeminent retail innovators that their idea should come to life.
Minimalist Japanese retailer Muji will open as many as eight Canadian stores over the next five years, according to the president of Muji Canada. He discusses why Canada's prices will be higher than in the U.S., as well as the retailer's aggressive international expansion plans.
Holt Renfrew's first free-standing menswear store opens tomorrow at 100 Bloor Street West, in the heart of Toronto's 'Mink Mile'. Called 'Holt Renfrew Men', the store measures 16,500 square feet and features distinctive branding and luxury amenities, including its own doorman. Holt Renfrew is upping its game to compete with neighbouring Harry Rosen and other luxury retailers entering the Toronto market over the next two years.
French brand L'Occitane en Provence has opened its Vancouver flagship at one Canada's most prominent retail corners. Sources say that L'Occitane broke records by paying in excess of $300 per square foot annually.
