There have been a significant number of new international retailers coming to Canada. These include brands which are shifting from wholesale distribution and shop-in-shops, to company-operated stores -- a trend that is increasingly being adopted by luxury brands. These brands also include newcomers currently in global expansion mode, who see Canada as an attractive and potentially profitable market...
This fall, the world's first comprehensive Versace Home flagship will open in Vancouver's historical Gastown area. It will be the Italian luxury brand's first location to feature its entire home collection, from furniture to fixtures. Versace is confident that it will do well in Canada, as it plans to open multiple locations over the next several years...
Here is a list of 250+ retail companies in the Canada and the United States, with links to their career pages. The list was compiled by Michael Howard of www.retailresumes.ca. The purpose of this list is twofold: (a) to make it easy for job seekers to find the career pages for retailers they already know they'd like to work for, and, probably more importantly, (b) to help job-seekers expand their list of retailers they'd like to target.
Ottawa's new Nordstrom store will compete fiercely for the city's limited luxury spenders. The Rideau Centre location will include some of Nordstrom's priciest departments. Nordstrom will compete with Holt Renfrew and Harry Rosen as a result, as it will with La Maison Simons when it opens in the same mall in 2016. Ottawa is affluent, but its shoppers are conservative. There will be fallout as a result, as each retailer competes in a market not accustomed to buying luxury items...
The world's second largest Victoria's Secret location will replace Montreal's Chapters bookstore on busy Saint Catherine Street West. The roughly 35,000 square foot flagship will be located directly across the street from La Senza, owned by Victoria Secret's parent company. Chapters' Montreal location is the latest to shutter for the retailer, following the recent closure of three prominent Toronto stores...
Lululemon will face increased competition, as Montreal-based Lolë plans to open as many as nine new Canadian stores by the end of next year. This women's activewear brand seeks to significantly expand both by opening new stores, as well as grow its wholesale distribution network...
Holt Renfrew is upping its game in the face of increased competition. Its first free-standing menswear store will feature distinctive branding, as well as luxury innovations unavailable in other Canadian menswear stores. Opening this fall, Holt Renfrew Men will precede Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue, both looking to make inroads into Canada's limited luxury market...
Nordstrom is hiring management and staff for its second Canadian location. In total, about 30 managers and over 350 additional staff will be hired. Management jobs were posted on Nordstrom's website yesterday, and hiring will begin in late August...
Replying to job ads is the age-old method of job searching. The problem with this approach is that you're competing directly against everyone else who is responding to the same posting. Rather than getting the jump on your competitors, you've simply thrown your hat in the ring.
I'm not suggesting you stop doing that. However, if your job search isn't going well I recommend you go beyond that approach and target employers you'd like to work for...
