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Quebec’s largest mall to undergo $150-million expansion

Quebec's largest mall, Les Galeries de la Capitale, is expected to add about 150,000 square feet of retail space at a cost of about $150 million. An 11-screen Cineplex theatre will also be added, and construction could begin at the end of 2014...

 

Browns Shoes launches online ‘Browns Outlet’ store

This week, Montreal-based Browns Shoes launched an online version of its discounted footwear store, Browns Outlet. The new website features discounted footwear from its regular stores and website. 

The 'Outlet' has its own tab on the company's main website. Apart from men's and women's footwear, handbags are also featured...

Harry Rosen to significantly expand its Montreal flagship

Harry Rosen will expand and renovate its Montreal flagship, adding approximately 11,000 square feet to the store. The expanded store will become the company's second-largest, following its 54,000 square foot Toronto flagship. New features for the Montreal location will include multiple shops-in-store as well as the company's largest shoe department...

Miu Miu’s 2nd Canadian boutique opens at Yorkdale’s Holt Renfrew

Prada-owned Miu Miu has opened its second Canadian store within Yorkdale Shopping Centre's Holt Renfrew. Canada's first Miu Miu store opened in February of 2013 at Holt Renfrew's Bloor Street flagship in Toronto. Both operate as leased concessions within Holt Renfrew...

St. John opens new location at the Hotel Vancouver

Canada's only St. John store has relocated within the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. St. John's former space at the corner of Burrard and West Georgia Streets will be replaced with a two-level flagship Christian Dior store... 

Interview with award-winning La Maison Simons store designer, Chris Wright

Designing a world-class, award-winning store takes creativity, vision and research. La Maison Simons at West Edmonton Mall has won several design awards including, most recently, the prestigious EuroShop RetailDesign Award. We interviewed its designer, Chris Wright of Toronto-based design firm figure3, to get his insight into the designing of the West Edmonton Mall store...

Ronsons opens flagship in Downtown Vancouver

Vancouver-based Ronsons has opened its flagship shoe store at 734 Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver. It replaces footwear retailer Shoe Warehouse, formerly located in the space...

Shopify’s card reader technology is now available in Canada

Formerly only available in the United States, Shopify's credit card reader technology is now available in Canada. Its card reader is a free device that allows merchants to process credit card payments on-the-go using the Shopify Mobile iPhone app, or in-store using its iPad-based point of sale system, Shopify POS...

Dollar Tree to close as Vancouver’s Alberni Street becomes more upscale

The Dollar Tree store in Downtown Vancouver's luxury retail complex 'The Carlyle' will close on April 12th. It's the latest tenant to move off the Alberni Street stretch that is being positioned as Vancouver's luxury shopping district...

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Sylvain Charlebois says that a code of practice is required to save the industry, and if nothing is done the consumer will also suffer.

L.L.Bean Continues Canadian Expansion with 1st Toronto Store [Photos]

The iconic US-based retailer is looking to expand into new Canadian markets coast-to-coast.

How Twin Brothers from Western Canada Founded 2 Rapidly-Growing Direct-to-Consumer Home Furnishings Brands

The entrepreneurs discuss building growth, taking risks, and where retail is going at an unprecedented time.

Cadillac Fairview Innovates with Virtual Food Court Experience Platform

The new CF Eats aims to help food vendors in the landlord’s malls grow revenue at a challenging time.