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Kleinfeld Bridal opens its first Canadian location on May 1st

Toronto's Kleinfeld Bridal officially opens May 1st, 2014 according to Hudson's Bay. The store will be located on the seventh floor of Hudson's Bay's Toronto flagship. It's currently under construction and the photo above shows that it has a ways...

TUMI is on Canada-wide store expansion. Next stop: Calgary’s Chinook Centre

Tumi is officially on a cross-Canada store expansion, and its third Canadian location will be at Calgary's Chinook Centre. Mall management won't confirm Tumi's exact location but they do confirm it will open in early 2014. Tumi is already...

Shoppers Drug Mart to open flagship beautyBOUTIQUE in Downtown Vancouver

Photo: Colin Arber By: Miranda Sam, Founder and Editor of Style by Fire.  Sources tell us that Shoppers Drug Mart will open a 4,100 square foot standalone flagship beautyBOUTIQUE in downtown Vancouver, next to the world's second-largest Victoria’s Secret store. The street-level store will...

Avenue K: Interview with the website’s founders on its Canadian sales growth

Online retail website Avenue K launched in October 2013, focussing on the Canadian market. We interviewed its co-founders to learn more about its recent success, as the retailer is already enjoying substantial growth. For those unfamiliar, Avenue K is a...

COMBINED OGILVY/HOLT RENFREW TO BE ONE OF NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST LUXURY DEPARTMENT STORES

At 220,000 square feet, Montreal's combined Ogilvy/Holt Renfrew store will be one of the largest luxury department stores in North America when completed. From our calculations, it will be the 7th-largest luxury store in North America, surpassed only by...

TUMI TO OPEN 2ND CANADIAN STORE AT WEST EDMONTON MALL

Photo: Darrell Bateman (darrellinyvr, Flickr) Tumi will soon open its second free-standing Canadian store at West Edmonton Mall. It will be located on the mall's second level between MAC Cosmetics and Jacob, close to the mall's 'World Waterpark' (see map below). For...

Order of Canada awarded to 4 Canadians involved in retail

Printemps department store, Paris. Interior design and photo by Yabu Pushelberg 90 people have just been appointed to the Order of Canada, including four Canadians who are either directly or indirectly involved in the world of retailing. The winners include: 1)...

#1 CANADIAN RETAIL NEWS REPORTER FOR 2013: GLOBE & MAIL’S MARINA STRAUSS

Marina Strauss We want to give recognition to the news reporter who wrote our favourite Canadian retail article of 2013. The Globe & Mail's Marina Srauss composed a lengthy piece on the Hudson's Bay Company CEO Richard Baker's purchase...

TOP 10 CANADIAN RETAIL NEWS STORIES OF 2013

Happy New Year from Retail Insider. 2013 was an busy year for Canadian retail news, and we think 2014 will be equally busy. Here is our top 10 list of Canadian retail news stories, with topics provided by readers....
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