Hoarding for Chanel, Yorkdale. Photo: Jal Baltz
A Chanel Boutique will open this fall at Holt Renfrew's expanded Yorkdale Shopping Centre store. It will have entrances both from within Holt Renfrew as well as directly from Yorkdale.
In November, 2012, we first...
Quebec City-based La Maison Simons is expanding across Canada, having most recently secured space in suburban Vancouver. We interviewed Simons' CEO Peter Simons for details of his company's expansion across Canada.
It was a long interview, so we'll summarize it...
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Halifax's upscale downtown department store, Mills, is having a grand "re-opening" starting Saturday. The store was recently purchased by four women who have relocated the store and have modernized its branding and product selection. We spoke to...
NOT the new retailer's logo.
UPDATE: Website Mobile Syrup did some homework and found that Rogers has registered "WOW! MOBILE BOUTIQUE" on CIPO (Canadian Intellectual Property Office), making it appear that our source was, in fact correct. Excellent job, Mobile...
Upscale menswear retailer Harry Rosen will relocate its Ottawa Rideau Centre store to an 18,000 square foot space in a central portion of the mall. It will open in the Spring of 2015 and construction starts Fall 2014.
Interestingly, the...
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ClearlyContacts.ca is expanding its bricks-and-mortar retail store network worldwide. We interviewed the company's founder and CEO, Roger Hardy, to learn more. The following is a brief summary of our discussion topics...
ClearlyContacts.ca's New Vancouver store: Mr. Hardy informs us that...
Rendering of Rideau Centre's Rideau Street side. Photo: Rideau Centre
Today marks the ground breaking of the expansion of Ottawa's Ridea Centre. By the spring of 2015, the mall's expansion will include a 105,000 La Maison Simons store as well as Nordstrom, which will...
Grand opening September 25th 2013. Photo: Holt Renfrew
Dior just re-opened its accessories boutique in Montreal, and it will also open at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Both boutique concessions are located within Holt Renfrew stores.
Dior concessions are located within Holt...
Sears Canada's CEO Calvin McDonald has resigned. He leaves behind a struggling retailer which may now be more open to selling back some of its valuable leases to its landlords, possibly leading to more Canadian Nordstorm stores. Not to...
Ikea has (re)opened its largest North American store in suburban Montreal. The store is huge, and is now one of the largest stores in Canada. It represents a trend of Ikea stores expanding amid Canadian sales success.The...
