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HUDSON’S BAY’S SAKS PURCHASE IS FINALIZED: 40 DAY “GO-SHOP” PERIOD EXPIRES

The 40-day "go-shop" period is over, and The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) now owns Saks Fifth Avenue. After its purchase by HBC, Saks had 40 days to consider other takeover options.  HBC can now move forward with expanding Saks into...

TARGET’S FALL 2013 STORE OPENINGS (INCLUDING 1ST QUEBEC & NOVA SCOTIA STORES)

Target Canada has just announced when and where its next 23 stores will open. 14 stores open September 17th, and 9 open October 18th. Included are the first Quebec and Nova Scotia Target locations. Here's the list:  Locations opening to the...

NORDSTROM TO START ADVERTISING IN CANADA THIS FALL

Nordstrom, S/S 2010 Nordstrom will start advertising in Canada this fall, one year before its first Canadian store opens in Calgary. Nordstrom has hired advertising agency DDB. Nordstrom has spent significant sums over the years on advertising, including strategically placed...

LA MAISON SIMONS LIKELY TO ANNOUNCE VANCOUVER STORE THIS MONTH

Quebec City-based La Maison Simons will likely announce its first Vancouver-area store in the coming weeks. If the deal has been signed (the mall's landlord won't yet confirm), it would be located in the suburbs at a relatively upscale...

MONTREAL’S OGILVY PROJECT IS DELAYED

Combined Ogilvy/Holt Renfrew/hotel/condo tower. Rendering: Carolyne Loubert A project that could have seen the amalgamation of Montreal's Ogilvy and Holt Renfrew stores has been delayed. The building's owner, Selfridge's Group, is reevaluating plans to demolish an adjacent hotel for a new 17-story hotel and condominium...

UPDATE: SEPHORA’S NEW STORE ON VANCOUVER’S ROBSON STREET

Sephora's development application signage on Robson Street Sephora's new store on Vancouver's Robson Street will be one of the largest in Canada, if not the largest - we'll know more soon. Signage for the development application, posted on site, indicates...

TIFFANY’S NEW TORONTO FLAGSHIP IS NOW OPEN

Photo: androiduk, UrbanToronto Tiffany & Co.'s new Toronto flagship store is now open. The two-floor, 11,100 square foot store at 150 Bloor Street West replaces a four-floor, 13,450 space at 85 Bloor Street West. Despite its smaller size, the new...

POSSIBLE SAKS FIFTH AVENUE LOCATION(S) FOR TORONTO

It's confirmed that Toronto will be host to at least one Saks Fifth Avenue store, if no several. Toronto's first Saks store(s) will be located within existing Hudson's Bay store space, and purpose-built Saks stores could follow. The following is our...

HMV RE-OPENS ON VANCOUVER’S ROBSON STREET. TEMPORARILY.

Music retailer HMV opens a temporary location on Vancouver's Robson Street today. It closed its enormous store across the street in early 2012, now occupied by a 35,000 square foot Victoria's Secret store which opened this week. We're not...
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