Today Holt Renfrew launches its collaboration with Giorgio Armani to sell baby blankets. Proceeds will be going to Free the Children, a charity dedicated to bettering the lives of third-world youth. The $50 blankets will be available at all Holt Renfrew...
Canada's Hudson's Bay Company ("HBC") turns 343 years old today. The company was incorporated May 2nd, 1670. It is the oldest commercial corporation in North America.
The company has a lengthy and significant history. In many ways HBC's history is...
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*****UPDATE: Mulberry's Bloor Street store is open as of August 6th 2013. The store is one floor and is 2,237 square feet. Thank you ACT7 of Urban Toronto for the update.*****
British luxury retailer Mulberry...
Lease plan: Oxford Properties
*****UPDATE: Mulberry's Yorkdale store opened August 8th, 2013*****
In February we announced Mulberry's first Canadian store will open at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. We have updates. The store will open some time in the Fall of 2013. It...
A source at Hudson's Bay tells us the company will open Canada-wide outlet stores, not unlike Nordstrom Rack. These will operate as clearance centres for Hudson's Bay merchandise. The first store will open in the Greater Toronto Area, to...
We at Retail Insider are very sad to receive updates about almost 400 factory workers in Bangladesh having died in the collapse of an illegally built clothing factory. Several well-known inexpensive fashion labels used this factory, including more than...
In the past few years Hudson's Bay has spent a fortune renovating several of its stores. A source at Hudson's Bay headquarters tells us the company will spend close to $200 million/year to continue store renovations. But is Hudson's...
Stunning interior of Browns' flagship Montreal store
Montreal-based Browns Shoes continues its Canadian expansion of free-standing stores. The most recent of these will be on Vancouver's Robson Street, and other new locations will follow. Browns currently has 48 free-standing...
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Nordstrom has announced it is building a 188,000 square foot store at Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Though not large compared to some existing Nordstrom stores, it will actually be one of the largest new Nordstrom stores to...
TopShop, Yorkdale Shopping Centre.
We're updating you on three announced Canadian TopShop locations. Interestingly, some of them will be almost as large as the TopShop/TopMan concession inside of Toronto's flagship Hudson's Bay ("Queen Street") store.
The mall-based TopShop/TopMan stores will...
