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Vancouver's Canada Post building has been sold to the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC), one of Canada’s largest institutional investment managers. The new landlord plans to redevelop the site. The building sold for $159million, according to a Land...
Montblanc will open its first free-standing Vancouver store this spring at 717 Burrard Street. It will replace the Ports1961 store that closed December 2012, which we previously reported.
This will be Montblanc's second free-standing Canadian location. Montblanc has a store...
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Apple has trademarked its store design. Apple stores are some of the world's most productive retail spaces featuring unique retail environments. So unique, in fact, that Apple Stores were granted an American trademark for their design.
The late Steve Jobs...
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Target has revealed some designers and labels it will carry in Canada this spring. These include:
1) Roots Outfitters - mens, womens, children and toddlers clothing, to be carried March-to-June, 2013,
2) Kate Young - a women's collection available April 14-May...
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Canada's first Miu Miu boutique opens Saturday, January 26th inside of Holt Renfrew at 50 Bloor St. W. in Toronto. It will be located at the eastern-end of the ground-floor of Holts alongside other accessories boutique in the store's...
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Ross Rebagliati, the Canadian Olympic gold medallist professional snowboarder, will open Medical Marijuana retail franchises in Whistler BC, Vancouver and Toronto. Locations have yet to be determined, and we've been told their 'flagship location' will open in Whistler this...
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Oshawa Centre (Oshawa, Ontario) will expand and renovate at a cost of $230million. The mall will expand by 75,000 square feet and renovate 185,000 square feet of current mall space. When done, the mall will be about...
In the next decade, Canadians are going to see some of our shopping malls torn down. They may be replaced by new retail/multi-use concepts, or be replaced by entirely new uses. Today we'll mention Edmonton's Capilano Mall and its...
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Walmart will build at least 37 Canadian supercentres in the next year ('Fiscal Year': between February 1st 2013 and January 31st 2013). The estimated cost of this expansion will be about $450million. Impressively, nine supercentres will open in...
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Target's Canadian stores will have merchandise, on average, more expensive than that in American locations. It's an unfortunate reality of a geographically large country with relatively high import tariffs and a comparatively small population.
A study by Field...
