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Shoppers Drug Mart to open flagship Beauty Boutique in Downtown Vancouver
Photo: Colin ArberBy: 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,...
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TUMI is on Canada-wide store expansion. Next stop: Calgary's Chinook Centre
[Image Source]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...
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Kleinfeld Bridal opens its first Canadian location on May 1st
Photo: Vanessa TaylorToronto'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...
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Canada's top malls by Facebook 'Likes'
By Melissa R.We've put together a list of Canada's top 15 shopping malls according to their number of Facebook 'likes'. Malls may be considered popular for various reasons, be it because of the stores...
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Canada's 4th DKNY store to open at West Edmonton Mall
Photo: Darrell Bateman (darrellinyvr, Flickr)West Edmonton Mall will become home to Canada's 4th DKNY store. It will be located on the mall's second level between Lacoste and Coach. There are two DKNY...
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Neiman Marcus CEO addresses speculation that the company will open in Canada
[Image Source]Neiman Marcus CEO Karen Katz has addressed speculation that her company will open stores in Canada. Readers may recall that Neiman Marcus was bought by The Canada Pension Plan Investment...
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Can Shoppers Drug Mart’s enhanced beautyBOUTIQUE concept overtake Sephora in...
[Image Source]This article includes an analysis of the similarities and differences between Sephora and Shoppers Drug Mart's beautyBOUTIQUE concept, as the two retailers compete for Canada's cosmetics...
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Toronto's Gucci store is one of only 3 in North America to feature...
[Image Source]Toronto's flagship Gucci store at 130 Bloor St. West is one of only three North American locations to offer men's made-to-measure services. The 6,500 square foot store is also only one of...
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Hugo Boss to open at Richmond Centre in suburban Vancouver
[Image Source]A 3,000 Square foot Hugo Boss store will open soon at Richmond Centre in Richmond BC, just south of Vancouver. The store is expected to carry menswear only, though we've been told by Hugo...
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Prada opens at Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre
Photo: Darrell Bateman Prada has opened a boutique at Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping CentreHolt Renfrew store. The Prada concession features accessories as well as women’s ready-to-wear and footwear. The...
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13 things that will be less expensive in 2014
[Image Source]By Louis Ramirez at Deal News:Although you might have been disappointed to see that things like wine and milk are destined to be more expensive this year, there's still good financial...
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Mountain Warehouse to further expand into Canada
[Image Source]British travel and outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse intends to open stores and further expand into Canada. It has already secured a brokerage to acquire Canadian retail space, and has...
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Nordstrom to replace Sears at the Toronto Eaton Centre
As many of us expected, Nordstrom has announced that it will replace Sears at the Toronto Eaton Centre. It will open a 213,000 square foot, three-level store. Construction begins in March and the store...
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Sears Canada lays off over 1600 employees & outsources tech jobs to IBM
[Image Source]Sears Canada has laid off over 1,600 employees, representing more than 7% of its entire workforce. Included in these layoffs are 283 warehouse jobs across Canada as well as 1,345...
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Mountain Equipment Coop expected to open 2nd Toronto store
[Image Source]Mountain Equipment Coop (MEC) is one step closer to opening a 44,000 square foot store at 784 Sheppard Street East in suburban Toronto. North York Community Council* has supported a...
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Nordstrom reveals its new Calgary store manager for its September 19th store...
Nordstrom has revealed the identity of its first Canadian store manager: Shelia Wooldridge. Ms. Woodridge joined Nordstrom in 1996, working as a salesperson at its Dallas Galleria store. She has since...
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Sears Canada is ready to sell its 27 Quebec store leases
[Image Source]Sears Canada is reportedly interested in selling its 27 store leases in the province of Quebec. Sources say that these stores could be sold if Sears receives advantageous offers from...
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Opening of Sherway Gardens Nordstrom delayed until spring 2017
The opening of Nordstrom at Toronto's Sherway Gardens has been delayed until the spring of 2017. It was originally scheduled to open in the fall of 2016. Some may be disappointed with the delay,...
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Could La Maison Simons join Nordstrom at the Toronto Eaton Centre?
[Image Source]Although Nordstrom has leased 213,000 square feet of Sears' Toronto Eaton Centre store, there is still about 140,000 square feet of retail space available within the Sears space. La...
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Vancouver designer Nancy Lord opens in the city's 'Heritage District'
Photo: Colin ArberVancouver-based fashion designer Nancy Lord has opened her flagship store in Vancouver's 'Heritage District'. The 1,800 square foot store includes 1,350 square feet of ground floor...
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