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- Lisa Hutcheson Named to Rethink Retail’s List of Top Retail Experts for 2026
January, 2026 - The New Student Bar: How 1,000+ Residential Units Are Reshaping Toronto Campus Hospitality
January 23, 2026 - Trouble in Toyland: Toys ‘R’ Us Canada Facing Suits Seeking Millions in Unpaid Rent
January 22, 2026 - Ontario Retail Settles Into New Normal as Price Sensitivity Reshapes Customer Expectation
January 20, 2026 - Inside the New Sentiment Boom Driving Card Sales
December 18, 2025 - Mastermind Toys Preparing to Expand Through Franchised Stores: CEO
December 15, 2025 - Why AI is Poised to Become Santa’s Little Helper This Holiday
November 24, 2025 - Toronto’s Hospitality Gold Rush: Sonder’s Collapse Creates Downtown Opportunities
November 18, 2025 - This Holiday Season Could See a Cut Back in Spending From Canadian Shoppers: Survey
November 12, 2025 - Blue Jays Playoff Run Creates Revenue Opportunity for Toronto Restaurants and Retailers
October 9, 2025 - Beer Store to Close 10 More Locations Across Ontario
July 15, 2025 - Decathlon GTA Exit Opens Door for Experience-First Retail Revolution
June 26, 2025 - Redesigning the Bay’s Old Stores Come with Challenges and Opportunities
June 1, 2025 - Broken Escalators and a Declining Market: Experts Predict Big Challenges For Chinese Billionaire in Executing Her Ambitious Plan for 28 Hudson’s Bay Leases
May 30, 2025 - From Mannequins to Decorative Vases: A Look at What Saks Fixtures Are Up For Sale
May 7, 2025 - Why Simons and Holt Renfrew are Unlikely to Want All of Hudson’s Bay Real Estate
April 10, 2025 - Owner of Three Shopping Malls in B.C. Says She Wants to Buy Hudson’s Bay
April 8, 2025 - What Went Wrong? Analysts say Hudson’s Bay Couldn’t Compete Among Nimble Competitors with Pretty Stores
March 20, 2025 - Will the Iconic Hudson’s Bay Stripes Live On? Company Reveals it Wants to Auction off Trademarks to Highest Bidder
March 20, 2025 - Grocers Doubled Down on Online Grocery Shopping When COVID Hit. Is it Here to Stay?
March 14, 2025 - Are you a Part of Hudson’s Bay Rewards Program? We Want to Hear From You
March 13, 2025 - Hudson’s Bay Creditor Protection Leaves Indigenous Business Owner in Limbo Over Unpaid Bills
March 11, 2025 - Ottawa at Work with Patricia Boal
March 10, 2025 - Toronto’s Retail Reality: How the City’s Shopping Landscape Diverges from National Trends
March 5, 2025 - Global Retail Report Spotlights Toronto’s Creative Retail Future
February 18, 2025 - Specialty Retailers Lead Ontario’s In-Store Customer Experience Rankings, Driven by ‘Sense of Belonging’
January 22, 2025 - 2025’s Top Retail Experts are Here!
January 13, 2024 - Ricki’s and Cleo Retail Stores Across Canada are Closing
January 10, 2024 - Boxing Day: Global National
December 26, 2024 - Boxing Day Retailers See Smaller Crowds, Cautious Spending This Year Despite GST Break
December 26, 2024 - The Body Shop Canada’s Buyer Will Have Ways to Draw Shoppers In: Experts
December 12, 2024 - Canada Post Workers are Back — But Trust Issues Remain
December 17, 2024 - Canada Post Strike Ends, Retailers Face Christmas Crisis
December 14, 2024 - Mastermind Toys Marks First Holidays with New Owner Focused on Babies, ‘Kidults’
December 6, 2024 - From Niche Grocer to Supermarket Giant: How T&T Plans to Repeat Success in the U.S.
December 4, 2024 - 6 Strategies for Capitalizing on the Tax Holiday
December 4, 2024 - CBC Radio: Canada’s Latest Inflation Numbers Disappoint
November 20, 2024 - CBC Radio: AI Gets Into the Shopping Game
November 6, 2024 - Costco’s First Day of Ontario Alcohol Sales: Big Cases, Big Bottles – And Some Price Confusion
November 1, 2024 - Costco Jumps Into Beer and Wine as Retail Booze Sales Expand in Ontario
October 30, 2024 - Loblaw, Empire Call for End to Real Estate Exclusivity Clauses Amid Competition Bureau Probe
October 30, 2024 - Government Estimates Show Beer Store Market Shares Plunging While LCBO’s Share to Soar
October 30, 2024 - Understanding the Tapestry of Today’s Canadian Consumer
October 25, 2024 - Metro’s Moi Rewards Loyalty Program is Coming to Ontario Stores
October 25, 2024 - La génération alpha va changer le visage du commerce de détail
October 8, 2024 - Product Changes for the Changing Consumer
October 4, 2024 - Born Digital: How Generation Alpha Will be Reshaping Retail Adjusts
September 25, 2024 - Quebecois Convenience Store Brand Couche-Tard is Gunning to Buy 7-Eleven. Here’s How it Got There
September 19, 2024 - The Morning Rush – Will Canada Get Japanese-Style 7-Elevens and What a Couche-Tard Takeover Could look Like
September 11, 2024 - Starting Today, You Can Buy Beer, Wine, and Cocktails at 4,000 Convenience Stores Across Ontario. Here’s What to Expect
September 10, 2024 - Lululemon Adjusts Outlook as Growth Slows in Key Markets
August 29, 2024 - Navigating the New Frontier: How Ontario Convenience Stores Can Successfully Integrate Beverage Alcohol Sales
August 10, 2024 - Retail Insider the Magazine – Volume 3
August 8, 2024 - LCBO Stores Reopen 18 Days After Workers Walked Off the Job as Stores Anticipate Deliveries to Restock
July 24, 2024 - The Next Generation of Retail is Here: Part 4
July 15, 2024 - The Morning Rush with Bill Carroll – Amazon Prime Day 2024
July 15, 2024 - Some Grocery Wine Shelves Almost Empty as ‘Panic Buying’ Ramps Up
July 12, 2024 - HBC Should Apply Learnings from New Saks Global Company to the Bay, Experts Say
July 5, 2024 - ‘A Sort of Fashion Powerhouse’: What a New Deal Could Mean for Canada’s Hudson’s Bay
July 4, 2024 - ‘Make or Break’: Here’s What you Need to Know About HBC’s US$2.65-Billion Deal to Buy Neiman Marcus
July 4, 2024
Q2 2024
- Are ‘No Name’ and ‘Compliments’ Wines Coming to your Supermarket? Private Label Wines Could Arrive Soon – and Ontario’s Wineries are Worried
June 22, 2024 - The Beer Store is Now Allowed to Sell Lottery Tickers. Can That Save It?
June 12, 2024 - The Next Generation of Retail is Here: Part 3
June 11, 2024 - PLUS Closes 7 of 8 Stores, Including Yorkdale Flagship, Amid Economic Pressures
June 4, 2024 - Ontario Retailers Ponder Alcohol Sales Viability
June 3, 2024 - Canada’s Top Whisky, Vodka, Gin and Rum Brands Threaten to Pull Products from LCBO as ‘Lowest Price’ Battle Escalates –
May 17, 2024 - The Next Generation of Retail is Here: Part 2
May 3, 2024 - Shake Shack Announces 1st Toronto Location at the City’s Busiest Pedestrian Intersection
May 1, 2024 - The Next Generation of Retail is Here
April 10, 2024 - Nostalgia vs. Reality: Exclusive Poll Shows Canadians Warm to Zellers’ Return but Hesitate to Shop One Year After Relaunch
April 10, 2024
Q1 2024
- Insolvencies, Shifts in Consumer Behaviour Keep Liquidators Busy
March 30, 2024 - How Canada’s Retail Sector Can Better Serve Families with Children [Interview]
March 25, 2024 - LCBO Slaps Suppliers with $50 Million in Fines, Accuses Them of Offering Cheaper Prices to Quebec
March 22, 2024 - Dollar Tree Says it Will Leave Canadian Stores Alone as it Looks to Shutter 1,000 Stores in the U.S.
March 15, 2024 - This Toronto Thrift Store Bucked the Trend and Kept Prices Low – But It Might Not Last for Much Longer
March 14, 2024 - Preparing for Beverage Alcohol in Ontario Countdown to 2026
March 10, 2024 - Retail Experts Share Their Thoughts on Welcoming a Foreign Grocer to the Canadian Market
March 8, 2024 - Brewing Convenience: Crafting a New Chapter for Convenience Stores
March 6, 2024 - Four Things to Know About Greeting Cards
February 16, 2024 - Tip of the Iceberg? Experts Warn Plunge in Canadian Tire Profits Point to Economic Storm Ahead
February 16, 2024 - Driving Into The Future
February 7, 2024 - The State of Retail in 2024 with Lisa Hutcheson
January 25, 2024 - “They’re Done. They’re Bankrupt.” Bad Boy Officially Gone After Failing to File Restructuring Plan
January 24, 2024 - Loblaw Discount Reduction Not Evidence of Grocery Collusion: Competition Expert
January 18, 2024 - Duelling U.S. Sandwich Brands Jimmy John’s and Jersey Mike’s to Expand in Canada
January 17, 2024 - Ebeltoft Group Releases 2024 Retail Innovations Book [Video Interview With J.C. Williams Group]
January 18, 2024 - Duelling U.S. Sandwich Brands Jimmy John’s and Jersey Mike’s to Expand in Canada
January 17, 2024 - Loblaw’s Elimination of 50% Discounts Matches Other Grocers, Expert Say
January 16, 2024 - Retail Fraud – Kelly Cutrara Show
January 11, 2024
Q4 2023
- How Retailers are Doing After the Holidays and Boxing Day Shopping
December 28, 2023 - Global News – Boxing Day Sales (live)
December 26, 2023 - The Beer Store Must ‘Reinvent Itself’ to Survive, Retail Expert Says
December 15, 2023 - Closing Time for Beer Store? Experts say Corner Store Sales Will Crush the One-Time Ontario Monopoly
December 14, 2023 - Toy Stores Struggle as Bargain-Hunting is the Name of the Game This Holiday Season
December 11, 2023 - Hudson’s Bay shakeup: Former Bay executive Liz Rodbell returns as president and CEO
November 29, 2023 - Decline in Spending May Hurt Retailers in Canada
November 20, 2023 - Black Friday, Cyber Monday Shoppers to Focus on Quality, Timing this Year
November 20, 2023 - Is the Beer Store Finished? Sources Say Announcement Coming Soon That Could End Beer Case Sales Monopoly
November 14, 2023 - The Stores Snubbing Black Friday’s Mega-Sales
November 10, 2023 - Canada Goose Profits Are Up, But Its Stock Price is Way Down. Behind the Market Cap Fall of a Toronto Fashion Darling
November 3, 2023 - Heather Reisman is Running Indigo Again After a Boardroom Exodus. Has the Once-Powerful Retailer Lost its Way?
October 21, 2023 - Spin Master Bets on Nostalgic Wooden Toys in US$950M Deal for Melissa and Doug
October 11, 2023 - J. C. Williams Group Selected to Develop Strategy for Retail in the New Windsor Hospital
October 6, 2023 - University Students Shift Focus: Trends, Lifestyle Choices, and Missed Retail Opportunities in Back-to-School Shopping
October 3, 2023
Q3 2023
- Dollarama is Faring Well Despite Inflation. Why?
September 29, 2023 - Gen Z’s Digital Upbringing Meets a Passion for Tangible Retail and Authentic Brands [Interview]
September 27, 2023 - Amazon Debuts New System in Toronto Allowing Customers to Grab Products and Go — with No Check-out Line or Cashier
September 26, 2023 - Kimberly-Clark Pulling Kleenex Tissues from Store Shelves in Canada
August 25, 2023 - Revamped Hudson’s Bay Rewards App Offers Gamified Shopping Experience
August 22, 2023 - Future-Proofing your Retail Brand
August 9, 2023 - Reimaging Health and Beauty in Grocery –
August 9, 2023 - LL Bean Set to Open Two Quebec Stores
July 27, 2023 - Shoppers Drug Mart is Testing a New Type of Clinic at Two Locations – With an Eye on Expanding Them Across Ontario
July 25, 2023 - The Future of Retail: Part 2
July 5, 2023
Q2 2023
- Rise of the Indies: As big bookstores like Indigo struggle, independents are flourishing. Here’s why
June 16, 2023 - What Makes A Great Department Store And What’s The Future? Interview With J.C. Williams Group’s John Torella And Lisa Hutcheson
June 8, 2023 - Retailers Brace For Impact: Navigating The Rise Of Remote Work In Canadian Downtown Cores [Expert Interviews]
June 1, 2023 - Analyzing Canada’s 2023 Retail Sales: Insights Into Category Growth And Challenges Ahead [J.C. Williams Group Analysis]
May 24, 2023 - Now you Can Pick Up a Fridge, Store – Even a Washing Machine at the Superstore as Loblaw Enters Appliance Game
May 18, 2023 - The Declining Sales of Chewing Gum: Cost of Living with Paul Haavardsrud
May 14, 2023 - Pet Valu Posts Lower Profit as Company Sets Sights on up to 50 New Stores
May 9, 2023 - Canadians Stuck with Worthless Gift Cards as Bed, Bath and Beyond Shutters its Stores
April 27, 2023 - Fifteen Years After Ditching Plastic, LCBO to Phase Out Paper Bags Too
April 27, 2023 - What Browsing in a Store Offers that Online Algorithms Just Can’t
April 26, 2023 - Single Use Plastic Bag Ban Creates Unintended Problems in Canada
April 19, 2023 - The Canadian Shopping Centre: Innovating to Evolve Amid Flux and Disruption – Retail Insider Magazine, Volume 2 Issue 1
April 16, 2023 - Loblaw to open 38 new Shoppers Drug Mart and grocery store locations — will convert or renovate almost 600 more
April 14, 2023 - J.C Williams Group on Zellers 2.0
April 11, 2023 - Zellers Reboot Creates Buzz, While Raising Questions about what HBC is Trying to Achieve
April 10, 2023
Q1 2023
- Shake Shack to Come to Canada in 2024 with First Location Set for Toronto
March 22, 2023 - Will the Zellers Relaunch be Successful? Retail Expert Lisa Hutcheson Weighs In
March 21, 2023 - Where are the Deals? Expert Weigh in on Nordstrom Sales as People Complain About Small Discount
March 21, 2023 - Zellers is Back with the Grand Opening of 12 Stores This Thursday – Here’s Where They Are and What to Expect
March 21, 2023 - Why Nordstrom Failed in Canada: Interview with Lisa Hutcheson of J.C. Williams Group
March 19, 2023 - Canadian Tire Launches Fee-Based Triangle Rewards Subscription Program for $89/Year
March 13, 2023 - Canadian Tire launches fee-based Triangle Rewards Subscription Program for $89/year
March 13, 2023 - Will Zellers’ Store-Within-a-Store Play Work?
March 13, 2023 - Air Miles Program Not Likely to Vanish Thanks to BMO
March 10, 2023 - It Has Been One Month Since the Ransomware Attack at Indigo
March 8, 2023 - Department Store Drain Continues
March 6, 2023 - An Eaton Centre Waterpark? Nordstrom Closure Has Some Dreaming Big as Prime Toronto Real Estate Opens Up
March 4, 2023 - HOUR 4: OTTAWA NOW WITH KRISTY CAMERON – MARCH 03, 2023
March 3, 2023 - Nordstrom Isn’t the First Big US Retailer to Pull Out of Canada
March 3, 2023 - Joe Mimran Looks to Revive Tilley, and it’s Not Just About the Hat
February 21, 2023 - Gap-Owned Athleta Expands to CF Toronto Eaton Centre with Plans for More Stores in Canada
February 16, 2023 - Indigo Risks Reputation Damage as Outage Drags On
February 15, 2023 - Retail Industry Analyst Lisa Hutcheson Tells Moore in the Morning How Bed Bath & Beyond is Set to Leave Canada, Axing Some 1,400 Jobs
February 14, 2023 - Bed Bath and Beyond Announces it Will Leave Canada, Shutter All Stores, Axing Some 1,400 Jobs
February 13, 2023 - Retail Insider – Lisa Hutcheson from J.C. Williams Group Discusses Top Global Retail Trends
February 7, 2023 - Confessions of a Shoplifter: As Food Costs Soar and Self-Checkouts Multiply, More People are Stealing – and They’re Not Sorry
January 28, 2023 - Hudson’s Bay Revives Discount Retailer Zellers Across Canada – but Skips Downtown Toronto
January 18, 2023 - Amazon to Lay Off 18,000 Global Employees, Sending a New Wave of Worry Through Toronto’s Tech Sector
January 6, 2023 - Queen West Takes Yet Another Hit as H&M Permanently Closes Its Doors
January 5, 2023
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