
Cross-country ski craze brings business boost during pandemic
Ottawa sporting retailers work to keep up with demand for ski equipment as public looks to escape to the outdoors

Cross-country ski craze brings business boost during pandemic
Ottawa sporting retailers work to keep up with demand for ski equipment as public looks to escape to the outdoors

Ottawa malls banking on motivated shoppers to drive holiday sales
While Santa might not be coming to their properties and surveys suggest Canadians aren’t in a spending mood, several local mall managers are seeing signs

Bridgehead presses pause on T.O. expansion plans as in-store sales plummet during pandemic
Ottawa coffee retailer is still going ahead with plans to unveil its first kiosk inside a Farm Boy store later this month at the grocer’s

ByWard Market fashion retailer Mandy Gosewich on riding the COVID coaster
STUNNING! Fashion + Accessories shop buoyed by e-commerce sales, customer loyalty and decision to pivot toward more comfy-cozy clothing trends

‘It’s the right time’: Ottawa retail pioneer Gordon Reid steps down as CEO of Giant Tiger
Longtime company executive Paul Wood takes over as head of the national discount chain effective immediately.

Big move: Costco opens second-largest Canadian location at Shoppers City East
Retail warehouse giant cut the ribbon on a new 161,000-square-foot store on Blair Towers Place on Thursday morning.

University of Ottawa student’s drinks made from a traditional Senegalese recipe are now available at eight locations in Ottawa and Montreal.

Empire to rebrand Greenbank Sobeys as Farm Boy
Supermarket chain says Farm Boy is on track to have 43 stores in the province by the end of 2021.

Kettleman’s on a roll: Ottawa-based chain to open first bagel drive-through in Kanata
Company says it plans to open west-end store, its fourth location in Ottawa, early in 2021.

Insolvent retailer DavidsTea owes Ottawa landlords close to $400K
Montreal-based merchant closing 82 stores in Canada and all 42 of its locations in the United States as it focuses on its e-commerce business and
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